Saturday November 10, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

Easy do nothing day. Judy went to Curves, I fixed (I hope) a minor water leak and we did some shopping. Opened an account to rent videos. 85 and sunny at 1:30pm. That's it!

Friday November 9, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

We spent 10 hours at the Pensacola Naval Air Station at the Blue Angels Homecoming air show, we didn't leave until 2 hours after sundown.....an air show in the dark! I don't know where to start...there were several stunt fliers, 2 were plain crazy. One would tumble his stunt biplane less than 500 feet off the ground, to me it was totally out of control. Another would go straight up and go tail over nose tumbling. Some would hoover vertically, fall down nose up, fall straight down horizontally. The Blue Angels flew so close together I think I could walk wing to wing between planes. Everyone was watching 5 of the planes disappear when the sixth came over the hangers behind us at full speed a scared the poop out of everyone. Judy jumped a foot. One pilot had lines between 2 poles, one 15ft above the ground and the second 25. He cut to top one with is prop, upsidedown. The lower one he cut with his tail flying nose up slowly at a 45 degree angle. There was Otto, the clown helicopter, skydivers, a Peterbuilt truck with 3 jet engines going 350+ MPH racing an airplane The truck returned after the dark. going 350MPH again down the runway. Fat Albert, the Blue Angels support C130 Hercules, took off twice, once in the daylight and again after dark with 6 jets for assisted take off. Did you know Fat Albert can taxi backwards? The Red Barons biplanes were real impressive with their stunts. The F18 Super Hornet was also out in the afternoon and after dark. It went by several times this evening with afterburners (BIG blue flames!) on just under the speed of sound. There was a glider (with 2 RC airplane jets, 1 pound each and 12 inches long) that could take off by itself and put on a nifty show after dark with flames of sparks and fireworks shooting from its sides. The show closed with fireworks and a wall of flames. You can click on a pictures to blow it up. Great show!

Thursday November 8, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

Low key day. I went with Judy when she went to Curves and read a magazine. We did grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Back at home I repaired the cables to Jody's alarm clock and Bruce's keyboard that their puppy Bama chewed through. Judy and I then washed the truck inside and outside. I worked on a minor water leak but will have to get a part next week to totally correct it. That's all folks! Greg

Wednesday November 7, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

We stayed put and did some odds and ends here. We put the Escapees sign in the truck bumper hitch, decided how to install the outside wireless antenna, washed the bugs off the front of the trailer, did laundry and Judy made spaghetti for supper.

Just for those of you up north, it was only 64 today (low tonight in the 40s) and tomorrow the high is forcast to be 65 and low of 44. But....the sun is shinning! Starting Friday the highs will be in the 70s and lows in the 50s for a week. I have included two pictures of our home site for the next 2 months. We made a reservation here for next mid November through March (we could leave earlier) for the same site. We expect to be here for the 08 holidays. There are LOTS of people here from Michigan, is there anyone left up there over 60?

Tuesday November 6, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

We did a little more set up around and in the trailer then went to Mobile to see Jody and Bruce this afternoon. It was good to see them. They are both well and have done a lot of work on their house, it's looking good! We delivered her great grandmothers sewing machine that we've had in the trailer since early September. We also saw the new granddog, Bama. He's a pup and therefore full of energy.

Monday November 5, 2007 Gulf Shores, AL

We are now not only in the land of cotton but also the land of palm trees. We drove through downtowm Mobile and past unpicked cotton fields. We drove around the CG and scouted the open sites before selecting #53. If we are going to be here 2 months we'd better like it! They play euchre at the CG several times a week and bingo! AHHH...the old farts life continues.

Sunday November 4, 2007 Byram, MS

We are back in the land of cotton, clouds of bugs, cypress trees, Sinclair & Pure gas stations, and high 70s. The cotton bales are about 8x8x30 feet, the last time we were here the cotton was just starting to bloom. We crossed the Mississippi River again at Vicksburg (should be the last time this year) and arrived at the CG in time to watch the last half of the race on TV.