Today starts the trip home..... but we plan to take 4 or 5 days. For one, the car with the trailer attached sucks gas like crazy over 90 km/hr and for two, we want to end our grand adventure with a peaceful "wander" home before returning to "normal life"
Most of our trip today has been on county roads instead of interstate highway. This is slower, but it has given us a chance to really see Alabama. Perhaps because it's spring, everything just looks so fresh and clean (well, mostly). We have noticed not just here, but in all of the southern States, that there is almost no litter on the side of the road!! Most of the houses and even the trailer homes are neat and tidy. And the homes range from being tiny shacks to rustic cabins to small brick bungalows to a few massive houses with front yards the size of a football field!!
Today at lunchtime, we couldn't find a park or rest area, so we stopped for lunch in the parking lot of a garage. We parked off to the side and Karl did go over to ask if it was okay. Within 10 minutes, we noticed at least 3 people eyeing us suspiciously, and two minutes after that, 4 police cruisers sped in to the lot!!! We thought we were toast, but the police must've been just visiting someone in the shop. We noticed later that the shop did car detailing, so who knows? Turned out to be a bit of excitement to spice up our day ..... they waved at us when we left half an hour later!
Suzie and Karl had words again today. She wanted us to go off the interstate (we had just got back on) and drive way around to avoid an upcoming road closure! Well, Karl got out the map himself and started steering us toward Decatur AB (our destination) and eventually Suzie came onboard - it was an interesting hour till we got back on track!! As for me, without Suzie, the GPS, I might arrive, but I am not sure when!!
Suzie is now blessedly silent about upcoming road delays and it looks like we may roll in to this new park before 6pm.
We have been talking about things and places we've enjoyed on our trip, but can't always (okay rarely) remember which park. Good thing we kept the blog, without it we could never keep these stories straight!!!!
One last thing, it is our granddaughter Rachel's birthday today, she is 17! Happy birthday sweetheart and many many more to come!
Also wanted to note that our niece, Nicole, had a little girl last week, Jenna. Congrats to Nicole & Dave (they live in Cornerbrook Nfld) and to the new grandparents, Arnie and Rita!
So, about 6 pm we rolled into Point Mallard Campground just outside of Decatur. Nice enough place, well wooded and pretty. And a whole lot less expensive than Florida! I like that part.
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