Greeting from here in the state of Alabama.  We arrived yesterday and will be here in Gulf Shores for the next three nights.  Gulf Shores is just outside of Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico.  We did just a windshield tour of Mobile but what an impressive city.  But like other areas we have visited the port is wide open to storms and hurricanes.  Like Galveston and others we have visited they are so vulnerable but huge locations for commerce.

Today we wanted to get into Florida and so we visited Pensacola and the beaches of the western panhandle.  We have included three pics showing the famous white sand beaches of Florida.  Also the pictures show a crowded beach (by Oregon standards) as spring vacation begins today through next week.

That’s our cue to start heading north again.  We really felt out of sync with all of the teeny bikinis and buff college men.  Oh well we’ll let them have their fun and we’ll visit this fun place another time when they are hard at work at their universities.

On Sunday we plan to leave here and head North to Red Bay, Al where our motorhome was made.  We want to make a couple of changes and have some minor warranty work done.  Yesterday we talked to some people who were heading that way as they have ordered a new unit and want to watch it being constructed.  I think they ordered a new 42 footer!

Our trip so far has been amazing for us and I hope that you have enjoyed “traveling” along with us.  It will be interesting but different being away from the coast.  So far Alabama has been beautiful as it is very green with large stands of pine trees.  It kind of reminds us of a greener Sun River with a ton of water all around.

Tomorrow we will check out more of the beach areas here in Gulf Shores.  This is a bit of a secret as far as the spring crowds are concerned but with the same white powdery sand beaches.  We’ll keep you posted. 

One more thing, we had a great lunch at a restaurant where the locals hang out.  We ate outside with temperatures in the low 80s.  Perfect.

We wish all of you were with us.

We’ll be loving you.

Grandpa.