Gulf Shores, Alabama & settling in for the winter

We arrived here Wednesday afternoon about 2:30 after a non stop drive. When we found a place to stop it was full and no place for our rig so we kept on trucking. There weren't too many places to stop either so we were tired after setting up our home. Judy saw a 'gater while we crossed Mobile bay and the cotton is ready to be harvested. It has been overcast yesterday and today, for the most part. But.....it's in the 70s at night & 80s daytime so the trade off isn't too bad is it? Oh.....and zero rain. You can see in the picture how much Judy loves palm trees! Our friends Ray & Barb are here & our sites are pretty close. We are also bumping into lots of our winter neighbors from the past 2 winters. We are in a site 2 or 3 rows away from where we were in the past but have ourselves set up to move to a good site November 11 when another RVer leaves. It didn't "feel" like home when we arrived, we think it was because we were tired. Today Judy went to Curves, then we had lunch at McDonalds then did 5 loads of laundry. Today Gulf Shores "feels" like home! Ray & Barb wanted to do supper tonight so we went with them....to McDonalds for McRibs....but....it was a different McDonalds. Life is soooooo ruff!

Vicksburg, MS

We made the 250 mile trip to Vicksburg in the rain. Rain rain go away. We spent the night in the Ameristar Casino campground, I think it was full. Oh, it rained all night too. Did I mention it rained a lot?

Toad Suck Park; Conway, Arkansas

Sunday was a pretty wet day in Chicken Creek. Five of our friends left for TX KS and CA. We spent the afternoon eating leftover smoked brisket and other goodies around the campfire until the rains arrived. Monday morning we slept in waiting for the rains to stop then we packed up, said our goodbyes & pulled out about 11am. It rained most of the way here and we arrived at Toad Suck about 2:30. The Arkansas River is about 30 feet behind us and in one picture you can see the bridge & dam. Sure hope the dam holds all this rain! Too bad it's not nice out, this is a pretty place. We did have fun finding it, no signs. We first drove into the administration building, then the dam & locks park & then a Shell station to get directions. We had to go under a low bridge that, of course, has no clearance sign. Judy reminds me this is part of the adventure, I called it something else.