Really Happening Finally!

 

ADVENTURE LOCATION:

DECATUR, ALABAMA

POINT MALLARD CAMPGROUND

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Twas a cold morning and the OFM did not feel like we would have much success in getting ready to travel. But It was the day to get going so we did. It has been well over a year since the last time we prepped the Castle for travel and the teams definitely took a few “overs” for things we forgot or did wrong. However, even though it took three times as long than we thought we are within an hour of being ready to roll. Everything is working out. Here is a pic taken well after dark when we quit for supper. Dark here is about 4:45 these days.

Those are not flames in the background but rather wobbly hand held images of lighting here in the campground,

We think we are within an hour of prep to be ready to roll in the morning. Our goal tomorrow is the Interstate 20 westbound rest area just west of the exit to Morton Mississippi. This is slightly less than 300 miles from our spot in the current campground. The rest Area is about 300 miles from the Texas border and the Texas welcome center on I-20 just inside Texas. That is another stop we have used many times in the past. These free rest stops really knock the cost of travel down. The best the OFM can recall the rest stops tend to be about 300 miles apart which fits us very well.

Our main goal for now is Quiet One campground in Rockport Texas for a month. After that we plan to roam westward in the free spirited deserts of the west. Everyone have nice travel dreams tonight. The OFM is having trouble accepting this is really happening after the year and a half lay off in Alabama. Good Night.