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Current News – A Bad Day, Good News, No One Hurt

September 14, 2024 Today, we had to hook up the RV in the rain. It is never fun to pack up in the rain. Everything gets put away wet. We are heading to Topeka, Indiana to the Riverstone factory. We are on their books to get all the RV hail damage repaired. Just south of […]

House Buying – Moving Items from RV to House

September 13, 2024 Yesterday, I spent over an hour and a half on the phone with the insurance company. After I got home owner’s insurance, I got a new policy for the motorcycle and a new Alabama policy for the truck and RV. After that, we loaded up the truck with items from the RV […]

House Buying – Home Owners Again!

September 12, 2024 We just got back to the RV after closing on the house and transferring the electrical to the house! We’ll have to get the water changed tomorrow since the water utilities closes at 2:30 PM.

American Splendor on the Tennessee River in Florence, AL

September 11, 2024 On Sunday (September 8), we walked along the Tennessee River in McFarland Park (in Florence, AL) towards the marina. As we got closer to the marina, we saw something that looked like a building on the water. I guessed it was a river boat. I forget what Bruce guessed since he was […]

House Buying – Walk Through

September 11, 2024 Yesterday (September 10), we did our walk through of the house. The seller had removed some of his equipment from the garage, but left his riding mower. It would be really nice if he left the riding mower for us, but that isn’t going to happen. Everything else looked the same. I […]

Florence-Lauderdale Visitors Center in McFarland Park, Florence, AL

September 11, 2024 On Saturday (September 7), Bruce and I walked to the Florence-Lauderdale Visitors Center. The weather was lovely. The first thing I noticed in the visitors center was there more than Florence, AL and Lauderdale county; it had a lot about the music industry in Muscle Shoals. After looking around the visitors center […]

House Buying – Closing Moving Ahead

September 11, 2024 We got the settlement statement from the lawyer yesterday. Bruce has gone to get the cashiers check. The closest branch of our Southern bank is in Madison, AL, an hour and a half away.

Sunset Over the Tennessee River at McFarland RV Campground in Florence, AL

September 11, 2024 We’ve had some spectacular sunsets over the Tennessee River.

Search and Rescue in Action in the Florence Harbor Marina, AL

September 7, 2024 This morning, we walked along the Tennessee River to the Florence Harbor Marina. When we arrived at the marina, we saw several police vehicles and an enormous tow truck. Bruce was joking about someone getting towed. One of the police vehicles had a trailer attached to it. We thought the police were […]