National Museum of Naval Aviation, from the past and another hot day.

Where are we today ?

Wilderness Rv Park Robertsdale Alabama

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      Still wonderfully very warm weather. it was 70F at 5am  and still quite humid, the humidity is normal for this area.
      Just before 7 am I got a couple nice morning walkabouts in this quiet campground, hoping to see some sunshine today, but not really in the forecast,  we will see.

this place is a must see

      Were thinking about taking the drive to Pensacola to see the National Museum of Naval Aviation again but have been there 2 times previously and did not feel we needed to go back again so soon, last time was just 4 years ago. So I went back and looked at my old postings that I will share with you again. Love that we can go back on our blog and enjoy our past travels and places we have explored.
      Our first visit to the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola Florida was in 2012 click HERE for that posting and again in 2014 spent more time and checked out the Boneyard as well. For that Posting you can clic HERE  It is really an amazing place to see. And free, (we like free!) plan to spent most of the day there maybe even 2 days. This has to be the most interesting Aviation museum we have ever visited, you will not be disappointed.
 
      Now back to what we actually did today. My first walkabout this campground I went down by the ponds to check what was there, a few ducks enjoying the water and this warm weather.

the clubhouse and pool over there,
pool closed now for the season

    It is above average temperatures for our luck 83 f today and a couple of light train showers for a few minutes, but with no wind and our awning open was wonderful.

this Police car is here, believe he
 probably lives in this park
there is a lot pf people that do

    I chatted with a few friendly folks on my walkabout , love their southern accents.

    Now such a nice warm day I enjoyed a nice long hot shower in the new ones right across from us. Wow is this water ever soft! Now with squeaky clean hair time for a haircut and beard trim . I set to work on that and Suzie does the finishing touches. I have the best barber in the world !

    After a light lunch I took a drive across I-10 past Styx river resort we have been to many times, another membership park but owned by Ocean Canyons and if we go there we can't go to Abita Springs for at least a week. So here is where we at. 

just before Styx River Resort is the shooting centre
always lotsa people there

this is a nice resort too with hot tub and heated pool

cruising down the red dirt road for a quiet drive
exploring

    Then back to the travel centre to revisit the Oasis Travel centre and the Derailed Diner such an interesting place to stop and visit, we enjoyed a meal once there a few years ago and love the decorations and atmosphere.

looks like a train wreck

Diner entrance

love this entrance

interesting displays inside

the cashier in a Pirate ship

you sit in this cab and take your picture

      Now the check out the diner another unique experience.

some different stools at the counter

motorcycle seat 

you can even tailgate here if you like

or eat in the train car

dining in a train  car is cool

now the exit through the Volkswagen  van
period painting wow !

     Left here and across the road to a local farm raised meat store and picked up a pound of ground Bison. That I will make into burgers at some point.

these will make excellent burgers
I have been told.

         Now the rest of the afternoon we can relax in the shade and enjoy this 83 f weather. that we love. Reading our page turners, and I stopped for a bit to dump our grey water and check our tire pressure as I always do before we travel. As we are leaving in the morning moving down the gulf coast for a ways.
        I had put our Weber Q away as I planned on cooking a shrimp dinner (that we missed yesterday) inside one of our favourites. Garlic Shrimp pasta you can clic the recipe link HERE or my recipe blog top right sidebar. I used up the rest of the Huge shrimp we bought in Mexico last spring.
         I cleaned our shrimp we got from Mexico and they are huge, 10 in total cut them into 3 pieces each and added to the veggies to fry up for a few minutes until the pasta is done.

these shrimp are huge !

just about ready to put together 

now we had a great feast of shrimp sure
hit the spot and some leftovers as always.

          At 6 pm supper done and still 75f but we are enjoying some thunder and lightning. No problem we secure and stuff put away just because we knew it was coming. Like the weather Gods predicted.
      Thanks for dropping by for a peek and hope ya'll had a wonderful day as well.

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Drive to the beach at Gulf Shores Alabama and a wonderful lunch buffet on a another very warm day.

Where are we today ? 

Wilderness RV Park Robertsdale Alabama

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      It was very warm last night for sleeping the low overnight was 72F and 80% humidity. So no comforter, no blankets and windows open we got a wonderful sleep. Slept fast until 4 am then I was ready to go for the day. The morning exercises, breaky coffee and computing waiting for the sunrise to get out for a walkabout. Got my first mile in just after 6 am the headed down the road a few miles to the Piggly Wiggly in Loxley for a few grocery supplies.

love seeing all these huge Cotton bales harvested

not far from the campground they have
a Huge fireworks store

speed limit in the camoground

     Back home before 8 am and we discussed what to do today, forecast says rain most of the day so we decided  to take a drive to the Gulf Shores because it has been few years and thought we would go out for a seafood lunch.
      We have toured this area quite few times and like to at least stop and see the beach and a few things along the way. About an hours drive down to the beach and walk on the boardwalk (cement sidewalk) for a bit, but was over cast so not a real nice beach day but at least we were there again.
      Then made our way back north stopping at Camping world to get a new AC filter  that needs to be be replaced.

this was our nice morning drive to the beach

then there is me on the beach

This would be wonderful on a sunny day

nice Board?walk

     Heading back north we passed by Lambert's Cafe (home of the throwed rolls) an entertaining experience in eating it is for sure (you have to catch the fresh made rolls they throw) and the food in not too bad, but we have been there at least twice, were looking forward to some seafood.

Lambert's is a fun  experience

       Now all the way back to Robertdale and are ready for lunch at Fin's . Hey what the heck they are closed!!! Supposed to be open a family run operation with great seafood. Hmm. now what to do it is noon we hungry. We are not driving back to the Gulf for a seafood restaurant, BUT! we are always flexible. Around the corner we found the Magnolia Blossom Cafe.

   A nice family owned restaurant the kind we prefer rather than fast food chains, Lotsa cars parked outside , a good sign. So we checked it out regular menus, but an interesting buffet, and had food we would like. Southern fried chicken, baked chicken, catfish, chicken livers, liver and onions, mashed potatoes, gravy,  rice, beans, turnip greens, veggies, nice salad bar, corn bread muffins with jalapeños and  soup.. $10. each yup sounds good and it sure was . Got our catfish, chicken and salad fix and Suzie even had desert . More food than we could sample but we are very satisfied with the food and the service.

this was very tasty

    That was our fun outing for today home just after 1 pm and began to drizzle a bit , So open our awning to read outside and be dry still 79F and 85% humidity (no wind) so very comfortable. I did get a couple of walkabouts when the drizzle let up and tonight no need for supper again after that wonderful meal at lunch. We chatted with a few local people that dropped by to chat and enjoyed our e-readers. Me getting caught up with Elvis Coles adventures. By Robert Crais. Elvis is a private investigator with a humour always fun reading.

this is our afternoon view enjoying
the very nice warm weather

     Now to relax outside dark now and will take all this warm weather we can get, gonna soon cool off again.
    Read out here some more and head inside to see what's in tv for a bit. Then see what tomorrow brings.
    Thanks for joining us today and really hope y'all had great day as well.

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Sweet home Alabama is where we are.

Where are we today ? 

Wilderness Rv Park Alabama

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       Another good sleep and nicely adjusting to the time change, that is a good thing, we have another one today!
       Ready to hit the road this morning and no visible sunrise just fog, So I got a nice walkabout for a half hour then we secured our coach and hooked up the car, on the road again !

pretty foggy morning so we waited a bit

     We pulled out at 7:45 this morning planning on making a few miles today.  326 miles was our plan and we did it no problem.

       Some interstates and wonderful smooth back roads with next to no traffic. Gotta love these roads here. 

     These back roads would have been wonderful scenery except for the fog . Passed from Georgia to Alabama then into Florida and back into Alabama.
     We stopped at a Flying J in Dothan Alabama . To fuel our coach and make a nice light lunch just because it was time.
     Then south to I-10 and west to our destination. Most of the day we passed so much devastation from the recent Hurricane that came through these areas. Thousands of trees down everywhere. houses with trees on them and buildings that paid the price. Not many pictures of them, I was driving.

now into the Florida Panhandle 

        Taking our time and did get a few pics of trees that were beside the highway on I-10.

         Then eventually back into Alabama.

"Sweet home Alabama "

    Our destination today another membership park in our system only $10.00 a night (Coast To Coast) full hookups and free wifi. a pretty good deal in our books.

this be the place

     We were assigned a nice corner site right by the restrooms. Supposed to be able to get our satellite dish here. But with all the tress and moving the dish a couple of times  we gave up. We got 35 channels on our antenna so really not a big deal for the amount of TV we watch. Oh did I say it was  83F when  we arrived at 3:30PM , actually 2:30 pm here , another time change for us.

this is wonderful and you know it
when Suzie in shorts in the shade

          All set up enjoying the weather and our happy hour.  A lady walked by with a beautiful dog that Suzie just had to pet.

love the colors on this dog

I tried to set up our dish but the
 trees really got in the way

     Right across from us in the washrooms, showers and laundry. We have been here a few times over the years and it was tired. Now the building looks about the same.

right across from us

       BUT inside I was really impressed  they actually did an amazing upgrade now they are very usable.

they sure did a nice job here

our nice corner site

      After some relaxing reading and chatting for a while we decided on a couple of Turkey Burgers we brought from home , Hayter's Onion and parsley burgers that we really enjoy . We eat these sparingly over the winter.

not long on our Weber q
the english muffins warm in foil

now that was all we needed for supper tonight,
these are very filling

     We plan on hanging out here for 3 nights and a few things we would like to revisit , it has been quite a few years since we have been in this area and really enjoy it.
     The weather forecast does not look great so we will play that by ear. Lots to see around here if we wish to do that.

our travels today . 326 miles
 on very good roads

     That was a very nice travel day, got to where we wanted and arrived at a good time.
     And we did enjoy reading outside reading and blogging until about 7:30 tonight, still 72F. But a long enough day for us, inside to kick back a relax, tomorrow is another day.
    Thanks for coming along and hope y'all had a great day as well.
   

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 Where have we been this Winter?