December 4, 2004

December 4, 2004

Flint Creek Park, Mississippi to Summerdale, Alabama

DAY 170

 

Well ... we've finally made it to the Gulf Of Mexico ! Tonight we're at Rainbow Plantation, an Escapees RV Park. near Summerdale, Alabama.

We left Flint Creek Park this morning heading east on Hwy. 26 through about 35 miles of Mississippi swamp land to Lucedale. At Lucedale, we picked up Hwy. 98 heading southeast to Alabama. We entered Alabama and were at Mobile by lunch time. We stopped in Mobile for supplies, diesel, and lunch. In Mobile we picked up Interstate 65 south for a short time, then onto Interstate 10 heading east over Mobile Bay, probably the most northerly point of the Gulf Of Mexico. After crossing Mobile Bay, just east of Mobile, we stopped at a Travel Information Centre in Spanish Fort, where I took a picture of our first palm tree on this adventure. A bit more east on I-10, then onto Hwy. 59 heading south towards Gulf Shores. Halfway between I-10 and Gulf Shores, at Summerdale, Alabama, we turned west onto County Road 32, and the Escapees RV Park here, Rainbow Plantation.

At the Escapees Fall Escapade in Goshen, Indiana, Joanne decided she wanted to try to visit 8 of the 9 RV Parks owned by the Escapees RV Club. The first was in Branson, Missouri, just before our WorkCamping job at YMCA Of The Ozarks. The second was supposed to be the Escapees RV Park at Knoxville, Tennessee, about 400 miles or so east of where we were in Missouri. When it was time to leave last Monday morning, it was raining, and cold, and I was feeling so miserable with this cold, I couldn't bring myself to drive in any direction other than south. We skipped Knoxville, Tennessee.

And, so, here we are in Summerdale, Alabama. The temperature when we arrived late in the afternoon was in the mid-60's, and now, late at night, it's in the high 50's. I can live with that !

My cold has begun to improve ... finally.

We are going to stay here anywhere from 3 days to a week. Tomorrow we'll start to figure out what we want to see and do while we're here, as well as what we want to see and do on the way to Texas. We want to be at Livingston, Texas by Christmas, so we need to do some planning.

We picked up a movie tonight in the park's club house, and watched it after supper. A Michael Moore film called Canadian Bacon. It's hilarious. It pokes merciless fun at America, and Americans. The star is JohnCandy. There are some "inside" Canadian jokes that only Canadians would get. When the credits roll, credit is given to Johnny LaRue, thanking him for the crane shots. HA HA HA HA HA ... too funny !

DSK