And we're back after a 3 week vacation towing our camper 3300 miles with our 22 gasser to Maine from Alabama!

Jettech1 · August 29, 2023

14 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Last time I was in Maine I went to bed (tent) in the 70's and work up near freezing with everything I had on the bike. Then off to showers with no hot water Awesome pancake breakfast though.

You crack me up....LMAO!!!

Jettech1 · September 2, 2023

So, it was an adventure. Would I ever do it again? No..but it taught me a lot when it came to towing a travel trailer over 3k miles...The truck and our travel trailer survived fine....We didn't...lol..oh well. On to our next journey...shrimp festival in Gulf Port Al in a few weeks...I love shrimp....we will see how this amazing adventure works out..

Edited September 2, 2023 by Jettech1

Grumpy Bear · September 3, 2023

3 hours ago, Jettech1 said:

So, it was an adventure. Would I ever do it again? No..but it taught me a lot when it came to towing a travel trailer over 3k miles...The truck and our travel trailer survived fine....We didn't...lol..oh well. On to our next journey...shrimp festival in Gulf Port Al in a few weeks...I love shrimp....we will see how this amazing adventure works out..

Do you mean Gulf Shores AL or Gulf Port MS? Just across Mobile Bay from each other.

Last time I was in Gulf Shores AL they had a sea food place on the beach where you could trap Blue Crabs off their pier and then they boiled them up for ya with fix'ns. Hurricane Frederic flattened the area a month later so never went back. Really nice beaches.

Drove through Gulf Port on that same trip but didn't stop.

KARNUT · September 3, 2023

Gulf port is my first stop going east to Fayetteville NC. We visit the island view casino. Across the street is one of the best seafood restaurants I’ve visited. Going in October for cruising the coast is a great time too.

Pryme · September 3, 2023

12 hours ago, Jettech1 said:

So, it was an adventure. Would I ever do it again? No..but it taught me a lot when it came to towing a travel trailer over 3k miles...The truck and our travel trailer survived fine....We didn't...lol..oh well. On to our next journey...shrimp festival in Gulf Port Al in a few weeks...I love shrimp....we will see how this amazing adventure works out..

Shrimp festival would be delicious. Reminds me of forest gumps buddy bubba spouting off all the different kinds of way to prepare shrimp

diyer2 · September 3, 2023

25 years ago we used to go to Puerto Penasco Mexico in the RV. This is a shrimping village. We could go to the harbor and buy shrimp off the shrimp boats. Don't remember the cost, but I do remember it was cheap.

I do remember you could camp on the beach with a self contained RV for $3 a night. Getting stuck was possible. Back then it was not crowded.

Jettech1 · September 3, 2023

15 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Do you mean Gulf Shores AL or Gulf Port MS? Just across Mobile Bay from each other.

Last time I was in Gulf Shores AL they had a sea food place on the beach where you could trap Blue Crabs off their pier and then they boiled them up for ya with fix'ns. Hurricane Frederic flattened the area a month later so never went back. Really nice beaches.

Drove through Gulf Port on that same trip but didn't stop.

Good catch, I got my Gulfs mixed up. We found a campground in Foley, AL to stay at called Ahoy RV Resort. The shrimp festival is in fact in Gulf Shores, AL.

Jettech1 · September 3, 2023

16 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Do you mean Gulf Shores AL or Gulf Port MS? Just across Mobile Bay from each other.

Last time I was in Gulf Shores AL they had a sea food place on the beach where you could trap Blue Crabs off their pier and then they boiled them up for ya with fix'ns. Hurricane Frederic flattened the area a month later so never went back. Really nice beaches.

Drove through Gulf Port on that same trip but didn't stop.

That whole place has never been the same since that hurricane. It's not wildly populated nor congested. It's actually a very nice place to go these days along with Biloxi that we were just at a couple of months ago. You can still see the remnants of that hurricane. Large concrete platforms that are now weather torn and broken up with nothing on them of which is a little eerie...it wiped off a huge portion of that part of the gulf.

KARNUT · September 3, 2023

2 minutes ago, Jettech1 said:

That whole place has never been the same since that hurricane. It's not wildly populated nor congested. It's actually a very nice place to go these days along with Biloxi that we were just at a couple of months ago. You can still see the remnants of that hurricane. Large concrete platforms that are now weather torn and broken up with nothing on them of which is a little eerie...it wiped off a huge portion of that part of the gulf.

I go through 6 times a year. The are rebuilding nicely. Not as elegant as before after losing some nice old trees. The slow pace of rebuilding is due to very high property values. Traveling the costal road still has some nice views.

Jettech1 · September 3, 2023

6 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

I go through 6 times a year. The are rebuilding nicely. Not as elegant as before after losing some nice old trees. The slow pace of rebuilding is due to very high property values. Traveling the costal road still has some nice views.

Yes it does. I love driving across the coastal highways. I could never afford a house there but it's sure nice to look at.

Grumpy Bear · September 3, 2023

2 hours ago, Jettech1 said:

Yes it does. I love driving across the coastal highways. I could never afford a house there but it's sure nice to look at.

Ever drive out to Fort Morgan? If you like history, it's nice. If not, it may be a bore. I liked it. If it's still there You can throw a rock to Dauphin Island, the hurricanes eye.

Jettech1 · September 3, 2023

9 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Ever drive out to Fort Morgan? If you like history, it's nice. If not, it may be a bore. I liked it. If it's still there You can throw a rock to Dauphin Island, the hurricanes eye.

We've driven darn near everywhere and I can't remember if we've been to Dauphin Island or Fort Morgan. I'm going to say probably 6 or 7 years ago but I honestly have no memories of either one.