The Final Days

Tuesday we golfed at the Rock Creek Golf Club about 45 minutes north of where we stayed.  We played this course about 11 or 12 years ago.  It was in great shape, but we didn't play very well.

Since we weren't taking our RV home with us, we quit buying groceries over a week ago.  This meant that we had to eat out for most dinners.  After we had Happy Hour while Pam and Dennis' friends staying in the State Park, we all headed to Waffle House for dinner.  We all stuffed ourselves with the "AllStar" breakfast (two eggs, bacon, grits or hashbrowns, waffle, and toast).  We were the only people there for dinner on Tuesday evening.  That didn't stop one of the employees who started taking down the ceiling while we were eating.

Biking the trail with Pam and Dennis.

Wednesday we left to drive 15 miles north to where we would spend the night, and then will be staying in January through March next week.  Pam and Dennis drove up to pick us up for dinner once again.  This time we ended up at The Gift Horse restaurant about 3 miles from our new campground.  I was secretly hoping that it would be bad since we would be so close all winter.  Sadly, the food was wonderful.  We all used a buy one, get one free for the buffet; when we paid, they gave us another one for future use.  All they have is a buffet, for both dinner and lunch.  Again, we were the only ones in this place.

At 3:03am on Thursday, we left Johnny's RV Resort and headed home.  The drive was uneventful and not bad at all, especially since we swapped drivers every two hours. In just over 13 hours, we arrived safe and sound.

Lastly, we got to see this little guy, who is now walking and giving kisses!

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Getting Ready To Head North

We're winding down to our last few days in Gulf Shores.  The beach has still continued to be perfect.  The water, unfortunately, is cooling off fast.  Mark says that today was probably his last day to get in;  I'll keep getting in until we leave.  Except for the one day when the wind blew 40mph, we have not seen a single jelly fish!  We have also been seaweed-free the whole month. 

Sunrise with the fog taken from inside the trailer.

Earlier in the week we golfed at the Gulf Shores Golf Club where we had never played before.  It was very nice, and pricey, but fortunately we had a coupon that covered one greens fee. 

We biked on this very cool trail.  It's all paved with picnic benches and tables scattered every couple hundred yards. 

Even though the recent hurricanes killed all the trees, I still thought it was beautiful.

Tomorrow we're headed back to this trail, but are dragging Pam and Dennis with us.  They prefer to walk everywhere while we prefer biking. 

Friday I went kayaking with Pam and Dennis.  They rented a longer one for a day, so I was able to use one of the ones they own. 

Dennis launching the 14 footer.

Pam checking for alligators.  (No, we did not see any.)

Pam and Dennis have been kind enough to let us borrow their Ipads so we can keep in touch with Matthew.  We really miss him, and can't wait until next weekend when we get him overnight!



Our final blog will come some time after we get back home next week.