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Joe Wheeler Marina
Looper boats gathering for Rondezvous
Diann, preparing for walk at Joe WheelerWe arrived at Joe Wheeler State Park on Wednesday (10/14) in dense fog and this is now Saturday (10/17/09) morning. Since we’re kind of on hold in one spot, there isn’t a lot of news to report on daily. The park is 2600 acres and is located in 3 counties. Whatever outdoor activity you want to do, it is here. We see lots of deer on both sides of the road as we drive by.
The closest town is Rogersville (6-miles away) which is just in northern Alabama about 2 hours west of Huntsville. We visited Huntsville and Nashville last year when we were here so we won’t be going again. Friday (10/16) we called Enterprise Car Rental and leased a car for 3-days. Our first item on the “To Do List” was search out a T-mobile store to try to eliminate our air card connection problem. After an hour Tom walked out with no fix. In the meantime, I walked across the parking lot to Wal-Mart. Although I seldom shop here you can count on them being in practically every town and it is one stop shopping.
The next stop was a Verizon store where Tom bought their air card and spent 1 ½ with a clerk. Our new Verizon card is up and running fine, so we should have communication even when WIFI is not available. Me?? I have food on my mind so I’m in the parking lot asking locals for a good restaurant and directions on how to get there. We were sent to “Lu Vici’s” which was a very good local restaurant.
We did a little shopping where Tom bought a pair of jeans a size smaller than usual. Did that happen for Diann? Nooooooo. Tom found a local barber shop for a quick hair cut (more like a trim). We will venture by car to Florence AL Saturday for site seeing and search out a restaurant for Saturday evening.
It has been a pleasure just to kick back and relax, no schedule, no up and out of here at daybreak and time to converse with other loopers and enjoy the area. It turned a little cool last night however the forecast is mid 70’s next week. Last night at dinner, we overheard a local really voicing a discomfort of the high of today reaching only 57. They should visit the Quad Cities!
We would like to launch the dinghy and do a little local exploring on the water, probably next Mon/Tues after it warms back up. Tom did manage to remove the “Brown Mustache” from the bow waterline as well as the water stains on the swim platform due to the many miles of travel on the river. He would like to vinegar wipe down the boat as well as apply some wax.
Jim & Julie Groves and are in route to Florida by motor coach. Their travels take them through Decatur AL, and they are so gracious to go a little bit out of their way to make an overnight stop in our area. We are looking forward to connecting with Jim & Julie here at Joe Wheeler State Park.
We arrived early so our boat is right in front. Right now there are empty slips but they expect a total of 70 looper boats in the next few days.
We wish we could be at the Safe Harbor Party but I'm sure you'll have fun without us.
Diann and Tom,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are having a great time and enjoying some of the land scenery as well as the river.
I applaud you both for taking on such an adventure and it sounds like you are handling it very well.I probably would have turned around when I experienced the prop problem shortly after leaving the QCA.Sounds like you are fortunate to have your elecrical and electronic background.
Sue and I have enjoyed reading your blogs and will look forward to your future ones.
Pat Broderick
Stupid technology...Hopefully the Verizon Air-Card will do the trick. I cannot believe it has been over a month. Time is flying...I must say, I am glad you have added Walmart to your adventure...What a real experience of all types of life.
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