Feb 10th to 12th - Foley AL

Feb 10th - Tues - to Foley AL
The 4+ hour trip today took us along the gulf shore on Hwy 98 through Pensacola FL to Alabama. There are miles of incredible white sand beaches and a surprising stretch of sand dunes. Since there is pretty much solid development along Hwy 98, there are traffic lights all the way and it seemed a large number of them were red but it was a nice drive. The route winds a bit through Pensacola but Wanda looked after us just fine.
We are staying at Magnolia Springs Hideaway RV park and golf course. It is small (61 sites) but clean and quiet as the RV park sits behind the golf course. It is a 9 hole, par 3 course that RV residents can play all day for $7. We are staying here for 11 days and I am really looking forward to working on my short game.
We set up the satellite dish and could not get one satellite (119) to come in. Terry just had to roughly place the dish to get the 110 satellite so was really frustrated with 119. We finally decided to call it quits and work on it another day - we do have the 110 channels.

Feb 11th - Wed - Foley
It was very windy this morning with rain forecast for this afternoon so we decided to go check out the Wind Creek casino near Atmore - about 75 miles north of here. On the way, the rain started and was coming down so hard you could barely see the road. It let up a bit before we made a mad dash from the parking lot.
This is a brand new casino with just slots - no table games. Most of the slots are 1 cent which suits us just fine. We played for a long time before I lost my allowance and Terry lost part of his. We were given coupons for a buffet dinner so we ate about 4 and then headed back. Stopped for diesel on the way at $2.15 a gallon.

Feb 12th - Thurs - Foley
We hit the golf course this morning. We walked through the park and started play on the 4th hole. After the 9th hole, we stopped to pay at the clubhouse and continued on with the first hole where we had to wait in line. When we got to the 4th hole, a couple of guys from the RV park joined us and we played through 9 again. There were even more people waiting to tee off on one so we quit and walked back to the RV park.
This is a very small course - the longest hole is 140 yards, most are 80 to 95 and one is 55 yards. The grass and greens are mostly brown and hard packed but it is fun.
We had lunch when we got back and I started to make potato salad for potluck tonight when I found out that I did not have enough potatoes. So off to the grocery store. With the salad partly done, we headed to the golf course again. This time we played 4 & 5 before it clogged up on 6. So over to 8 & 9, then 1 thru 9 and 1 thru 3 which put us back to the edge of the RV park and time to quit.
Dinner tonight was a fish fry & potluck. A guy just down from us caught all the fish (Spotted Trout), filleted & breaded it and had some help frying it for everyone. There was a full house for dinner and we ended up sitting at an extra table with 2 other couples who are also full timers (Steve & Barb and Ron & Barbara) - good food and good company.