Wind Creek State Park by accident

Our next adventure was to leave Kolomoki Mounds behind and travel about 4 hours Northwest to Cheaha State Park in Alabama.  Not surprisingly, we didn't make it all the way to Cheaha.  Instead, as we were traveling near Alexander City, AL we saw a State Park sign for Wind Creek State Park and after a snap decision and a hard application of the brakes we turned off to Wind Creek.  Cheaha would have to wait.  Again, our stay was short but well worth the time.  It turns out that Wind Creek is very popular boating destination at Lake Martin.  They have approximately 350 RV sites and about half were full.  It was nice to see so many people out enjoying the area.

 

As we were setting up the motorhome, Stephanie stepped in a fire ant hill and promptly got bit about 15 times before she could get them off of her.  We didn't have any benedryl so it was off to Alexander City to find a drug store.  We got some spray and she was fine after that.

  On Saturday, we took a drive to find some yard sales and look for DVD's.  We stumbled across Children's Harbor which had a thrift store open.  Children's Harbor is for sick children and they families to come to and enjoy the outdoors and get a break from their hospitals.

Children's Harbor Chapel

Dock at Children's Harbor



 While the next picture might seem weird, We thought it was very pretty, especially the rock.  We have not seen any rock at all in months.

This is just the landscaped roadside at the town limit for Alexander City. 

Our next stop will be Cheaha State Park, the highest point in Alabama.