Well, here we go again. . . . .

Well, its time to move on down the road, you know how we look at it - 'over the next hill, around the next bend'.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our one-month stay here at the Gulf Shores Elks Lodge RV Park, and all of the south Alabama area of Gulf Shores, Perdido Key, Orange Beach, Foley, Robersdale, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Fort Morgan, Pensacola, and the neat little town of Lillian, Alabama (...and too, it has the first name of my mother which I like...).

We have seen, and been on, around, or over The Wharf, the Beaches, The Gulf State Park, Fort Morgan, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Lulu's Beach Restaurant, The Hangout, Ryan's, Mama Lou's, Lambert's Cafe, the Outlets, Pottery Time, Gator Alley, U.S.S. Alabama, the Elks of Lodge 2782, O'Charlie's, and so much more.

It is a very nice area with friendly folks, beautiful white sand beaches, great shopping and nice restaurants, interesting historical sites and local amusements.

Overall we have experienced good weather with temps in the upper 60's to lower 80's, blue skies and plenty of sunshine. Well, that is except for the past two days anyhow (and the couple of days a few weeks back when the defunct hurricane, then tropical storm Ida came ashore here with some rain and wind, but little else) , which rained and rained and then rained some more. Yesterday alone in a 24 hour period, the reported rainfall here was 4.5" (now that is a lot of water folks!). It was a warm, sub-tropical storm that moved up over the Gulf from the south with a lot of rain and some high winds to boot.

Tomorrow morning we move on over to Destin, Florida and will settle in there for only a couple of days before moving further east to Mexico Beach, a short distance southeast of Panama City Beach. It should be nice weather for traveling and our distance is not that far tomorrow, so it will be an easy journey for us hopefully.

I did get a few "home" things done while we have been here in Gulf Shores like, polishing the chrome wheels on the coach (damn, there are a lot of wheels to polish, and big too!). I got a repair made on my umbilical (electrical) cord, and I got the electrical tow-switch repaired on the Vue. I think we have all systems set to 'go'.

We will check in again with you from the Florida Panhandle...