Saturday, March 22, 2014

A Very Nice Bike Ride and Farewell Dinner

Thursday March 20, 2014
Foley, Ala

     We woke up to a beautiful last day in Alabama.  Guess it is trying to make an impression on us so we will come back.  Al did a lot of the last minute checkups, put aways, etc, and we loaded up the bikes to find the Back Country Bike Trails.
    
      A stop along the trail to have lunch.  The trail is an amazingly well kept path.  All along the path are benches and swings.  We stopped at one on a little lake.



    We rode about 9 or 10 miles, which was good for me, since I hadn't ridden any kind of mileage.  A few laps around the rv park does not really get you ready.  We were so glad we finally had a day and the time to do this.   We had asked two couples to have a farewell dinner with us at the Original Oyster house.  Ginny and Phil and Terry and Anna May met us there for an early supper.  Ginny is my dirty martini drinking partner.  They were good.
  
     Friday:  We planned to leave around 9.  Ginny and Phil came down to send us off.   It was a little sad going into the office and giving our name tags and gate pass back.  Everyone keeps asking if we will be back next year.  Hard to tell them, hell no!  We are going somewhere warm and where it doesn't rain.
     Ginny took some pictures as we were leaving.


    We were driving away about 9:15.   Stopped for gas in Foley.  It was an easy in and out and then we were on the road.  Uneventful drive except for the traffic around Jackson, Ms and the truck traffic on I-20.  Luckily, we were not on it for long.  Arrived at our campground in Vicksburg.  Found they had a 50 amp slot we could have.   When I reserved we had to take a 30 amp.  It was actually "hot" when we pulled in.  Glad we stopped early, as by 5:30, the park was pretty full.   Went to our favorite Walnut Hills restaurant for more of their fried chicken and coconut cream pie.  I don't really eat coconut cream pie, but this one I devour.  Al ordered a piece to eat there and one to take home.  A blues combo was playing in the bar, so after we ate dinner we went in there and listened while Al ate his pie and I had another glass of wine.
Came home to watch basketball, but we did not make it much past 9:30.  Did not stay awake to see Kansas State lose. 

1 comment:

  1. KEEPING TRACK OF ALL YOUR GOOD EATERIES AS WE MAY BE THAT WAY NEXT YEAR. WE ARE NOW BACK IN OREGON UNTIL END OF APRIL. STAY SAFE AND KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR TRAVELS.
    AMY

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