Wednesday, February 12
Lillian,
Alabama
We were up at 6:00am CT and before we left we walked to take our last picture of the beach.
It rained heavily all night and in the morning there was a thunder storm. So it turned into a Black and White Day. After our morning routine we packed and hocked up in a heavy rain, leaving at by 8:15am CT. Randal was pretty soaked by the time we were ready to pull out.
He did a good job maneuverings out of the site with the trees so closes by. we stopped at the State Park office to get our receipt.
We drove on FL#30 then onto US#98 West a single-coastal highway.
We drove through the many Beach Resorts then the Hyw widened into a double lane road for most of the trip.
Taking this coastal highway prove to be like driving though a very long city, a 170 mile city.
The highway followed the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Between the highway and the beach was a multitude of resorts, large hotels, amusement parks, businesses and tourist traps.
The elevation was 35 feet most of the way and we had views of the gulf, lakes and inlets. There were several State Parks were in this area as well.
Some of the resorts we passed through were Port St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Panama City, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola before we arrived at Lillian, Alabama.
The average speed limit was 45 MPH with many stop lights and a lot of slow traffic. We crossed many long bridges that went over St. Andrew Bay at Panama City, Choctawatchee Bay at Destin, and Pensacola Bay in Pensacola.
At 10:45 ,two hours into our trip Randal pulled over in a turnoff lane to use the biffy, that we hall behind us for just such an occasion.
The temperature did not get higher than 8ºC and it was still raining when we arrived at Gulf Shore KOA in Lillian, Alabama. After a 6 hour drive we decided to book for two nights. For $55.47 us we have a full service, 30 amp, pull through in the mud. Over night the ground did dry so as Canadians say “It's Not Too bad.”
The park is familiar to us as we had been here two years ago. It felt good the get things set up, warm up the trailer, change into some dry cloths and relax for the rest of the evening. Every thing got a lot more colourful the next day.
So remember “Discover It and Live It”.
We were up at 6:00am CT and before we left we walked to take our last picture of the beach.
It rained heavily all night and in the morning there was a thunder storm. So it turned into a Black and White Day. After our morning routine we packed and hocked up in a heavy rain, leaving at by 8:15am CT. Randal was pretty soaked by the time we were ready to pull out.
He did a good job maneuverings out of the site with the trees so closes by. we stopped at the State Park office to get our receipt.
We drove on FL#30 then onto US#98 West a single-coastal highway.
We drove through the many Beach Resorts then the Hyw widened into a double lane road for most of the trip.
Taking this coastal highway prove to be like driving though a very long city, a 170 mile city.
The highway followed the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Between the highway and the beach was a multitude of resorts, large hotels, amusement parks, businesses and tourist traps.
The elevation was 35 feet most of the way and we had views of the gulf, lakes and inlets. There were several State Parks were in this area as well.
Some of the resorts we passed through were Port St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Panama City, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola before we arrived at Lillian, Alabama.
The average speed limit was 45 MPH with many stop lights and a lot of slow traffic. We crossed many long bridges that went over St. Andrew Bay at Panama City, Choctawatchee Bay at Destin, and Pensacola Bay in Pensacola.
At 10:45 ,two hours into our trip Randal pulled over in a turnoff lane to use the biffy, that we hall behind us for just such an occasion.
The temperature did not get higher than 8ºC and it was still raining when we arrived at Gulf Shore KOA in Lillian, Alabama. After a 6 hour drive we decided to book for two nights. For $55.47 us we have a full service, 30 amp, pull through in the mud. Over night the ground did dry so as Canadians say “It's Not Too bad.”
The park is familiar to us as we had been here two years ago. It felt good the get things set up, warm up the trailer, change into some dry cloths and relax for the rest of the evening. Every thing got a lot more colourful the next day.
So remember “Discover It and Live It”.
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