Madi Gras parades

Decided to do another update. We went to a parade in Orange Beach this evening it was a night parade. I took a bunch of pictures. I will probably put them on the website tomorrow sometime. Need to use wifi to upload them as it takes to much bandwidth with the air card. They throw beads like crazy. I called a couple here at the campground and they came over and had a ball. Since this was our first one I had no idea what to expect. It was fun. We got a bunch most are alike. That's about it for tonight Later Ron Thelma and Eli

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WE HAVE SUNSHINE AGAIN GEE IS IT EVER NICE I can't get this thing to print little. Now it did and don't know what I did. I am going to post some pictures as I am on wifi here in the park. Have to go to the activities center to do that . When they get everything done here it will be park wide. The first one is a palm tree that I took over at the marina. The second one is a bird that I don't know

what it is. We are going to a madi gra parade this evening. In fact I think there might be two of them. "If the pictures are good I will post some of them Later Ron Thelma and Eli

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Short one tonight.

This will be a short one Watching the opening ceremonies from Vancouver. We got 2 inches of rain last night and today. Not sure when it started but if rained about half the day. It is 36 now. Sure not the weather we expected. hope it warms up some We have a lot of things to do. Tomorrow I will add a picture of some pelicans that I took today. A whole flock of them That's it for tonight Later Ron Thelma and Eli

It MIGHT snow

I don't believe that down here when they think they might get snow they call of school. We had the radio on this afternoon when we were driving and they were canceling schools since it might snow. Down here an inch or more is big big time stuff. They are getting trucks loaded with sand. Dont know if they have anykind of plows or not. But we think it is really funny. I wonder if they bought out the grocery stores of bread and milk like they do up north. This morning we went to a expo thingy over in orange beach. It was kinda neat. Got some free things and beads. hurah. It was for trying to get people to use the condos and stuff like that. It was pretty interesting. The place they had it was a condo building with three sections. A three bedroom unit with 3 baths and kitchen living dining room was only 2000 a month. It had two inside pools workout rooms 2 of them that we saw. I guess it would be okay if you had the money. The lady at the welcome center that we stopped at on the way back to the trailer said it is high dollar. Guess so. We have had a little sleet here late this afternoon . We went into the post office and picked up a package that Gary sent with mail, dog treats for eli that he bought and dog food that we forgot plus some snacks that we forgot. They arrived today. He mailed it Monday afternoon so that wasn't too bad. The weather here has been the worst in years. Talked to Barb Blomback this afternoon and she said it has not been good in Fl either. They are moving I think tomorrow someplace north of where they are. She said they are not coming to Fl next year. It has not been good each time they have been down here. I said at least we don't have to shovel snow. Well That's about it for tonight Don't know what we will do tomorrow. Which I had my sled here. Ha Later Ron Thelma andEli

Am trying something tonight we went with another couple out to eat at seafood resturant this afternoon. They have a Montana like we do. Same layout, ours is just a little diferrent. Any way we had a good visit. Then we went to another place for dessert. I had cheesecake. We had another long visit. It sure was a nice day She has a blog on geneology here Think I got it to work. Boy I getting smarter all the time. This morning we went and did laundry. We had quite a bit to do. Sure glad we are down here instead of up north. School was canceled today. They are talking snow down here. Probably north of I 10. And we came down for the warmer weather This is the coldest they have had in a while. If they get snow here everything will be at a standstill. That's about it for tonight Tomorrow we will go see if we have a package from the Fort. That's about it for tonight. More tomorrow. Later Ron Thelma and Eli

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Here is the link to all our pictures. Will put more in here later this evening. Added some more pictures this afternoon. This noon we went to a hot dog roast here in the campground. Everybody brings their own dogs and buns and whatever else they want. We took some chips. After that we went to the activities center and saw a slide show on what Ivan did here to the state park. Boy was that a mess. They are still doing the grocery laundomat Nature center pool house. It is a slow progression. They were supposed to be done the first of march but it won't be done by then. I also uploaded some pictures while we were there as there is wifi there. I found out from the naturlist that the nest are osprys. They have jsut come back I think This is the first week we have seen anything there. We have watched the nest since we have been here. It is going to be cold here tonight. At least we don't have the snow they are having in the Fort now. Talked to Gene B and he said it was getting bad. Some of the schools were closed today and some closed tomorrow already and 2 hr delays. Thats about it for tonight. Tomorrow is laundry day. We were going to do it this morning but it was so busy so deceide to wait till tomorrow morning. Later all Ron Thelma and Eli

Here is a nest across the road from the park. This looks almost like an eagle. We didn't do much today were going to go to the island and the USS Alabama. Well when we got to the ferry there was delay. It was going to be 2 hrs which would have been close to noon when we got there so deceided to go another day. We did stop at a beach area where there is a bunch of sand dunes. We walked a little on the beach and picked up some sea shells. I took some pictures and will put them up on the pictures site in a day or two. I took the above picture on the way back. We also went to the post office to mail a letter. Really exciting day. I used a 300 mm lens to take the picture but still can't tell for sure what it is. I will ask around the nature center and see if they know what it is. That's about it for tonight Later All Ron Thelma and Eli who is in bed already.