On Sunday 17 Nov. we set out for our new destination of Rainbow Plantation near Summerdale, Alabama which is very near the Gulf Coast. Because this area is so far South they call it LA or Lower Alabama. We got an early start so we could stop and see Biloxi, MS for a little while. Bill actually was stationed in Biloxi while he attended Radar school in the US Air Force along time ago. We got to Biloxi at around 10:00am along with the fog.
Fog along Hwy 90 in Biloxi, MS
Because of all the fog we were having a very difficult time identifying any landmarks so Bill really didn't recognize anything along the route. We decided to go ahead and push on towards Mobile, AL and hopefully less fog.
Mobile, AL city skyline
Tunnel in Mobile, AL going under downtown
View of Mobile Bay
We arrived at the Rainbow Plantation RV park around 1:00pm and with GREAT difficulty got setup. All of the sites at Rainbow are back in sites, not our preferred type site. Bill had a hard time getting the trailer backed in and thinks in hindsight he was just trying to get it done to fast. After a post being knocked over and a truck mud flap being knocked loose, we were parked. Once we had all the utilities hooked up Bill went about standing the post back up and reconnecting the mud flap to the truck.
Since Sunday was our 29th Wedding Anniversary we decided to go out to dinner. Gulf Shores, a resort area, is only about 17miles south of the park so we decided we would drive down there to find a place. We saw a billboard advertising the Oyster House on the Boardwalk and Stephanie did a little trip advisor search to look at the ratings. It looked good on Trip Advisor so we decided to go there.
Oyster House, Gulf Shores, AL
1/2 eaten plate of food, Sorry I couldn't wait for the picture
Stephanie and Bill both got the 'Fresh Catch' which was Sutchi. Stephanie had it grilled with a sort of sweet pecan glaze on it and Bill had it blackened with a Tasso sauce. We had to ask what a Tasso sauce was and it turns out it is a spicy cream sauce with bits of Ham in it, VERY GOOD. When our plates arrived we decided to share our fish with each, good choice.
Just for those of you who don't know what Sutchi is, like us, it is an Asian catfish. It is considered a trash fish in Asia and has a pretty bad reputation. We were told that they are farming them here in the US and feed them non trash foods. All I can say is it was very light fish flavor and very flaky. Bring on the trash fish!
When we left the restaurant, Stephanie was accosted by an Alligator. Pretty scary stuff.
On Monday 18 Nov, we both woke up to a cold. Not cold weather but the sniffing and sneezing kind. We just rested around the trailer for a couple of days.
On Wednesday, 20 Nov. we decided to drive down to Pensacola, FL since we won't be stopping there on this trip. Pensacola is only about 55mile from here so off we went.
What a beautiful day for a walk on the beach. We really enjoyed our day here. On Thursday, 21 Nov. we stayed around the trailer to do some chores and maintenance which needed to be done. Our next long stop will be in Savannah, GA but we will be taking around 6 days to get there. More later.
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