Day Forty-Two

It was wonderful at last to wake up in a pine forest next to a small lake, an environment I was well accustomed to. It made me feel a bit homesick thinking about it. It's been forty-one days since I left and I'm starting to miss my two fur kids, my lovely home and all my friends.
I rolled out of the state park around 10:00 am, stopped for gas and a cup of coffee and just kept rolling. Destination.........Birmingham, Alabama.


It was a very uneventful day. Gas prices are dropping dramatically as I drive further east. Averaging 9 mpg I certainly appreciate lower fuel costs. I've been keeping all my receipts so I can summarize travel expenses when I get home but fuel cost is the largest expense by far. I only drove about 200 miles but wanted to get to the Birmingham, Alabama area because I want to visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Birmingham tomorrow morning.
I googled RV parks in the area and found one in Pelham, AL, the Birmingham South RV Park.
It looked like a former KOA campground but I was happy to have found one so close to the museum. They have full hookups including cable TV and wifi. I arrived around 4:00 pm and got hooked up.
It was nice to find an RV park mid-afternoon so I could get caught up on my blog and plan the next few days of my trip.

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