Alabama

We’ve been having issues with a tire for the past two days; the valve of the inside tire passenger side has been leaking, so a stop by Love’s was in the navigation charts. Not good! After being promised that all had been fixed, 200 miles down the road heading to Alabama, we stopped for a break, walked around drinking my coffee  and two surprises! The naughty tire was flat and the shiny hub cover was missing…. Aghhhhhh….. After driving at 30 MPH for 13 miles, we found Gateway Tires… and a bunch of excellent guys made our day by fixing it… but I’m yet to find the shiny chrome hub cover….

Into the night…

What did I say about following certain rules? No driving at night, and here we are arriving at the campsite at 9 pm in Hillsboro, Alabama… to be honest we were planning our arrival at 5 pm but the tire issue made us come late.

Arriving late at a campground means you feel a bit embarrassed because of the noise of a diesel engine running while you set up your grounds… jacks down, slides out and connections for water, electricity and sewage….. and of course the engine has to cool down so maybe 15 minutes getting a few eyes on you from the other motorhomes around you…. Oops!!!

So next day, time to explore the surroundings of Lake Wheeler. In three more days, the gates of this lake will open to release water that will end up in the Tennessee River a few miles downstream.

Tree number 2!! Alabama’s turn

It was Alabama’s turn to get a tree planted by the ScottyRVadventures team.. It was a Crape Myrtle that will grow 18 feet in height one day.

Lori who owns the KOA Ozark / Fort Rucker camp was kind enough to let us plant this beautiful tree right by the main entrance of her office!

And the jewel in the crown for Alabama goes to…Gulf Shores National Park !!

This 6,150 acre paradise is definitely worth the visit; we stayed 4 days and enjoyed the wonders it can offer. 25 miles of bike trails, beach, hotel, restaurants, etc… and the RV campground offers 500 sites!! Needless to say, Wi-Fi wasn’t the best and we definitely need to find our own alternative to get good signal that sometimes camping parks can’t offer. We may end up getting a Dish satellite system.