SUMMERDALE, AL: Enjoying Our Stay

Time to catch up on days that go by too fast.  Life at Rainbow Plantation is laid-back, yet there are plenty of activities if you want to join in. We don't participate in very many of them, but we certainly enjoy those that we take part in. Some days, we just hang out with our computers, enjoying life in Little House.

Thursday, we visited the Fish River Grill in nearby Fair Hope, AL. This location is very small....just a trailer for cooking with an attached closed-in patio area for eating.  Hank enjoyed his crawfish and shrimp pistols (Fried French Rolls stuffed with OMG rich cream sauce), along with cole slaw and French Fries. Selene had the Alabama Chicken Melt (grilled chicken tenders, grilled onions, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo on Texas Toast) with French Fries.  The sandwich was messy but very tasty. Our opinions of the complimentary Swamp Soup were mixed.  Definitely a different type of cuisine! Lunch was followed by a visit to the Post Office and shopping at Walmart.  Dinnertime found us at the clubhouse for a meal of meat loaf, rice with gravy, roasted vegetables, salad, dessert and drink for $6 each.  (There are some good cooks in that kitchen!).   After dinner, Hank played pool and Selene played Bingo.

Friday, we drove to nearby Robertsdale to arrange for some needed work on the RV.  We've known since we bought the Discovery that the house batteries needed to be replaced, but we were putting it off as long as we could.  Lately, we've had some signs that these batteries were not charging as they should.  We put ourselves in a happier state of mind by sharing a delicious pizza at Vitollis.  After a quick stop at Winn-Dixie, we returned to the RV park.  Friday evening, Hank played pool with Gene Beaver and Selene visited with Dottie.  Dottie and Gene are RV-ham radio friends who have lived in the residential section of the property for 20 years, and they were one of the first to have a year-round home here.
Saturday started off stormy, but that didn't keep us from going to the clubhouse for breakfast ( French Toast and bacon or sausage, or bacon or sausage biscuit) at a reasonable cost.  There were also crafts and flea market items for sale.

Sunday was another beautiful day......blue skies and comfortable temperatures until late afternoon when it turned noticeably cooler.  We opted not to go to the Flatulence Fest (a sort of pot luck with all items having some kind of bean in the ingredient list including desserts at a cost of $3 each with the proceeds going to the local fire department/rescue service). Over $400 was raised.  We did arrive in time for the ice cream social at 6 P.M.

Today was the monthly lunch meeting of the local Escapee Chapter to be held at the Original Oyster House in Gulf Shores.  During our visit to the area last February, we dined at the restaurant's Mobile, AL location so we wanted to be part of this gathering.  The predicted rain moved in, but we were warm and dry inside with new friends and delicious food.

We've decided to stay at Rainbow Plantation for another week before moving east and then south on Jan. 23 toward Tampa, FL.