Trip to Florida

Well, here it is, Friday, June 8, 2012, and we are officially ‘on the road again!’  We left Plano on Tuesday, got as far as Monroe, LA and spent the night at a CG just off the interstate.  Turns out that we had stayed there back in 2009.

On Wednesday we drove to Hattiesburg, MS and are spending 4 nights here.  We are backed up to a small lake. 

Sign near our site:

And, NO, I did not get the opportunity!!

Alot of ducks and geese here.

Mom fed them.  They would eat right out of her hand!

The weekend before we left on our trip, we attended the wedding of Morgan (Ken’s oldest daughter) and Nick.  We drove up to Davis, OK on Saturday and met Pam and Steve (all the way from MN).  We spent the afternoon eating (Smokin’ Joes Barbeque – excellent) and eating (Fried Pies – uumm delicious) and doing some sightseeing.  Turners’ Falls is a very popular place to visit.

On Sunday the wedding took place at 6 PM at a chapel just down the road from the hotel and casino.  Julie, Ken, Gehrig, and Emma, and Belinda and Bailey came up in the afternoon.  The ceremony was great – Bailey was the flower girl and Emma took care of their dog, Bella during the actual ceremony.

Morgan and Nick's first prom:

Table settings:

A motto we should all live by:

A couple of dog-watchers before the wedding:

Two special young ladies who were in attendance:

Julie made both cakes - delicious!!!

Belinda and Bailey:

Julie and Emma:

Morgan and Kelsi (and Bella):

Morgan and Nick cutting their cake:

First dance:

The race to the car (we were all blowing bubbles!!):

And, the decorated car:

All in all, it was a great day.  They will be living in Oklahoma City where Nick works for a home builder and Morgan works at Petsmart.

Sunday we will be leaving here and driving all the way to Mobile, AL (108 miles) to spend one night in Al so we can say that we have camped in this state.  On Monday we will drive over to the Destin, FL area and stay there a couple of nights.  We have never seen this part of FL before, and, everyone says that the beaches are like no other.  So we will have to check it out!

By next Friday we should be in the Tampa Bay area.  I think we will have an RV site at a CG in Largo (about 3 miles from our timeshare in Indian Rocks Beach).  We are looking forward to getting there and being on the beach, and, of course, sampling the local GROUPER!!!

So much for now.  Will update again in a few days.