Grenada, Mississippi – June 3, 2011
We were up bright and early this morning eager to get on the road. At 8:30 AM we left the K&K Campground just outside of Montgomery, AL. Well, first we had to stop at McDonalds for coffee, breakfast, and Wifi. Then a stop at Walmart to pick a few things we needed and some things we didn’t know we needed. As we’re ready to leave the Walmart parking lot we checked our watches and realized we’ve gone a whole three miles in three hours.
Last night when we pulled into the K&K Campground, it looked real familiar. This morning EJ checked the log books and discovered we had last been here in May of 2006 in Roadie. And to top it off, the daily rate had not changed. It was still $20.75.
Both Microsoft Streets and Trips and our GPS let us down in the town of Prattville. They routed us onto a road that was closed. We tried to work our way around it and ended up going about 10 miles down an old country that eventually got us back onto US 82. Every turn that we thought would get us back onto the highway was blocked with Road Closed signs.
The cats are doing fine. Mocha bugs us all day long asking for attention. She’s been riding in EJ’s lap. Taz normally hides behind the sofa until we stop. Here’s a picture of both of them relaxing as we go down the road.
US 82 took us through Tuscaloosa, Al where we saw the ravages of the tornado that hit several weeks ago. This shows the remains of a shopping center. Notice the squished silver car in the middle.
The less traveled freeway. US 82 is a great road to travel. It’s generally 4 lanes and the traffic is minimal.
We arrived at Frog Hollow at 6:15 PM. The back end of “Big Guy” and the Element were covered in dust. The owner of the campground wanted to know where we picked all that dust. “Your driveway” I told him. He allowed as how it hadn’t rained in a while so things were a little dry.
Talk about a posed picture. Dueling laptops. Frog Hollow has wifi.
Today's route.
| Miles Today | 266 | Total Miles | 636 |
| Total Food $ | 5.14 | Total Fuel $ | 201.46 |
| Total Fun $ | 0 | Total Camping $ | 73.57 |
I'm following your road comments closely as you are driving the same track I'll be using soon. Were the road closings due to flooding?
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