15 OCT 2014
On Tuesday (14 OCT 2014) we made a trip from our current location at Fort Pickens, FL, to the Foley and Gulf Shores, AL, area to visit friends Barb, Wally, Sharon and Zak. We first met Barb and Wally while staying at Eagle's Landing RV Park in Holt, FL, on our very first trip upon starting our nomadic life in 2007. We have been in touch on a fairly regular basis ever since and usually manage to meet up with them at least once a year. We enjoyed a nice "catch-up" visit.
On Monday night we experienced some of the worst weather conditions we've encountered in our trips to this area. It is not unusual to have some very severe storms roll through this part of the Gulf Coast, and we've pretty much learned to expect it; however, this storm, in two major waves, had us rocking and rolling more than we've felt before. The road from the campground to Pensacola Beach is only a few feet above the gulf waters in some locations and there was still a lot of water on the road when we headed to Alabama the next day and portions of the road had been plowed to remove some significant amounts of sand on about half of the 8 mile stretch. We'll share some photos of this in some future posting. Although there was no real flooding here in the campground, we could tell by the debris that surrounded our rig in the morning that there was at least a couple inches of water around us at some point during the night.
11 OCT 2014
After over night stops in Montgomery and Atmore, AL, on our way South, we are now nestled in at Fort Pickens, just to the West of Pensacola Beach, Florida. The day of our arrival was spent mostly in some cleaning of the rig, inside and out, and getting set up for the two weeks we will spend here at one of our favorite spots. On our first full day here, Sunday, we got to enjoy a nearly perfect day at the beach on the Gulf of Mexico with the emerald green waters and temps in the surf that were nearly as warm as the air in the middle 80s range. At the moment we are encountering a larger than usual number of other folks on the beach and in the RV park, but it was the weekend and there is also some sort of school break going on, including Columbus D ay. We expect that over the next few days the numbers will dwindle and we will return to the usual sparse numbers of other folks that we've come to appreciate in our other visits here over the years.
01 OCT 2014
Greetings from TN.
Deb and I arrived at the Long Branch Recreation area, Center Hill Dam, near Lancaster, TN, on October 1st. This note is just to let everyone know that we are on the road and we will be resuming blogs about our travels soon; however, for the next week, we must travel several miles for any phone or internet service and communications will be very limited. We look forward to exploring the area and will tell you all about it next week. In the meantime, you can email or leave phone messages and we will get them when we are in an AT&T service area.
