Huntsville, AL

May 19th, we packed up and unhooked the motor home and headed on up the road. We had planned to go to Point Mallard Campground in Decatur, AL which does not take reservations, BUT Cheryl called ahead JUST to make sure they would have spaces available. BUT guess what!! They were completely full!! SOOO, the six of us ended up going to Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL for the next 4 days. It is a BEAUTIFUL state park! Can't believe we didn't take any pictures!! While there, we took a full day to visit the NASA US Space and Rocket Center. What an AMAZING place!

Sunday we decided to spend the day getting the motor homes ready for the next adventure then we were all to meet at Dennis and Darlene's rig for a bar-b-cue at 2:00. Well, about 12:30 Norm and Cheryl stopped by to let us know there was a tornado watch for the Huntsville area and asked if we had heard the sirens. We must have had a dumb look on our faces 'cause they knew we hadn't. We turned on the local radio station and Rich brought out the map. The park ranger came thru the park with the loud speaker telling everyone to take cover because we were in the path of the tornado. Well, Rich wanted to stay calm and listen to the radio, pull in the slides, and hunker down in the motor home. I don't think I panicked, BUT I didn't think the motor home would be the safest place. So I ran across the street to the showers and sat in there for a while. When I finally came out, it was a bit windy and the sky was getting dark, BUT I saw the squirrels. Now even I know, if a tornado is near, I wouldn't be seeing squirrels. So I went back to the motor home to check on Rich. The winds picked up, the sky opened up, and we had thunder and lightning BUT we did NOT get hit by the tornado! Needless to say, the bar-b-cue was delayed a couple of hours. The guys DID bar-b-cue the meat outside BUT we had to fix the Smores in the microwave.
Well that was our last night in Alabama, and I have to say, I was kind of glad to be hitting the road again the next morning.