Author: Mike Pekrul

Went paddling again (the weather is fabulous today!) Took the ‘yaks out into the creepy swamp of doom. Lots of underbrush, lots of animal sign, but didn’t see anything beyond some inquisitive turtles. Still no alligators. ☹️ Spending more time today on maintenance after those crappy roads yesterday. Did I mention the sucky roads here?…

We left Buccaneer State Park in Mississippi this morning heading for our new campsite in Louisiana. I had always heard that roads in LA were bad, so as we entered the state I was kinda on edge. I started thinking “hey, this isn’t bad”. The worst of it were the transitions from road to bridge…

Went to the local Farmers Market this morning. Note to self: never go to the grocery store or the farmers market when you’re hungry. 😵‍💫 Our best score were pickles! We tried a sample and they were awesome, so we bought a jar. As we walked around more, we both kept on thinking of those…

Went out last night, dinner, a few cocktails, a live band and dancing. Susanne is a wild spinning ball of energy when the music gets in her. I just hang on and try to keep up. 😄 Place is called Tripletails in Bay St.Louis, Mississippi. Great waterfront district, lots of restaurants, shops and bars. I…

Woke up early this morning, noises coming from up on the rooftop, and it’s the wrong time of year to be reindeer. Dang squirrels running up and down the RV and then trying to dig into my front air conditioner. I banged on the ceiling a few times, and on the bottom of the AC…

Moving day today, only a two hour drive. Leaving Meaher State Park near Mobile AL and following the coast into Mississippi. Meaher is pretty nice, not much to it, but location location location as they say. Great view out into the bay, and close to services and Mobile. And walking in the marsh after dark…

Today we went to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. That is one ginormous boat! We walked all over that thing and still probably only saw 10% of it. I had been on a WW2 aircraft carrier, but never a battleship. The US Navy donated it to the state of Alabama under the condition that…

We arrived yesterday and set up camp. MUCH warmer than it’s been for us so far, the snow is almost gone. A beautiful (I think I use that adjective too much, but it fits) location on the water. We watched the sunset and cooked dinner over our fire. I had fun walking in the marsh…

Yesterday, we finally left St. Andrew’s State Park in Panama City Beach. GREAT place, beautiful campground, beautiful beach, plenty of walking trails and wildlife, and PCB right outside the gates. We’ll definitely be back someday. After leaving St. Andrews, we made our way to our next campsite. The drive was hard, lots of ice and…

Snow in Florida, how crazy is that? And lots of it! The day after we left home two weeks ago (has it really only been two weeks?) it snowed a lot. I was kinda sad to have missed it, but not any more. Five inches of snow at Panama City Beach!! That’s so crazy to…