Blogs from Alabama, United States, North America - page 13

After an uneventful easy flute we arrived as scheduled . Alittle travel worn and weary we had to wait a couple of hours to get into the apt. Sat at a cafe and on the seine not far from the pont neuf bridge..a few blocks from our apt. After checking in and unpacking ...we all crashed for a short rest .....I know this is against the rules but are we're so tired.....after our brief rest we wandered out to find a bar with a snack and then a trip to the grocery to stock a few necessary items. We are now sitting on ourlovely balcony with a birds eye view of Saint Eustache, the majestic church located in les Halle's...the old Parismarket place now turned park for walking and huge underground shopping mall. We are all ... read more

Traveling towards Swamp John's, we turned off and headed up a small road looking for the old Boot-Leggers moonshine property. What we found was the "Cypress Cove Farm". We strolled through the iron gates into a wooded, swamp like area that opened onto a pond. Overlooking this area was a gorgeous, huge estate. This wooded area originally was settled by the Cherokee Indians. After their departure, the boot-leggers used the area for their moonshine making. Now it has been "renovated" into a meditation place where various groups gather for meetings, ei: Garden Club, Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts. The estate is separate from this wooded area. It is owned by a State House of Representative member....he wasn't home on this day. Not as exciting as I thought it would but it killed an hour of our ... read more

"Home again, Home again - Hilligan" or something along those lines. We are back to Runway Alley with the multitude of other Tiffin RV's --- WAITING!! Not sure what will come first: Hurricane Issac or our back end cap. The temperature stays in the 90's each day here -- maybe a little wind and rain will cool things down a bit. The day you all have been waiting for has arrived: the tour of the Red Bay Museum. Happy Days are Here Again....and you thought I forgot. First, a little history beyond what I have already mentioned in previous blogs. The Post Office was established in 1887 but the city wasn't incorporated until 1907. Radio commentator, Paul Harvey, once claimed that Red Bay had more millionaires per capita than any other rural town in America. The ... read more

....and the work continues. Yippeee! Today our "wet bay" problem is being done. Lulu kept check of their work as you can see. Most of our small problems on the inside got fixed this morning by the fellow who did our satellite. He didn't have the tool to do the door latch so we shall have them do that when they do our end cap...next week. I think we shall try out the paddle wheel steamboat experience this weekend and then plan something else for the time when they do our endcap...so much to look forward to. I am breathless. Our Allegro Club friends left this morning. We were happy they could leave but sorry to see them go. They had the sweetest little dog, Daphney. Safe travels, Pat & Millard. Yesterday, they had their slide ... read more

....this is way too much fun!!! Today we went to McKinney RV Parts and Service. It is right across the road from the RV place where we are staying and waiting for our work to be done. It is a place "The Pickers" would love if they were into looking for RV parts. It has 2+ huge warehouses full of RV parts for every and any Tiffin RV you would want. It has all the furniture, appliances, wallpaper, fabric, nut and bolts and all the big metal stuff that makes up an RV. It is a jungle of parts and pieces and rather tricky to manuever around. We did get a new blind for our bathroom window for $10.00 -- probably would have been $50.00+ at Tiffin. We like to rummage through buildings but this was ... read more