Although we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Bella Terra, we were glad to leave in the hope of escaping what now seemed like tornado alley to us! It would be a nice travel day with lots of sunshine, welcome driving …
It had been 10 years since we had stayed at Bella Terra. Wow how time flies, seems like just yesterday! Check in went smoothly and we were led to our site #444 by staff. This huge site with lots of …
As we settled into life in RI during the spring and summer of 2020, we knew that many state parks had already shut down, some private parks had done the same or were operating at reduced capacities and the RV …
Continuing our journey to Riverbend…. When we were RV newbies, way back in 2011, in addition to Florida, one of the first areas we visited was the Alabama coastline, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach to be specific. The gorgeous white …
On February 16th (yes, I know this post isn’t very timely is it?), we hit the road again, leaving Topsail Hill State Park in Santa Rosa Beach FL and headed for Gulf Shores, Alabama where we had a 14 day …
Rainbow Springs State Park that is! On Monday, January 19th, we left Quail Run RV Resort around noon, facing another easy driving day, a journey of 78 miles. Boy, we’re really getting used to these short driving trips! On our …
And the good weather at DeSoto State Park near Fort Payne, AL continued! Next on our agenda was to visit the much publicized DeSoto Falls, named for famed explorer, Hernando DeSoto, which are located about seven miles north of DeSoto …
What’s that saying…behind every dark cloud is a silver lining? But in this case it should be after every dark storm there comes a perfect day! Thursday, May 1st was that perfect glorious day…dry comfortable temps with a few wispy …
The day after the night before (the night being the one with all the severe storms and tornadoes) dawned bright and sunny. Knowing that our families most likely were worried about us, before even taking a shower we went to …
Note: the following post describes events prior to the posts regarding our tornado experience. …and we’re back in Alabama! Well, it wasn’t really a hop, skip and a jump, it was more like a 30 minute drive from the campground …
