Halfway on the Gulf

Well, it’s been a minute or two since our last update post.  We are already halfway through our stay in Gulf Shores.  Time has been flying.  Work has been busy and when the weather has been good, we’ve been biking a bit.  We’ve had a few beach days and are enjoying our decision to be here for winter.  After incessant calling we also are able to stay in the same park the whole time after cancellations.  

As I said, work has been busy here.  Kind of what we had in mind initially with this adventure.  There are definitely challenges to not being a local or being able to advertise on Google.  Sourcing some parts and setting up accounts with vendors has been a bit of a hassle without a “business address” but we are wading through that.  

We became seRV ambassadors with Lippert and are setting up volunteer events down here and working on Alaska.  It is a fun new challenge and rewarding to give back.  It’s going to make the year fly by.  If you following along on our Facebook or IG, you’ve likely seen a bunch of our seRV posts.  More to come on that if you are on social media.  

We are about six weeks out on the great Alaskan adventure.  Only 4,291 miles in 35 days in the spring.  Quite the adventure.  We’ve been watching a ton of RVing videos about the journey and have our Milepost Guide.  We are also making sure the rigs are in the best shape possible for the journey.  

In our time here, we hit up the Saturday market frequently for veggies, meat/fish, etc.  We attended the Alabama Slammer festival and hit up a few Mardi Gras parades.  We didn’t realize Mardi Gras started in Mobile but New Orleans seems to get all the attention.  It’s a big deal here on the Gulf, the kids had no school.  

I’ll try to be better about updating the blog, we just don’t have a ton of content if we’re not moving.  It’s a rainy day here and we have chores and errands to attend to.