Jacqueline’s Jaunts

31 May 2025, Red Bay, Alabama, Tiffin Service Center to R & R Winery, Harvest Host, Greensprings, Mississippi Today’s drive was mainly on county roads. When we crossed into Mississippi, we didn’t see a sign for about a mile, and then we almost missed it. I had Barry stop, and I walked back to the sign, about 60 feet.  We arrived around 3:00 PM. Once parked and set up, it’s time for wine tasting. Whoever thought we would be wine tasting in Mississippi? The winery has a cool tasting room. The tasting room looks like a dining room. A couple was tasting when we entered. We ended up talking to them for an hour. Both are X-ray techs in a hospital about 45 miles from here. We never stopped talking about kids, family, retirement, bugs in the south, health care, wine tasting, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  Ruth and Rich Romanowski own R & R Winery . Ruth informed us that the winery was having its last Saturday of the month dinner with live music. They do this on the 2nd and...

30 May 2025, Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama, to Red Bay, Alabama, Tiffin Service Center Jeeps – 16 We left Oak Mountain around 10:00 AM. Our next destination is Red Bay, Alabama, to the Tiffin Service Center. As we were leaving Oak Mountain, we stopped at an area where there was a lake. The area had ski jumps, wakeboard rails, and a large water park. There was a beautiful pavilion on the shore. This park has so much to offer. Unfortunately, it’s in Alabama, as it would be an excellent location for our Family Picnic, which we hold every summer.  We arrived at Tiffin around 1:00 PM. We checked in at the office and then drove to our site. Barry contacted Shawn Cole to let him know we arrived. The purpose of our trip here is to take an orientation tour of our coach and discuss a few other matters. Since we were going through Alabama, we might as well take advantage. We had to cancel a few other stops, but we felt it was worth it.  We learned quite a bit from Shawn, especially ab...

31 March - 06 April  Palm Springs and Cathedral City, California This post is delayed and will be a longer one. I apologize for that. A lot happened during this week. I will try to highlight the significant events. We planned to drive from Bakersfield to 29 Palms and stay for 2 days, but that changed for us. I combined the next week's events into one post for my own ease in keeping track of them as they unfolded. I will start by quoting Barry from his diary, "Well, this day will be considered a pivot point, a transitional moment, a paradigm shift, life-altering, destiny maybe..."  We left Bakersfield about 9:15 AM and the original plan was to stop at the Cesar E. Chavez National Memorial. I called to make sure they had RV parking. Darn'it POTUS!!!!! They had a recording that stated closed today due to "operational constraints." We decided to head to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.  The decision was to go there first, then drive the one-and-a-half hours to 29 Pa...