Alabama Bound

It is so good to be on the road again.  We pulled out of our campground in Joelton this morning a little after 8 AM in temperatures around 26 degrees.  Gene was go thankful that he had taken the time yesterday afternoon to unhook all the water and sewer connections.  He actually slept in a little this morning and we had a leisurely breakfast before hitting the road.

Alabama Welcome Center

Our drive almost 300 miles south to Montgomery was basically uneventful.  I-65 was in good condition except in Birmingham.  We passed through several construction zones, but there were no workers on this cold Sunday so we sailed right on through.  The only time we had a bit of concern was when a gentleman pulling a good sized travel trailer passed us at about 70 mph.  As he pulled in front of us the trailer started swaying.  It swayed so badly we thought it was going to turn over.  That would pretty much make our day--having a travel trailer turn over in front of us as we were barreling down the interstate at 60 mph.  Gene put on the emergency flashers and slowed down as quickly as possible and all the other interstate traffic slowed down as well to give the guy plenty of room.  He finally got it under control, but that was a close call--for us all.

We drove right past the free campsite at Suncoast RV just south of Birmingham.  That is a good place to stop.  It’s absolutely free for full hookups.  We may be crazy for not taking advantage of such a deal, but we wanted to get farther down the road.

So tonight we are snug as a bug in a rug in the Woods RV Park just off I-65 in Montgomery.  It’s not a bad place to stay for a night or two, maybe three.  It is a Good Sam Park and also Passport America.  There are a hundred or so spacious sites with a new bath house and laundry.  The interior roads are all gravel and the pads are gravel with grass between the sites.  There is a fairly large pond at the back of the campground.  We have free cable and WiFi.

We are only here for one night.  We still have a couple hundred miles tomorrow before we pull into Rainbow Plantation in Summerdale.

That’s it for today.  Tomorrow, we’ll talk about Peanut’s Christmas present.