Bad Driving Day...

Fri, Nov 3: KOA, W. Memphis, AR, to Birmingham South RV Park, Pelham, AL:  Bad driving day today.  Left this morning in a light drizzle and on the I55 bridge over the Mississippi I almost couldn’t stop when some vehicles in front of me came to a halt.  I forgot how hard it is to stop this thing.  I was standing on the brake, felt it starting to skid on the wet pavement, but stopped just in time.  Continued on I55 and then headed east on 302 through Olive Branch, MS, and then got on I22 east.  Stopped in Tupelo and filled up the tank and got something to eat.  Mike took over driving.  After about 30 minutes of driving there was a trooper pulled over with a car in front of him.  Just as we were coming up on him, the car pulled out just in front of us.  We couldn’t pull into the other lane as there was a car passing us.  Mike laid on the horn and stopped just in time.  Was hoping the trooper would pull around us and stop him for stupid driving.  But he didn’t.  We were hoping I65 would be in better shape this year, but it was still a mess through Birmingham.  But we made it here and were set up by 3:45.  81 here.  Nice!  Here for two nights.  Not unhooking.

Enjoying a glass of chardonnay

Beautiful blue skies and fall colors.

Mike tired and sweaty.

Big motor home next to us.

Mike holding a sycamore leaf from a tree on our site.

Sycamore trees have the weirdest bark.