KathyBob
Junior Ranger
KathyBob’s 2013 Alabama Trip.
Why fly to Alabama for Kathy’s Mom’s 88th birthday when we can tow our Teardrop? A great trip, lots of visits to points of interest, outstanding scenery, running from crummy weather, and, of course, good times with family.
Snow over Snoqualmie Pass forced us to go south on I-5 and east on I-84. We took the opportunity to take historic route 30, which parallels I-84, and view the Columbia River and Multnomah Falls.
We spent our first night spent at The Cove Palisades State Park north of Bend, OR. A wonderful campground, AND a fellow coming into the campground mentioned he had seen a teardrop like ours. We think it was Uncle Frank's. Cove Palisades is alongside Lake Billy Chinook. Understand it is very hot there in the summer but was delightful when we were there.
Day 2 provided some excitement: first Bob was stopped by a very nice Oregon State Patrol trooper for driving too fast. Because of his excellent driving record, he received a warning instead of a ticket. Not 10 minutes later, a deer ran into the car – Bob had slowed because we saw them around a bend. Found out when we arrived in Alabama that we needed a front end alignment, possibly due to hitting the deer. The deer jumped up and ran into the brush.
As we drove towards the southeast, we stopped at Hoover Dam, Saguaro National Park, San Antonio, and Mustang Island and Padre Island National Seashore outside of Corpus Christi.
After nine days in Tuscaloosa, AL, we began our northwest journey towards home. We spent some in Piggott, AR, founded by Dr. John Piggott (no relation that we know of.) It has many claims to fame – a WWII plane named after it, mentioned in an “Evening Shade” episode, a filming site for the 1957 film “A Face in the Crowd,” and the home of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, where Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of “A Farewell to Arms.”
Other stops included the George Washington Carver National Monument outside Diamond, MO and the Homestead National Monument of America
On arrival in Laramie, WY we learned that I-80 was closed to light and high-profile trailers because of wind gusts exceeding 65mph. So we spent the night there worried that we might have days of Laramie’s cold and windy weather ahead of us. When we woke up we learned that I-80 east of Laramie was closed because of weather. Hundreds of semi’s lined the interstate waiting for the go-ahead to move on. We headed west as quickly as possible but did stop at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
This is what the trailer looked like when we pulled into Craters of the Moon NM
Distance traveled: 6274 mi; Nights in TD: 19
Why fly to Alabama for Kathy’s Mom’s 88th birthday when we can tow our Teardrop? A great trip, lots of visits to points of interest, outstanding scenery, running from crummy weather, and, of course, good times with family.
Snow over Snoqualmie Pass forced us to go south on I-5 and east on I-84. We took the opportunity to take historic route 30, which parallels I-84, and view the Columbia River and Multnomah Falls.
We spent our first night spent at The Cove Palisades State Park north of Bend, OR. A wonderful campground, AND a fellow coming into the campground mentioned he had seen a teardrop like ours. We think it was Uncle Frank's. Cove Palisades is alongside Lake Billy Chinook. Understand it is very hot there in the summer but was delightful when we were there.
Day 2 provided some excitement: first Bob was stopped by a very nice Oregon State Patrol trooper for driving too fast. Because of his excellent driving record, he received a warning instead of a ticket. Not 10 minutes later, a deer ran into the car – Bob had slowed because we saw them around a bend. Found out when we arrived in Alabama that we needed a front end alignment, possibly due to hitting the deer. The deer jumped up and ran into the brush.
As we drove towards the southeast, we stopped at Hoover Dam, Saguaro National Park, San Antonio, and Mustang Island and Padre Island National Seashore outside of Corpus Christi.
After nine days in Tuscaloosa, AL, we began our northwest journey towards home. We spent some in Piggott, AR, founded by Dr. John Piggott (no relation that we know of.) It has many claims to fame – a WWII plane named after it, mentioned in an “Evening Shade” episode, a filming site for the 1957 film “A Face in the Crowd,” and the home of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, where Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of “A Farewell to Arms.”
Other stops included the George Washington Carver National Monument outside Diamond, MO and the Homestead National Monument of America
On arrival in Laramie, WY we learned that I-80 was closed to light and high-profile trailers because of wind gusts exceeding 65mph. So we spent the night there worried that we might have days of Laramie’s cold and windy weather ahead of us. When we woke up we learned that I-80 east of Laramie was closed because of weather. Hundreds of semi’s lined the interstate waiting for the go-ahead to move on. We headed west as quickly as possible but did stop at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
This is what the trailer looked like when we pulled into Craters of the Moon NM
Distance traveled: 6274 mi; Nights in TD: 19
