Linda&Russ: Sunday Feb 10, 2013

Hello Blog followers,

Today is Sunday Feb 10, 2013 and it has been pretty overcast and windy today. We have been slowly putting things away and readying for our Monday departure from Grayton beach State Park. We went up the road to Public's grocery store and did a little shopping and just out to see what the store has to offer in “southern items”. Nothing that really stand out but lots of friendly folks that keep calling Linda “sweetie or dear”. We also went East for a few miles thru Watercolor, Seaside and a couple of other vacation vista's and found a pizza joint that the park rangers said was a local place that they all eat at. It was ok but nothing to write home about. Watching tv and relaxing inside due to the wind and clouds. Last nite we could hear music and realized it was coming form Seaside common half-shell. That's about 3/4mile from us and half that is over water. Great music and loud. It must have been ear breaking at the common, but at least it was good music. This campground has been really nice. A small park but folks come and go all the time, with at least 6 rigs changing every day. We have decided that we are going to Mobile, Al in the morning and stay for 3 nites. He 12^th is their last day of MardiGras so we hope to get into town for the parades. The weather is predicting rain and high winds so we are not sure how that will affect the event. As always we will try and find neat things to do and see. After Mobile we are heading back to Florida and going to stay at Pensacola Naval Air Station RV park. Being retired Department of Defense employees we can use the military parks. The prices are pretty good and it's right on Perdido Bay and only a few miles from the Aeronautical Museum that everyone says it a MUST SEE. Looking forward to seeing just how much red tape is required to stay at a government park.

I will try and attach pictures of me wading in the Gulf of Mexico. I have already posted a couple on Facebook just to spin up my friends at home that are still shoveling the massive amounts of snow that they got. The water was not warm, but not as cold as York beach in Maine. I will be honest, I didn't stay very long, but just had to do it. That was yesterday after we walked a 1 hour loop around the park thru dunes, pine groves, and nature trails. It was neat, but we keep looking for sneaky southern things like snakes and other unknown threats. Didn't see any or even hear them.

I do hope everyone at home is safe, warm and all dug out from the storm, I jest with you all about how great the weather here is and that we are in shorts and tee shirts(which we are) but our hearts are with you dealing with the new England weather.

I am starting to get over my cold and all the coughing, and runny nose. I am still hoping that Linda doesn't get it as I need my copilot healthy to guide me along the way.