A Visit From Friends!! YEAHH!

On Saturday shortly after arriving at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville AL we got the wonderful news that we were having company!!! YEAH!! A visit from friends is almost like Christmas!!

Jim and Karen Sigman were passing through taking the long way to the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show!! Quick like a bunny we cleaned the boat. We needed a deep cleaning after traveling for a few days. With the boat shiny and clean inside and out, we welcomed Jim and Karen for the evening!!

We laughed and talked and laughed some more! Such a lovely surprise. It was great to catch up on gossip about friends we haven’t seen for a while. The marina is still crazy and most of the boats are now out of the water.

They brought a great bottle of wine they picked up at a recent wine tasting – an Italian white wine with a neat insulating bag that we will use again. We didn’t open it that night for some reason but instead shared it with the group to celebrate the rendezvous.  

Since Jim and Karen are meeting the Ron and Julie Feldner at the boat show we asked them to keep an eye open for some little things we need, especially the LED lights for the salon.

We wanted to show off Jim and Karen to our new friends – see having friends visit is like Christmas – you want to share the magic with everyone!! So we all went to dinner. Jim and Karen chatted away with Michael and Judy and Dick and Deanna and a bunch of others over a fried seafood buffet. Little did we know this would be the best meal of the week in more ways than one! After dinner we went back to the boat and talked some more.

Jim and Karen are wandering down to south Florida taking their time. They had a room in a hotel right across the street from the Florence AL marina we left that morning. We had lots of advice about things to see. They already visited Monmouth Caves so we suggested a few places we missed in the Florence/Muscle Shoals area. They have to visit the Coon Dog Cemetery. Someone we know has to go there if we can’t. And this cool hamburger restaurant Rattlesnake where they take you from the parking lot to the cave by wagon so you can eat a great hamburger in the restaurant in the cave. Evidently this is pretty common. They visited a ballroom and speakeasy built into a cave in Kentucky so Rattlesnake would continue the cave/food theme.

Thank you for stopping, Karen and Jim!!

We would love to have other folks visit if you are in the neighborhood or can find yourself in the neighborhood. Just drop us a text, email or phone call. The front cabin is always made up just waiting for you to arrive!!