ALABAMA

we have enjoyed our time here in alabama...done biking and it seems like lots of it..have tried to bike at least every other day unless it has been raining and that was last week..

we even spent a day building here n foley  the habitat is building a 6 bedroom house  for a family of 8 kids...so a house is needed for them...an intersting build...a lady was  the supervisor and is wired ...she needs a good dose of ritalin ahhahaha...

yesterday we went into mobile and see some sights....started at the fort  which is located right in the middle of the city and is over the tunnel that goes under mobile bay...after visiting the fort we went tho the history museum which was right across  the street and what a wonderful museum it is...first we saw a big room full of doll houses that one man build not sure if anyone ever played with them but in southern style they were big... and very precise...then at 2 we took a tour of the city which we fond morre interesting and now we know that there is much more to see and do in mobile so we may have to come back another year to go do more..

on monday we stat heading towards texas but first we need to stop at a rv repair shop for some more warranty work...never seems to end...glad it is still under warranty...first  the tv need to be replaced...lar wants  them to look at the front jacks--and also the wires on the slides..

  the fort conde

 the front of one of the houses and below the back of the phouse

...oh temps this morning was 31 but our pipes did not freeze...this weekend we are off to a couple of mardi gras parades... and we don't really need any more beads but if we catch some we will just add to our collection......

life is still good

FOLEY, AL

we are in foley for a couple of weeks and the first fews days here have been cold--rainy--windy so we had to find activities to do inside...one was to go see the movie american sniper sure was a eye opener and to think this is stuff that happens now..now tell me why can't people just get along!! then yesterday we went into foley to visit a couple of museums...one was the model train right in town which was most interesting...yes the model trains also l-l-s-l...then it was off the the medical museum..which brought back memories to me...

on one more thing  lar is now a happy camper...guess why???

life is going great..

BACK HOME

 ourr caretaker  roy took these pictures of what it looks like back home......where we are it is raining and hard suppose to all day so we may go to the movies..

TRAVEL DAY

we didn't have to leave last night campground very early as we only had less  than 100 miles to go  in alabama where we had reservations for the next  2 weeks..so it was a leisure morning...we drove thru some very heavy rain but lucky for us it had stopped by the time we got to the campground so we didn't have to get set up in the rain...now it will be time to check the local tv stations so lar can watch the super bowl...oh i will also watch it....

first we had to stop at the farm market for some veggies and also some fruit...so it was not fruit we bought to take with us but to put in the stomachs...peach cobbler for lunch..
some of you know where we had lunch and it was mmmmmm good...not what i would want  to eat it  every day but it was good...oh i would eat it often but it sure wouldn't be good for me...

now all set up and go seattle..

DAY 2 ON CARRABELLE ISLAND

 this morning we just took it sloe and easy sure weren't in any kind of rush..we wanted to go bike riding and it was on the cool/cold side this morning so we wanted to wait till it warmer up a tad...waited till after lunch and then took off...a lovely ride in st george's island...it ended up to be between 8--10 miles..go to get some exercise...

as we drove along the coast to the island we saw rafts of ducks and not just a few but hundreds of them of course we stopped to take a look...all kinds of different ones in the bunch...

stopped to buy some fresh shrimp now lar is off fishing...he can fish without a license where we are camped so it is taking advantage of it...

planning on going out to dinner for nothing but shrimp...oh i know we bought some but they are for another time..

can you image we need to watch out for bears here in florida and along th coast..go figure..

life is still great

CARREBELLE, FL

we have made it to carrebelle island here in the beginning of the panhandle of florida...nice campground..today we took a little tour and went to st george island to check out a bike trail and the light house...crossed over a 5 mile bridge with lots of oysters fishermen under the bridge...several places to buy seafood and we plan on eating shrimp.. i don';t like oysters and larry can't eat them so it will be shrimp...

tomorrow we plan on gong for a bike ride..kinda on the cool side today so we just took a walk and checked out the light house...

good day and nice not to have anywhere to go and anything to do for a change..

life is good

WORK DONE

yesterday was to last day of work for us..so this morning we were up and out by 10:30 as we knew we didn't have a long day of travel...we plan on visiting jerry and connie willet friends from back home also jim and tish kane...

the last week i worked in the restore for a couple of days and the gals i worked with were good as we spent alot of time laughing...the closest i can tell you about working in the restore is like working in a thirft store or salvation army we spent our time going thru clothes that have been donated...so were good of course but others had to be pitched...the restore here in dade city make enough over the years that they have been able to pay for several houses...

now for lar he spent the last couple of days working with jerry boss yep that is his last name boss..from michigan and someone we have grown to know over the years we have come here...anyway they have been  putting in the kitchen and bathroom cabinets...yesterday lar didn't get back to the camp sige till way after quitting time...around 5 but the cabinets got ALL put in and that was the plan when they left in the morning...it was nice for them to have completed a project as we have been in a  couple of houses doing jobs and at the end of the day they weren't done and we were not sent back to complete... so they were happy campers...

heavy rain in the night and it is cool and windy out today...not like the last couple of days when i got to 80..but this in winter..

a picture of the group we worked with ...because it was such a large group there were some we never got to really know or even work with but lots got done and it was  a good 2 weeks..

god bless