The Gulf State Park DISMeet 2017 Thread (aka "The Sequel")

[tiggerdad]

Randy,

Now look, I'd be willing to help out if it helps with the crawfish or shrimp. If we need to go out and help catch them I'm all for it.

Of course, I've never caught shrimp, but I can take orders and be yelled at with the best of them.

Jim,
Good looking setup. Glad you're on board with moonpies. Looks like that should cover one of the evening meals.

 

[garneska]

Switch out the RC cola for Coke and bert and I are in.

J, nice way to test the rain, hope it all works out.

Next weekend we are making a run to the RV for some maintenance. Very important thing to fix, the driver's cup holder . Then we need to fix the lock. It would be nice to get the led lights installed but probably won't happen.

 

[bama_ed]

Here's the wet and wonderful. These are normally great sites. Right on the water, full hookups and $24/ night. This weekend? Well, it makes for good wet weather testing.

j

That looks like a HUMONGOUS site, Teamubr.

It's looking wet but you have:

- a big awning
- a satellite dish (to watch all the Bama players drafted into the NFL)
- not a worry until it's time to go home.

Here's hoping the weather is not as wet at Gulf SP next month!

Bama Ed

 

[garneska]

Ed, interested in the 5k on Sunday? It's a walk or run. Today's run was the first warm one, glad to be getting in some practice. It is hard to prepare for that sun at GSP.

 

[Teamubr]

J, nice way to test the rain, hope it all works out.

Everything inside is nice and dry. The big line of storms blew through this afternoon. It actually got warm between rounds of rain. Turned on the A/C for the first time this season.

That looks like a HUMONGOUS site, Teamubr.

It's looking wet but you have:

- a big awning
- a satellite dish (to watch all the Bama players drafted into the NFL)
- not a worry until it's time to go home.

The site is enormous. COE reservation site said the paved section is 95 ft. Big enough for all 65 ft of truck and trailer plus Donna's car. Ian drove up early with a friend. They headed back home this afternoon to go to prom tonight.
The paved pad next to the trailer is the largest I've seen at a CG.
Here's another pic of the lake and looking back up towards the site.

And you mean satellite dish to watch hockey playoffs with the Blues beating Nashville and of course, Cardinals baseball.

j

 

[tiggerdad]

I know we had talked about this before, but the new Pirates of the Carribean comes out May 26th. I have set up an alert with Fandango to let me know when tickets go on sale and what times at the wharf. If you guys want to try and put something together.

 

[bama_ed]

Ed, interested in the 5k on Sunday? It's a walk or run. Today's run was the first warm one, glad to be getting in some practice. It is hard to prepare for that sun at GSP.

I'll pass, Kris. I turn into a vegetable once the weather warms up.

ED

 

[garneska]

Yeah am not looking forward to the heat. Am just glad marathon training won't start till July if I do the Oct marathon. Yuck marathon training in the south in the late summer. Not a good choice.

 

[bama_ed]

For those of you who need stimulation during your trip to Gulf Shores, there is an amusement? park being built.

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index...ent_park.html#incart_most-read_living_article

This is on the Foley Beach Express headed toward the Orange Beach Toll Bridge. There is a McDonalds in the middle of nowhere on the right (sod grass fields on all four corners) that is in Foley. Behind the Mickey D's is a lot of construction - the town of Foley (a few mile due north of Gulf Shores) is building a huge complex of soccer/baseball/softball/lacrosse fields and the amusement park is designed next to it to siphon off family entertainment dollars when they are not competing. The fields are designed to attract tournements, playoffs, competitions, anything requiring a multi-night stay (at the beach maybe) while little Johnie or Joanie gets the ball in to score.

The OWA angle is that the amusement park is being financed by the Poarch Tribe of Creek Indians (they sided with Andrew Jackson back in 18xx and didn't have to walk the Trail of Tears when he won). They have casinos at their reservation in Atmore, AL on I65 on the way to Mobile/Gulf Shores and this is a way of their business branching out.

That being said, I'm going to head for a deserted piece of beach at GSP and watch the waves come in...

There are options competing for your entertainment dollar even around Gulf Shores.

It won't be open in time for us in May but it's coming.

Bama Ed

PS - with GS/OB already being a tourist destination, the available work force of teenagers, senior citizens, and adults has already been pretty well saturated with job opportunities at the amusment park/restaurant/cleaning/laundry wage level. Where are hundreds of workers for this park going to come from? They could compete with pay rates (which are passed on to their customers) or pursue the same path as others have done.

 

[Teamubr]

Interesting, but I'm with you. I'll be on the beach riding the waves instead of the coaster.

And it's only 3 weeks away before some of you arrive. Ian has 6 days of high school left. Tomorrow is "year book day" so they won't do anything. Monday and Tuesday are classroom "presentations". Wednesday and Thursday are finals. No idea what he will be doing Friday. I can guess. The nice thing is the underclasses have school until the 17th to make up some snow days. Seniors don't have to make anything up.

j

 

[garneska]

Jim, did you get affected by the flooding? Yes I am at 3 weeks. Yay! Maintenance this weekend. Need to do a few things, I think that is always.

 

[Teamubr]

Kris,

We are high and dry. The news makes it look like the whole Midwest is underwater, but the big flooding is closest to the local rivers. Many of the places get wet on a regular basis, although this is worse than the normal Spring floods. Places southwest of the metro area got the worst rain. 11-12 inches over last weekend. And they have the smaller rivers that drain the Ozarks. The big rivers (Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois) run high in the Spring from the snow melt upstream. All this rain dumping into them just made them a little higher than normal Spring floods.

I have some staff that had some long drives to work trying to get around the road closures, but everyone has made it in. Seems like the worst of it is over and water is going down now.

j

 

[garneska]

Glad to hear you are in the clear Jim.

 

[tiggerdad]

Today is one of the final hurdles I have to face before the summer begins.

I've been paying for it all year, handsomely I might add.

YesterdayI was painting shoes and covering them in glitter (It's sad that I know acrylic paint is best for painting ballet shoes).

Yes, today is dance recidal day! 4 hours of blasting remixed music and wardrobe malfunctions.

The girls are excited however and it means I'm closer to Summer camping.

 

[Teamubr]

I remember going to my sisters. She stayed with it until 19 when an injury slowed her down.

Good luck... And enjoy.

j

 

[Teamubr]

Popular day at the truck wash. I was going to get the trailer washed and put the cover on until we are ready for GSP. Too much going on between now and then to get another trip in. I'm the 8th one in line.



j

 

[garneska]

Tiggerdad, I want pictures. If I was closer I would love to go to the dance recital.

Well, it was an interesting trip to the rig. We got half the list accomplished which was all I was going for. The problem is when we got there. Someone backed a trailer into our rig. Damaged the corner bumper and almost took the driver mirror all the way off. Definitely not what we were planning on. The storage folks are going to take care of it. Just glad we went today and still have time for it to be fixed before the trip.

 

[bama_ed]

Today is one of the final hurdles I have to face before the summer begins.

I've been paying for it all year, handsomely I might add.

YesterdayI was painting shoes and covering them in glitter (It's sad that I know acrylic paint is best for painting ballet shoes).

Yes, today is dance recidal day! 4 hours of blasting remixed music and wardrobe malfunctions.

The girls are excited however and it means I'm closer to Summer camping.

Just stand there at the end with a bouquet of flowers and an encouraging word. That's our dad role during the competition and after.

Been there done that. Great memories.

Bama Ed

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

Ed,

That theme park is suppose to have one of the longest roller coasters in the country. I believe the folks in Baldwin county wants to be more like Orlando. I'm at LuLu's now waiting on at table, so I took a couple of pictures of the new theme park

It's coming on along very nice, it's gonna be a nice size park, nothing compared Disney of course but I'm looking forward to visiting it.

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

So this weekend I've been camper shopping, drove over to Louisiana yesterday visited 3 big dealer, found a couple of 5ers I really like but I wanna do some more looking/research before I pull the trigger on something, I did see Tiggerdad's next camper and tow vehicle...

Only $375,000! For this setup. A 53 ft 5er and International truck. Idk about y'all but I'm ready to watch him back into his site at GSP and maybe the 300 loop at the Fort!