Update for November

We're still in Dothan, AL & will be here at least through January 2009. In the last month we've had our regular medical & dental checkups - good reports for both of us. We were finally able to get Tinker's vaccinations for Lyme disease. Since Lyme disease doesn't occur here in this area our vet doesn't have the vaccinations. He was able to get it from the local PetSmart (who do carry it) & gave it to Tinker.

We've taken almost 2600 photos this year - so I'm working on organizing them better. New resolution for 2009 (I know it's a little early for New Year's resolutions) - organize & label photos as soon as we've taken them.

Today I ordered the DTVPal digital converter box from DishNetwork using one of the government $40 coupons. We have DishNetwork satellite service & get the networks from San Francisco & Atlanta, but we got the converter box for receiving the local networks since our TVs don't have digital receivers built in.

Helena, AL to Dothan, AL

After leaving Cherokee Campground this morning, we stopped at a Texaco in Prattville to get gas & paid $2.759 a gallon.

We were getting hungry & I checked the Next Exit book & found that there was a McAllister's Deli at the next exit. We had this sudden craving for their Broccoli & Cheese soup. So we pulled off of I-65 at the exit for our Broccoli & Cheese soup fix.

Since we're going to be parked for a while at The Willows in Dothan, we stopped at Sam's Club to fill up the RV. There we paid $2.709 a gallon for gas. We noticed that the further south we drove that the gas prices were getting lower.

We're here in Dothan to have our regular medical & dental checkups. Tinker also needs to see the vet & get vaccinated for Lyme Disease. We also ran out of his heartworm medicine last month & he'll need to be tested so we can start it up again.

We don't know how long we'll be staying here in Dothan (it could be all winter), so we won't be traveling for a while.

Collinsville, AL to Helena, AL

We said goodbye to Symphony & Al this morning. We then drove 110 miles south to Cherokee Campground in Helena, AL.

Our friends, Dale & his wife Steffie, came over from Birmingham tonight for a visit. We had a great time catching up on each other's news.

We're only staying here at Cherokee Campground just the one night.

Nessa's restaurant

Here is a photo of Mike & Symphony just before she left for work at Nessa's restaurant.

From Collinsville, AL

Tonight Mike, Al & I went into Collinsville to eat dinner at Nessa's.

From Collinsville, AL

Nessa started out with a catering business & this year has opened a restaurant in downtown Collinsville. Symphony was already at Nessa's - she works there as a waitress (she also works in Nessa's catering business). We had a wonderful dinner - the food was excellent. Mike had the Greek Spaghetti, I had the Chicken Picata & Al had Lasagna. We all had Baklava for dessert.

From Collinsville, AL

So if you are ever near Collinsville, AL, stop by Nessa's for lunch or dinner - we can't recommend it highly enough. Also, her desserts are terrific.

Collinsville, AL

We're having a nice visit with Symphony & Al - and Tinker & Chrissie are having a great visit, too.

From Collinsville, AL

Here is Al walking Chrissie -

From Collinsville, AL

Dayton, TN to Collinsville, AL

We left Dayton, TN this morning about our usual departure time of 10:30. We stayed on US-27 until we picked up I-24 west of Chattanooga, TN & then onto I-59. The first thing we noticed when we crossed into Alabama were the wildflowers that were in the median - how pretty.

From Collinsville, AL

We stopped at the rest area on I-59 just inside the Alabama state line for lunch.

We arrived at our friends', Symphony & Al, in the early afternoon. We'll be staying here until Saturday.

From Collinsville, AL

Lexington, KY to Dayton, TN

We got up earlier than our usual time this morning. After getting the RV ready to leave this morning, I drove the Saturn into Lexington to the post office to pick up our mail. While I was doing that, Mike was dumping our holding tanks at the dump station. Mike then drove over to the Fayette Mall on the south side of Lexington where we met. After hitching up the Saturn we headed south on US-27. We stopped for gas at an Exxon in Wartburg, TN where we paid $2.93 a gallon.

We stayed on US-27 until we reached the Wal-Mart Supercenter south of Dayton, TN where we are spending the night.