Yay! Here we are in the Oak Mountain State Park campground! I splurged and got full hookups so I could have a go at setting up everything. Easy as pie. I got a 15% discount here for being totally disabled, all I had to do was show my "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass - Access Pass - Free". This is a lifetime pass for US citizens or permanent residents with permanent disabilities. I guess you can say this is a benefit of being crippled.

It was perfect weather, highs in the upper 70s and a beautiful clear blue sky. The campground was packed! There were a few people in the Class A motor homes, dozens of travel trailers and 5th wheels and even more people camping in tents. I am too old to be sleeping on the ground anymore, and my poor old back can't take it.

We made a list of the things we forgot to bring, the most important being the remote for the TV (ha ha). We had our 4 year old grand daughter Gracie with us to make it an even more special trip. She absolutely loved it. There were kids of all ages everywhere, playing, laughing and having a great time. We took our metal detector to look for lost treasures and instantly we had a crowd of kids around us helping dig up whatever might be there. A few coins, fishing lures, fishing weights and trash...

We saw a family with 3 small kids who lived in a tiny 2 person tent. They had a very old 2 door car with a sign on it that said they were looking for a home and anything anyone could do would be appreciated. Of course, Cynthia and I thought about how blessed we are even though according to society's standards we are poor. We only brought enough supplies for one night and had nothing to offer them except the graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate bars we had to make smores. You should have seen the faces of those kids when they saw what we brought for them. The young mom and dad were very appreciative.

We had a great time and met a lot of friendly people. We'll be heading to Tannehill State Park on March 17th and we intend to stay for 5 or 6 nights through the Trade Days event. You can view of all of our pictures for Oak Mountain State Park by clicking here.

We're having a yard sale on Saturday, April 4th at Providence Baptist Church from 8am-3pm. We're selling the items we won't need anymore plus things that others have donated to us for the sale. So if you need some good stuff and would like to attend a big garage sale, come by and take a look. There will be plenty of "man stuff" like a lawn cart, music CDs, tools, porch rockers, etc. And of course, things like clothes, dishes and what-nots. You know you need more what-nots!