Fall Trip to the Gulf Shore
September 23
Our trip to
the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi started with all the usual
excitement and anticipation of any other trip except this one started with a 55
mile one way trip in the wrong direction. Our first two days will be spent in
Rogers MN at Camping World. We are parked in the rear of the building where
they maintain six spots for people having service performed or those just
needing a place to park for the evening. We knew that before we could travel
again we had to make a change as to the vehicle we would tow behind the RV. Our
little Saturn just didn’t have it anymore and we didn’t feel it could take
another trip. We have known for some time now that our next tow vehicle would
be a jeep and a couple of weeks ago we found the one we wanted. We are at Camping
World now because they are installing the necessary equipment required to
enable the jeep to obediently follow us around while attached quietly to back
of the RV.
September 24
We woke this
morning after a cool rainy night. We had to have the jeep ready for Camping
World at 8:30. So we drove around front and gave them the jeep and we walked
over to MacDonald’s for coffee. We are now back at the RV where we are grounded
until sometime tomorrow. Fortunately we have an electrical hookup which means
we have TV. Update: we got a call at
3:00 saying they were finished with the jeep and ready for the RV. I asked how
long they needed and was told that without any problems they would finish with
everything by 5:00. They were finished at 5:00.
We decided
that it was too late to head out so we decided to spend the night again. We
drove over to Applebee’s for super and then back to the RV for some TV and an
early bedtime.
September 25
We were very
anxious this morning to first see if we could properly hook up the jeep to the
RV and secondly to get on the road and get out of town. Everything worked as
planned and we hit the road at 7:00. Traffic was very heavy all the way to the
Mall of America where it thinned out enough to drive the speed limit. It was a
beautiful drive as we made our way down to Red Wing and picked up the river road. The sun finally came out in
southern Minnesota and the temperature climbed to 75, perfect. Many of the
trees have begun to change and the colors were beautiful.
We are
staying this evening at Miller Riverview Park in Dubuque, IA. We are right on
the river with great views.
