Day 28: Hope Hull, AL - Williston, FL
Today we are planning to drive to the town of Enterprise near Fort Rucker to to see Cory, my Great-Nieces new husband of six months. He is in the Virginia Air National Guard and is at Fort Rucker awaiting helicopter pilot training. He has taken most of his written exams but there are not enough flight instructors so he is patiently waiting with other young men from around the country.
Our drive from from just south of Montgomery, Alabama on I-65 took us through Greenville (home of Forrest Gump) and then on to secondary roads to Enterprise. This was a surprisingly very scenic drive through rolling hills, well kept farms, ranches and large homes... most of them with perfectly mowed lawns. There were also a couple of very large cattle ranches with signs that said "Beef -it's whats for dinner".
We had lunch with Cory and two of his friends, one from Nebraska and the other from South Dakota, who are waiting for the same flight training. Cory looked great and was in good spirits although he misses his cute wife, Ashley. We ate in the boys favorite sub shop called Firehouse Subs, opened and owned by local Firemen. It was very good and a nice break from eating lunch in the motor home while driving. The visit with Cory was short but it was so cool that we had the opportunity to get to see him.
After lunch, we drove through southern Alabama and to I-10 in the panhandle of Florida where we saw many, many more cotton fields. We were all surprised by the amount of cotton grown in north Florida... also corn and cattle. We commented about the "3 C's" - cattle, corn and cotton. Did you know that Florida is the second largest grower of cattle in the United States??? Second only to Texas and California being third.
By the time we got to I-10 it was getting late and we still had to a lot of miles to cover because we wanted to stay at an RV park in Williston near Gainesville. Both I-10 and I-75 are very good roads lined with manicured trees and grass. Although we drove as fast as possible, it was twilight and the sky was fiery red with hues of deep blue. Drew and I both saw the same shooting star just before we arrived the Williston Crossing R.V. Resort. The RV/Resort was gated, with over a 100 acres and probably the nicest RV park of the trip. There were paved roads, small lawns between each cement RV pad and beautifully landscaped with old growth Florida trees... live oaks with Spanish moss... it had that real central Florida feel.
We drove 411 miles today... it was our last stop of the trip... bittersweet. We celebrated a wonderful adventure by opening a bottle of St. Clement Orropas Cabernet Sauvignon that we purchased during our Beringer/St. Clement Meditteranean wine cruise in 2008. We had been saving this bottle for a very special occasion... this was that special occasion.
Photos: Visiting Cory near Ft. Rucker, Alabama; the KeyZRV'ers celebrating the adventure
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