On the way home from the rally, we stopped for one
night at Gulf State park. This park is very popular for snow birds and
is one of the few in the state that actually makes a profit.($46 a night
waterfront) It is located near the beach
in Gulf Shores, AL with lots of tourist attractions to keep the everyone
entertained. We came here to enjoy the quiet of the park in what could be
considered the off season, but the park was far from empty. We chose a water front site along a small
lake adjacent to the campground. With
your camping fee you also have access to the fishing pier on the
Gulf. It proved to be an interesting
stroll on the pier. There was a large
school of small fish near the pier and five sharks were feeding furiously on
them. We had a ring side seat for the
show. Unfortunately the light and water color did
not make for good pictures. I wondered what the nearby swimmers would think if
they knew that five good size sharks in a feeding mood were just a few yards
away from them.
Our second one night stop on our way home, was Fort
Pickens National Park Campground. We
have visited this park a number of times but have never stayed at the
campground since it is so close to our home.
It has two camping sections. Like
most national parks, the camp sites tend to be rustic and not always level. There
is plenty of hiking and historic sites to keep you busy. The fort was active at various times between
1834 and 1947. You can visit pre-civil
war structures on the same site with WWII bunkers. On this trip, we enjoyed a wonderful beach
sunset just a short stroll from our campsite.
Out third one night stop was this past weekend. We decided it was time to let our two grandkids
spend the night in the motorhome, along with their mother. In our motorhome, this was really a full
load. The obvious place to go was
back to the Anchors Away campground in
Foley, where the FMCA rally was held. A kid friendly pool and playground was
ideal. I think they had a good
time, between the pool and just running around like crazy, they pretty much wore
themselves out. Nico spent quite a bit
of time Sunday on my lap while the ladies visited the outlets. I am hoping to fully recover from sleeping on
the fold down dinette soon.
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11 comments:
that beach! Love that you had a camp out with the grands.
It's too scary for words to think of people swimming in waters with sharks nearby. I always loved having my grandchildren visit me in my RV. They find so many questions to ask.
Gulf State park is beautiful. We just left that area a few days ago.
Thanks for the photos of Fort Pickens NPC. We might stay there the next time we go to FL.
We just aren't as young as we used to be, but what fun to have the grandkids over.
Boy you are daring to squeeze the 3 of them into your little View. LOL at "I am hoping to fully recover"! Great pictures of the kids it sure looks like they had a great time. Love your pictures of Fort Pickens. If it weren't for Michael I'd love to be there right now.
Always nice to spend time with the grands even if we give up our own comforts.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
Packed a lot into those 1 night stands, wait that doesn't sound right :-)
Camping fees are getting quite juicy in some ppopular places.
We spent a lot of time at Gulf Shores St Pk when we lived near Fish River. One of the recent hurricanes (which one? I'm not sure, but maybe Ivan in 2004.) roared through Gulf Shores and took out many of the pine trees at the state park, which altered its look completely. Not much shade there anymore. Price has gone WAY up, too! We've kayaked in that small lake, but I sure wouldn't go swimming in it! Especially now! Nice pics.
How big were the sharks?? I very much enjoyed the sunset pictures & the picture of Heather & the kids watching while Dad does the heavy lifting :)
Hey, they should rename the View the Sardine Can. You showed it can work! :cD
That certainly would have been interesting to watch the fishing frenzy. What a great place to stay.
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