DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL - #2

Tuesday and Wednesday of this week were just relaxing and camping days. As the old saying goes, "I did nothing and LaVerne stacked it up". Well, maybe we did take care of a few house cleaning chores and a couple of maintenance items. The weather was very nice - sunny days with temperatures in the high 70's. In fact, the weather has been great the whole time we've been here - no rain, no wind, lots of sun, moderate temperatures!




Yesterday (Thursday) we went to Mobile and met some old high school friends for lunch. It's great to be able to keep in touch with these folks and always a treat when we're able to get together for a visit. There was going to be six couples, but two couldn't make it. One had knee replacement surgery Tuesday and the other had a prior commitment they couldn't get out of.

As I mentioned on the last post, this campground gets pretty crowded and busy on weekends. The next campsite over on the back side of our camper is very close and very small. Luckily, no one has occupied it all the time we've been here, but a couple moved into it yesterday afternoon. In order to give themselves a little extra room, the guy angled their camper in rather than back it in straight. When he put out their awning, it came to within a foot of our living room window! We are leaving tomorrow morning, so unless someone else comes in on this site, I guess they'll have a little more room.

And for you that were wondering -- yes, there is a beach here at Dauphin Island. We went over today to take a few pictures. It was not crowded at all today, but if it's at all like it was last weekend, it'll be packed tomorrow! There are lots of off-shore oil rigs out in the Gulf of Mexico and also the big shrimp boats ply the waters. The water here is very dirty looking - not the clear blue like in Panama City or Destin. We don't know for sure, but think it might be all the off-shore oil rigs that cause it.

Well, as mentioned above, tomorrow is moving day and will get us a little closer to home. This will be the last 'blog' post I make because the rest of the trip will be three separate stops visiting relatives, kids & grandkids, and making it to one of our grandson's high school graduation. The plan at the moment is to be home on Monday the 23rd. We left home on March 31st, have put 3644 miles on the motorhome so far with about another 460 to go. God has taken care of us and kept us safe and we pray that He will continue to watch over us until we get home. One thing we're really thankful for is the gasoline prices. Back in 2008 when we went to Alaska, the gas prices were as high as they had every been - we paid over $5 a gallon in Alaska a couple of times with the average in the lower 48 states pushing $4. This year the prices were the lowest they've been in many years - averaged $1.88 per gallon!

We hope you have enjoyed our 'blog' for this trip - we were glad to have you along for the ride.