2018 Travel from Williamsburg, VA to Summerdale, AZ

I haven't written in a few days, just lazy and not in the routine. We progressed down the road with a stop in Aiken, SC and West Point, GA. The site in West Point, at a Corp of Engineer campground was phenominal. With our Golden Age pass all camping is half-price so we look for these campgrounds. The COE's are generally on/around lakes and have big, level sites. A littlel out of the way but worth the extra distancce.

Now that we are full time we are able to take advantage of new types of opportunities. We joined an organization called Harvest Hosts. This allows us to camp at wineries, restaurants, farms and museums that participate. We have stayed at 3 so far and enjoyed each. The other organizaiton we joined was Elks. With 2000 lodges in the US, most of them providing some sort of RV camping, some with a nominal fee and some are free. Many have at least water and electricity. Also, most lodges have evening meals so that works out well for us and gives us access to the local population. We haven't stayed at any yet but plan to when we need a spot.

We are now in Summerdal, AL for a week. Yesterday we drove downto Gulf Shores just to look around. We are very impressed by this area of Alabama, a lovely area, nice roads and homes, the weather is wonderful, low 80s and low humidity. We will continue touring for the rest of the week.

In our wanderings yesterday we loved the colors of houses, the colors remind me of the islands in the Caribbean, very bright and colorful. The surprise of the day was seeing the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile!!

We were also very surprised that there were no tourists, restaurants were closed, beaches are empty, school started a week ago and the place is deserted.