Alexander City, Alabama, is where we are headed now. Jack says it is the largest state campground in the country with over 600 sites. It has full hook up, laundry and wi-fi. It sits on a reservoir with over 750 miles of shoreline. We've only been on the road for a few hours and already it is warmer than it has been since we've left .Indiana I didn't mention that I finally had to break down and buy a coat. WalMart had them on clearance and actually it's a man's bubble coat. As I stood looking at myself in the mirror all I could think of was that this is what my life has become. If the coat was white I would have looked like the marshmallow man in Ghost Busters. So here is another disclaimer. Any pictures of me, in that coat, that would happen to accidentally get posted on this site please remember that it does put another 25 lbs. on me. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Huntsville was a beautiful city with tons of history and many, many historical homes. The thing I most noticed, though, aside from the expansive 19th century homes, were the churches, of all denominations, were massive, huge, beautifully, expensive complexes. I always thought WCC, in Warsaw, was big; three of WCC's could fit in some of the churches in Huntsville. They spared no expense when building most of these churches. The city also is home to the largest medical campus I've ever seen. Several specialized hospitals, clinics, labs, etc., etc. all in one area. It is so large that it has trolley cars connecting the buildings. And they say we have a health crisis here in the United States? When you look at the new hospitals going up everywhere, even in a city with one of the poorest populations in the state of Alabama, you begin to question what is true and real and as always the politics behind it. It's hard to understand why it is I love New York City so much and yet do not enjoy too many other larger cities. I guess it's because in New York City we could walk to everything we wanted to see or do, or use public transportation. In cities like Huntsville or Nashville, in order to go anywhere you have to drive and I know that driving gets old to Jack and being in the passenger seat "ain't much fun" either.
We arrived at Wind Creek State Park around 2:00. There are some other campers here, more than we've seen in any other campground since starting this trip. We are backed up to the lake (for satellite reception) surrounded by tall pine trees.
Here are a few miscellaneous pictures I have wanted to post:
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| Jack took this picture of Tanner. I think it is beautiful. |
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| When we got back from Lynchburg the temperature had dropped below freezing, Our water facet froze up and started spraying water everywhere. This is the ice sculpture it left,. |
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| Another view of the ice sculpture. |
When we arrived today at the campground it was 58 degrees. YIPEE!!! Compared to what we left behind in Huntsville 58 degrees felt like a heat wave. Jack even cooked dinner outside tonight.
