Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Bellingrath Gardens...Always Gorgeous

Bellingrath Gardens, just south of Mobile, Alabama. This is our third visit !! And each time, it's a pleasure to walk around the peaceful, beautifully manicured gardens. There were so many wonderful flower/color combinations and even some roses are showing up.

65 Acres


Extensive gardens...we never get to see all of them....run out of steam, plus, we didn't want to leave Katie too long in the coach. So....here are a LOT of photos. Hope you're in to flowers....

Azalea


Hydrangea




Fountain in Rose Garden

Angel Trumpets


Orchids

Lace Cap Hydrangea


Amthoreum


Hybiscus

Croton
Flower Dude

Shrimp Plant

Fuchsia

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Petunia?
Some of the photos have "Flower" as the caption....we did not know some of them although Kim new most of them.



Steve and Kim


http://bellingrath.org/

Mileage 272 miles

Off We Go !

We got up very early so that we could leave at 5am to get up to the Camping World Tampa to get our coach tires rotated before the traffic hit. All was fine but...we got there early and then a big thunder, lightning and rain storm hit so I could not disconnect the trailer and car. At 8am I went in and found out that we needed two new front tires but, they did not have them ! So, I called Tallahassee Camping World and arranged to be there the next day to have them installed. The tires cost $728 each ! The total bill came to $1769. Are you sure you want to full-time RV?

Nice to see and hear the birds again...and Katie is doing a great job travelling with us. She's either on Kim's lap sleeping or in her bed sleeping.

In between us while travelling


Chillin'



Carolina Wren

Oh...we left on April 7th, my birthday. Kim got me some funny birthday cards and a Cypress Knee carving. Very thoughtful.

Cypress Knee carving
Funny birthday cards
Birthday Boy


Steve and Kim

Mileage for the day: 347 miles.

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