Happy New Year from Sweet Home Alabama!

Sweet home Alabama! Where the skies are so???? Grey?

Here we sit in the trailer, listening to the rain on our roof, and the banter of our fellow campers laughing and complaining to each other about how they drove 1500 miles to go from cold to cold! Ugh! OK, that isn't the only sound we have heard today… There is also a target range next door, and there has been constant gun fire since 8am this morning. Get us outta here!

To our disappointment we have bombed through 3 States in the last 2 days. Before we started out on this venture we couldn't wait to get to the south and spend some time exploring the small towns and eating at random BBQ joints, but in a matter of days we have gone from Texas, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and now one more night in Alabama before we venture into Florida. It has been a blur and we are sad to say we didn't see much. We are cold, damp, depressed, and hoping we find some warmth in Florida. On that happy note! Happy New Year everyone!

Here are a few photos of us blazing through the south!

Above is the view at the Louisiana welcome centre. Exciting stuff! Thankfully we visited NOLA a couple years back and had a fantastic time. This visit was much to brief. 

Above is the city of Mobile, Alabama. The same couple we met in NOLA, and insisted we visit the Hill Country in Texas, also told us we must visit Mobile….. Maybe next time.

Interstate 10 in Louisiana. Also know as Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway! The road is elevated in most areas due to the swamp land, rivers and the susceptibility to flooding.

Texas, over and out!

Leaving Texas today! We have just spent our last two days in Beaumont. Not our favourite spot by far, but a good place to rest and get out for a good walk. We came across Tyrrell Park and Cattail Marsh. A great place for bird watching, and wildlife photography. We took a walk around the marsh which is a 900 acre constructed wetland, built in 1993. It was built by the city of Beaumont Water Utilities Department as the final polishing phase of the waste water treatment system. The natural and innovative process has attracted the interest of environmentalist and wildlife professionals across the state.

YUP! We are starting to venture into Alligator territory! For the first 30 minutes of this walk around the marsh we were very nervous! Every splash of water, rustle of reed, and squawk of a bird made us jump! Eventually we relaxed up a bit, but didn't slow down our pace! LOL!

Also in the park is a Botanical Garden which we checked out. It began in 1968 and is funded through fund-raisers and donations. 

Christmas RV style!

Christmas day was pretty much like any other day on the road! Except we didn't cook! We hit the beach for a nice walk to prepare us for the huge tryptophan comatose we would experience later that day! The RV Park owners at the Colonia del Rey supplied the guests with 5 huge turkeys, and we joined about 70 other resort members for a fabulous Christmas dinner! All the great cooks in the park contributed to the meal, and brought their best dish. My favourite was horseradish mashed potatoes! Have you ever tried it? YUMMY!

O Tannenbaum!

Tomorrow is the big day, and we have a gazillion Christmas photos, so we might as well share a few with you all! Here are a few of our favourite Christmas trees!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Corpus Christi Christmas!

Corpus Christi Christmas… Say that 10 times fast!

Arrived at our Corpus Campground on Thursday. Weather is sunny, but cool, about 10-22 degrees Celsius, and windy. We haven't been doing a lot here. I think we are a little tired from the Hill Country excitement! Everyday we have been hitting the beach with Mango, she is loving it, and we are happy to see the ocean again! Corpus seems to be very quiet this time of year, but from what we've heard it comes to life at Spring Break, and the party begins. We are enjoying the uncrowded beaches, only seeing the odd fisherman, or person braving the wind and camping in their tent. Some days it is just us and the pelicans! Below is Mustang Island State Park.

After the beach we took a drive through a nearby small town, Port Aransas. A small beach side surfing community, population of about 3700. The streets are lined with surf shops, and shrimp shacks! We stopped for a few photo opportunities before hopping on the free ferry which takes you back to the mainland and our drive into Corpus. The park ranger at the beach told us about the ferry, and said we might get lucky and see some dolphins, ask and thy shall receive!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Hey all! Just a few pictures to get you into the Christmas spirit! Is everyone finished their Christmas shopping??