Feb 18, 2013

I think the last time I updated the Blog we were under a tornado watch but we were okay only rain, rain and more rain.   I think we are going to mold.  It started on Sunday night and continued until Wednesday a.m. and then the wind came and it was just an all around nasty week.  Now I know you people up in the North Country are saying "poor thing" as you have been dealing with cold and snow.  We didn't get much bike riding done due to weather but we found some other things that either needed to be done or we just wanted to do.
One day we went to the movie to see "Lincoln".   I am not sure what I expected but thought it would be more about his life in general but it wasn't.  It was a good movie and I am glad we went. 
I decided that it was time for a "me" day so Larry dropped me off at the Nail Salon and I got the works, hands, feet, eyebrows and even a few minutes in the tanning bed.   I was starting to become a very pale person and since we are meeting up with the Mathenys in about three weeks I have to keep up my tan as Jim will be so dark, all I will hear from him is how white I am.
We left Gulf Shores, Al , yesterday (sunday 17th) and arrived at a campground over in the Ocean Springs, Biloxi, Mississippi area.   It is called Martin Lake RV Resort.    Ha Ha.      First of all they called to say no 50 amps and parking on gravel.  Well, that is not a problem as we can adjust to 30 amps and gravel is fine.    Wrong.    It had rained a lot over here too and most of the sites are muddy.    We did get a paved site but the next problem is the DAMN Ducks.   They are walking around every where here in the park and there is Duck S***t everywhere.    Now a lot of you know me and "feathered friends" don't do well together so needless to say I will be spending most of my time in the RV.   This will be one to go on the list of no return.
We are going out today to do a little sightseeing and also going to see how fast I can lose my allotted $20 at the Casino.   It is suppose to rain tomorrow AGAIN so Larry is planning to start working on taxes.   Fun Fun. 
We will be here until Thursday morning and then heading on over to the Lafayette, La area. 
More later,

Feb. 10, 2013

We got over to Gulf Park State in Gulf Shores Alabama last Sunday in time to get set up and watch the Super Bowl.   What a game.     We like the site we are on and have some nice neighbors.   One of the couples lost everything they had in the Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.  We have just enjoyed riding our bikes around the park and the trails her at the State Park.   We have managed to ride about 6 miles a day but let me tell you my "princess little butt" as Jim Matheny calls me is sore.   When you are not use to riding it takes a while to get tough.

Larry finally found some mullet fish for himself and he bought some catfish fillets for me and we cooked fish last evening before going to the Mardi Gras parade in Orange Beach, AL,    We have done  two parades now and I have collected lots of beads.   No, I have not done any flashing of the "boobs".  There are suppose to be 2 more parades on Fat Tuesday but the weather isn't suppose to be too good.  

Today we went to The Roadkill Café for lunch.   Now we just had to go see what that was all about.   We had a buffet of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, peas, rice, corn pinto beans.   There was cake and ice cream for dessert but we didn't have any of that.   Now this place is only open from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm and when the food is gone it is gone.   When you go to pay they let you draw a chip out of a bag and if it is red you don't pay but trust me there aren't many red one in there.   If you have been to church today they give you a dollar off. 

Right now we are under a tornado watch so I am a little nervous.   Hopefully most of the weather is going north of us.   We will be here another week and then move over in the Biloxi Mississippi area .

More later,

Week of Jan 28th thru Feb 3, 2013

Monday was our only grandson, Noah's birthday and it is hard to believe he was 11 years old.   He had a "sleep over" on Saturday night with 7 other boys and I am sure from the reports from his Mom, none of them got much sleep. In fact Noah told us on Monday when we talked with him that he passed out on the couch on Sunday afternoon.  He is growing up too fast but is a good big brother to his 3 little sisters.
We left the Destin area on Tuesday and moved over to the Elberta Alabama area.   Nice little campground and the people are friendly.  There are peacocks that make a wide sweep around the park each morning. Now most of you know I don't like birds, chickens or anything like that with beaks and feathers but these are beautiful as long as they are outside and I am in the motorhome.  The weather has not been as warm this week as we would like and we had rain and lots of WIND a that awful storm moved thru this area but thankfully most of the worst of it was a little north of us.
We have just done a little exploring to see what is in this area and found some interesting things. There is a small family owned cheese making business and we checked that out and found the best blue cheese I have ever eaten.  Larry asked the lady if everything was done there and she said yes, cows out the back door and cheese out the front door. 
Foley , Alabama has a wonderful train museum that we checked out. The model train exhibit is just amazing.
We went over to the Gulf Shores State Park to check out what area we would like to be in depending on the availability of sites when we check in today.  We are hoping to get a lot of bike riding in this week and also a few projects done in the motorhome.  Of course this afternoon and evening we will be watching the Super Bowl and cheering for the Ravens. 
We have done a little game playing here in the park with some of the people and have enjoyed it.  First night here we played Farkel and last night we played Bingo.   We about broke even as I won 2 games of Bingo.

I forgot to mention that we went back to the same bakery that we visited last year with Larry and Tracy Saulsgiver to purchase a "King Cake" which is a large part of Mardi Gras and we have enjoyed it very much.