Daily Archives: November 13, 2011
. . . and I didn’t wake up screaming even once!
Since we had a 375 mile trip to Gulf Shores, AL today, we wanted to get an early start. So I was up at about 6 am, started coffee, and then went outside to hook up the toad and stow the satellite dish. Then after checking the air in my tires and letting in the window awnings, I went back inside to wake Jan up, but found her already up and in the shower.
A little later Jan fixed us a breakfast of some of the banana nut and sourdough bread Aunt Virginia had given us last night.
Dee – Licious!
We pulled out of my cousin’s Northgate RV Travel Park about 8am, got on I-65 and headed south.
A little south of Montgomery Jan decided she wanted to drive for a while, so at our next rest stop we traded places and Jan drove for about two hours until we turned off I-65 onto AL59. I Kindled and kat-napped for a while, and just enjoyed the scenery.
And Jan did a really good job. As I said, I didn’t wake up screaming even once. But she doesn’t like to drive in traffic on city streets, so I took over for the last 50 miles.
I’d been a little worried about whether we could get a site at the Gulf State Park since it’s very popular with snowbirds this time of the year. But apparently we beat the rush this year because we had no trouble getting a spot.
We got into our site about 4 and got set up. The only problems was when we tried to start the truck and found the battery dead. I guess there must be a problem with my charge wire, as it should keep the battery charged from the rig. I’ll have to check it out.
About 5 we headed out for supper at one of our favorite local seafood places, DeSoto’s Seafood Kitchen. Jan had Shrimp and Oysters, and I had the Seafood Platter. You can’t get seafood much fresher than this.
When we got back from supper we found this email photo from Lowell and Brandi. They said it was a early test run for Landon and Santa.
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Here’s last year’s photo. Santa seems to have aged well.
Looks like Landon’s not going to be one of those kids that’s terrified of Santa.
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Thought for the Day:
“The problem with the designated driver program, it’s not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.” – Jeff Foxworthy.
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