Saturday, June 02, 2007

Rollin' On - Headed west!




One tragedy marred our otherwise quiet time in Florida. My nephew, Todd Ray, died suddenly while on a vacation in Hawaii with his mom and a good friend. His heart gave out while he was snokeling in the Pacific. His mom had to deal with all the necessary paperwork to have his body shipped back to their home in Joliet, Illinois. Once the funeral plans were finalized, we left the RV at the campground there in Florida and drove straight through to Joliet, Illinos for the wake and other services. His dad, Marshall, my brother had passed away in 2005 following a lengthy illness so this was a double blow and loss. Todd was only 26 years old.

April 9th, 2007 found us rolling out of Stagecoach RV Park as we began 2007's latest travel adventure. We stopped off in Thomasville, GA again this year to visit my good friend Sylvia for a few days. We enjoyed catching up, just sitting and talking.
From Thomasville we headed to Blountstown, FL, staying at an out-of-the-way Passport America park near Fountain, FL. The plan was to visit the Pioneer Village at Blountstown but it was not open so we rode down to Panama City Beach, turned right and drove Hwy 98 along the coast all the way to Grayton Beach State Park. We had packed a lunch so we stopped there and enjoyed the view of glistening white sand beaches as we ate. A few days in this scenic part of Florida and it was time to start heading west again.

We are members of Escapees, a organization for people "who enjoy the RV lifestyle" - especially full-timers. There are some wonderful Escapees parks available to members and we wanted to see the one in Summerdale, Alabama so that was our next stop. Rainbow Plantation is a beautiful park off the beaten path in the middle of farm country in Alabama (close to the coast). We rode into Foley, Alabama and enjoyed a meal at Lambert's Cafe, "home of the throwed rolls". What a great place that is to eat! The fun comes when the wait staff actually throws your rolls to you as you sit at your table or booth. This is a tradition of the restaurant and folks come from miles around to experience a truly unique dining opportunity. The wait staff returns to your table over and over to offer you servings of various side dishes common to the South - fried okra, black-eyed peas seasoned with Vidalia onions, tomatoes and macaroni, thin sliced fried potatoes with onions. And the "throwed rolls" - yum! Big, warm yeast rolls with plenty of butter. All this on top of your entree. Boy oh Boy, it was time to leave that place! Too much good food for our own good!

The Road Runners
Buddy & Elaine
1st Thess. 5:18
PTL!

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