We got a real Michigan Winter sendoff yesterday as we began our trip south to spend the rest of January and all of February as well as a tiny bit of March in Florida and Alabama along the Gulf Coast.
The temperature has dropped significantly and we had the usual wintery mix of snow, sleet, and more snow, making for pretty scenery but hazardous roads. Fortunately, now that we're in Kentucky, the roads are dry, though temps are still below 30 degrees Farenheit.
Remarkably, despite the single-digit temperatures, our little Silver Spirit remained cozy and warm while we were packing up, primarily using only the heat from a 30-year old little space heater, with an occasional supportive blast from the Airstream furnace. These are remarkably well-insulated campers!
Because of the late start yesterday, we were unable to reach our usual first night destination of a KOA campground in Louisville, KY, instead having to bunk down for the night at a Red Roof Inn, where he had the chance to watch the Ohio Buckeyes beat the Oregon Ducks. Why in a motel rather than our own sweet little home that we're towing behind, you ask? Without a place to plug into electricity, the camper is far too cold to spend time in when the temps are in the single digits as they were. It stayed cozy while we were packing at home because we were plugged into an outlet in the garage, permitting the space heater to do its thing.
About a day and a half of driving still ahead of us before we reach our first destination campground, Fort Pickens National Park near Pensacola, FL.
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Welcome to not-so-sunny South. Hope to hear more about your travels. We are still idling in place in Montgomery looking for an opening to move South. Fort Pickens would be our first landing too. (St Joseph's did a controlled burn in early December and it smells like a wet ashtray.)
Hi twobikes. Sorry to hear that about St Joseph's - that was going to be our next destination.
Twobikes - when will you be at Ft. Pickens?
It seems we are two volleyball tournaments and three basketball games away. Likely departure will be about the second or third of February. We will see you down the road. Al and Patty
PS the Shady Pines CG at St Joseph's has the most undergrowth. It may not be too bad in the more open CG...
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