March 3 - Oak Mountain State Park-Pelham AL

When we drove to Gulf Shores in January , we stayed at Oak Mountain State Park. Since we liked it, we decided to stay there again. Lots more campers than when we were here before  

We hiked the Light Trail again for about 2 miles. We had blue skies and temps in the 60s so we put away our coats hoping we wouldn’t need them for awhile. We had a view of their lake. 

We watched the weather to learn more about the storms coming across the south. We decided to try to get an early start tomorrow to our next destination, Ocean Springs. We plan to stay at a Harvest Host, Cosy Rosy’s which is next door to the Shed, the best BBQ we’ve ever had. 

October 18-19 - Prince Gallitzen

Today’s adventures started off with a hike that gave us our 10,000 steps by 12:30. 

Then, since it warmed up to the 60s, we decided to drive to Ebensburg to bike the Ghost Town Rail to Trail. This is the first PA Rail to Trail we have risen. 

Banjo is in this basket and Lenny is in the basket on Bill’s bike. 

We rode from Ebensburg through Nantucket Glo and back, about 25 miles. 

Back at the RV, we had quesadillas and a rest!

Tomorrow we leave for home. A successful trip even though it was a little colder than I wanted!!

October 16-17 - Test Blue Belle at Prince Gallitzen

We decided to go somewhere close to home with Blue Belle (Belle for short) to see what worked and what didn’t work. We chose Prince Gallitzen, near Patton, PA. 

Huge lake and large campground. Leaf colors were gorgeous as we drove to the campground and even more so the next day when the sun shone brightly. 

After we set up, we had some hooks we had to decide where they should go. We have so much more cabinet space in this RV but are still trying to figure out the best place for everything. Lenny and Banjo se like they have adjusted. 

On our second day we took a walk to one of the boat launches. Pretty morning but COLD. Glad our furnace is working. 

After a warm bowl of hot soup, we took a hike around a portion of the lake near our campground. As you can see, the colors were very showy. 

Lenny has his warm coat on. Banjo is with us but he didn’t want in the picture!

Too cold to kayak but great day for a hike. 

October 9 - Picking up Blue Belle

As we left home, we could see smoke and light toward Bellefonte but didn’t know what was happening yet. We turned IDa toward state College and promptly saw a fire vehicle in the road with a sign “road closed.”  Still didn’t know anything. Then Linda Zubler texted me that the Fillmore Church was on fire. This is the 3rd church in our area that was burned or attempted to be burnt. So sad. 

We are on our way to Connecticut to pick up our new RV, Blue Belle. Exciting but scary. New things to learn. 

Leaves are changing more here than at home.

We arrived in Danbury around 12 noon at Blue Compass, the dealership. Met with the salesman who told us they were almost finished with the RV. Keep in mind that we purchased Belle at the Hershey RV Show September 10. They had a WHOLE month to have her ready Gresh. No happy.  After 2 hours, Leeann, one of the technicians, gave us a demo. She was great and could answer most of our questions. We aren’t sure that they tested everything because when I asked if they could lower the loft bed, it didn’t work (it worked at Hershey). Still wasn’t fixed when we left. Leeann diagnosed it some and thinks it needs a relay. She will order it and Bill will install. 

Finally we were on our way to our first night’s stay near the dealership, Quiet Time, a Harvest Host. This site used to be a quarry, that’s why the rock wall is there. 

Road was narrow getting to her place but once we arrived it was a good spot. 

We will drive home Thursday to start filling up Belle with our essentials. We have a trip planned to Prince Gallitzen next week.