This trip was a year in the making. I will never forget the excitement I had the night we committed to it and made the reservations at Destin West RV Resort in April of 2022. When I say "I couldn't sleep" I mean it, I looked at websites for hours that night looking at the turquoise blue water, sugar white sand and all the activities that awaited us. I couldn't wait but had to...the time ticked slowly...but I am well aware that the anticipation is the best part of the trip.
Friday morning finally came and we hitched up together and were on I-71 by 9:00am, headed to our first stop over in Nashville, TN at the Nashville North RV Resort. We hit a little traffic in Cincinnati, OH and Louisville, KY but nothing that slowed us down too much. We reached Nashville, TN around 2:30pm with plenty of day light left. There was a threat of bad weather and tornadoes reported for Nashville that night so we decided that we should continue on a few more hours to hopefully avoid that bad weather. I made a call to the Northgate RV Travel Park in Athens, AL to see if they had 2 openings for us that evening and luckily, they did. So, we continued through the Nashville traffic that is...to say the least...NO JOKE.
We saw several Airstream campers on the way down! Some with BRNs and some without, 7059 and 8233 were two that we saw!
We made it to Athens, AL around 5:00pm, checked in, got camp set up for the night and then went to find some dinner. If you're familiar with the south, you've heard of Buc-ees! That's exactly where we headed! Wow, what a place! I'm not sure how many gas pumps they had but at least 50! We bought a little of everything including clothes, souvenirs for our young nieces/nephews, swimsuits, and of course Brisket sandwiches and Beaver Nuggets! What a place!
Fast asleep in our campers we hear the tell-tale sound of a WEATHER EMERGENCY!! TORNADO WARNING!! IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME, SEEK SHELTER NOW!
Holy cow did that scare us... we hadn't talked about what we would do in the event that this happened, but we took it seriously and went to the Athens, AL Fire Station #1. We ran in there like our pants were on fire to find the fireman completely calm and unphased. He was so polite and told us we did the right thing and to make ourselves at home. He showed us the tornado shelter and we sat there and in their garage until the warning was over. We watched them go on several runs in the hook and ladder truck while we were there. Nothing but professionals!! Thank you, Athens Station #1!! We returned back to camp to find no damage. Thank GOD as there were tornadoes touching down all around us. We weathered the rest of the storm in the camper and finally got a little sleep.
TODAY....we will be in Destin, FL.
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