April 18 - Friday
It was still raining in the morning, so we got the laundry done. The laundry room here is super clean. We took a ride to check out the beaches, even tho it was not a beach day we just wanted to see where they were. They are nice white sand, but very congested, a lot of high- rises and spring breakers.
April 19 - Saturday
Today was a busy day. A little chilly, so not a beach day. We heard about a museum & tour of the USS Alabama battleship about an hour away.,so off we went. Richard said we were only about an hour away from the Alabama / Mississippi state line, so maybe we should check out our next stop in Mississippi. Boy am I glad we did! When we found it, we decided it was not up to the standards we are used to, & we would not feel comfortable staying there. We also checked out the beaches in the area. They were white sand, but the water did not look clear, rather murky looking. According to the news stations, this area was affected by the oil spill a few years ago & is not completely cleaned up. So we made the decision that we would not be coming here. That meant we were 4days with no reservations anywhere. When we get back to the RV Richard would get on the computer & see what he could find. We went to see the museum & battleship. We were really glad that we did. It was a self- guided tour of the actual ship itself which is docked there. It is HUGE! We were able to tour all over the ship. I didn't do the entire ship, to many sets of stairs in the lower bunks and upper decks. To tour the entire ship takes about 2 hours, Richard said it was amazing, but a lot of walking & climbing. There was also an actual submarine to tour, but I can't remember the name. On the way back, we decided to stop for chicken for supper which we both had a taste for. Well we drove around for over an hour, and would you believe we could not find one chicken place! No KFC, no Browns, unbelievable !! We ended up at a grocery store Winn -Dixie.. They had fried chicken!
Well Richard got on the computer & found that we could get 3days at the State Park we had just came from back in Destin,FL (which we really liked with the great beach) , so we made reservations. Looks like Mon we are heading back to FL.! We were also notified by e-mail that one of the campgrounds we had reservations at on our way home was cancelled do to flooding. They were refunding our payment. So Richard had to find places for those days also, which thankfully , after a lot of time on the computer , he was able to do, so we are back on track.
April 20 - Sunday
A Blessed & Happy Easter to all! We found a church about 1/2 hr away and went to an early mass. It was finally a beautiful , sunny, blue sky day.... A perfect beach day! So after church we got our beach gear together and off we went! We spent the day there. Richard had a good day metal detecting ... He found $1.13 and a bracelet. Tomorrow we leave here.
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