Jody & Renato's Lake Lanier home

This is Jody & Renato's home on Lake Lanier.  No lake shots yet.  They are living in a rental home a few mikes away while Renato does some very serious remodeling.  All new windows, new kitchen, walls disappearing, lots of ceiling can lights, remodeled bathroom, and lots more.  A new house room by room.

No, this isn't their home.  It's the building in which Dr. Bahnmiller works.  There are two doctors working from an medical suite on the second floor.

                                                            The doctor in her office.

Water aerobics ladies

Judy leads water aerobics three mornings a week and wanted a picture to send to one of the regulars that can't make it down here this winter.

Fort Morgan with Trap & Jan

Trap (Al) & Jan

 

On the beach.

 

 

We went to Fort Morgan & along the beach sightseeing so they could get a good idea of what all the beach houses looked like and all the sand.  They are from Alberta so viewing the Gulf and beach was a treat for them.

 

Oil or gas well just off the shore.

 

Trap & Jan stop for 2 days

Two HitchHiker friends, Trap & Jan, stopped by to see what Gulf Shores is like.  They are from Alberta and this is their first winter in warm weather.  They are on their way to southern CA for the winter but are making some stops to visit friends and see some on the southern USA.  We haven't seen them since Yellowstone in 2009.

 

We went out to eat at Sea & Suds on the Gulf and watched these fishermen.  They were only 150 yards off shore and made a large spiral with their net ending up in the center.  Without waiting they reversed and pulled in their net.  We were all amazed and how many fish they caught.  That's a porpoise in the second photo.

                                     Sunset on the beach with a kite flying in a strong wind.


 

Helping Charlie & praying for Kay

This past week one of our HitchHiker friends had a very serious medical problem and was rushed to a hospital in Mobile for emergency surgery.  She remains in a coma so on Sunday Mike & Debra helped us take Kay & Charlie's HH to Mobile so he will be close to Kay in the hospital.  Our prayers are with Kay.

 

 

On the way back to Gulf Shores we stopped for a few minutes to show Mike & Debra downtown Mobile and then a small park on the river across from Austel.  We saw these two new Nay ships outside under construction.

 

 

 

Peanuts & the Russians are here!

 

One week we rode out to a peanut farm with Mike & Debra.  We haven't been to this peanut farm before and Mike and Debra like boiled peanuts (yuck!) so they went after some cajun boiled peanuts.  We went to see the old farm down a dirt road and get some roasted peanuts.  $5 for about 5 pounds.
The two large stainless steel tubs in the above picture is where they are boiled in water.  

 

 

OK, here's something you don't see every day.  On the way back from the peanut farm we stopped at a Civil War historical site where the Union Army crossed the Fish River on their way to Mobile.  We were chewing on some peanuts when this old bike with a sidecar pulled up.  I talked with the driver and his passenger, see the red star?  It's a WWII Russian bike.  It was assembled from WWII surplus parts just after the war.

Here's what our site looks like today.  It's been a little chilly the last day and the forecast continues with 50 at night and 60 daytime but sunny.  It should warm up next week into the 70s.  As you can see some of the trees have lost lots of their leaves.  Some will be green all winter and the pine trees will be too, of course.

One of our better Halloweens!

The weather has been pretty good this week, as you can see above.  Another HitchHiker couple, Jenny & Craig, showed up this week.  They spent the summer hiking over 500 miles in the Rockies, they are serious hikers.

 

 

                       I do not know what this bush is but I saw it yesterday in the Publix parking lot.

OK, here's why this is a great Halloween.  After 15 days without a toilet and a zillion trips day and night to the RV park's bathhouses we can now once again, go at home.  After parts problems for a week with our old toilet we ordered a new one over a week ago.  The first one that arrived had a broken china bowl.  The replacement was shipped to Grand Bay, AL.  Today we received TWO toilets.  After installing just one we are happy again.  Judy got new glasses but that just does not compare to a working toilet in our home.
The real reason for getting it installed today is that Judy is afraid to go out to the bathhouse after dark today.....the goblins and ghosts are out tonight!