Good-by Gulf Shores

Well, it's a wrap.

We left Gulf Shores yesterday morning at 9am and found that the trailer's exterior lights - breaks and turn signals were not working....and it began to rain - hard. Karl and Cookie followed us up the road about 30 miles to Camping World. They were booked solid and couldn't help me but did fix Karl's tire problem he had.

They sent my up the road to a mechanic who concluded that 1) it was broke and 2) he couldn't fix it. So we back tracked from whence we came: to Foley AL and it's Ford dealership.

These folks couldn't have been more helpful. (I've written a letter of appreciation to the dealership) The service manager bumped me in and had a Ford mechanic working on the truck 15 minutes later. After working on it for an hour, he located the short in the electrical connection from the truck to the trailer. At 3:30pm he got us on the road but we'll have to take the truck and get this issue resolved before we get back out on the road.

We ended up spending last night in Auburn at Chewacla Park again and hit the road this morning - got home at 1pm .

Problem: I don't know what kind of jinx is following us - but at the conclusion of the last two times we went camping we had significant issues upon packing up and getting on the road.

Resolution to problem: get out and do more camping...soon.

Until next time...

Pappy

day 8 at Gulf Shores

Grammy taking a lesson...

A funny thing happened today on the way to Naval Air Station, Pensacola.....

there we were minding our own business approaching an intersection when all of a sudden there was a LOUD screeching sound. I thought someone was about to rear end me. I looked in the mirror - nothing. I looked to my right then my left - nothing. We were all about to panic when we saw them... jets - low and over head. Blue Angels.

Little did we know that Tuesdays and Wednesdays were practice days. Very impressive. Even more so when you know whats happening. As we all broke into laughter, I began wishing I had brought an extra pair of shorts:)

The National Aeronautical Musuem is a must see if you're in this area. Very good idea to visit this impressive free attraction on the Navy Base.