Tuesday - April 10 - Today was a wet one, it rained early this morning then the sun came out so John went out and washed the trailer and truck - he wanted to make sure it would rain! And it did, it started to rain before he was finished washing and rained off and on all day with a very heavy rain and thunderstorm this evening.

There is a new Camping World back towards Mobile so we drove up there then came back and drove around Orange Beach and Gulf Shores where Ivan hit in 2004. There are so many new places here, it is hard to imagine a hurricane ever came through. We drove through Gulf Shores State Park and that is where we saw what Ivan had done, the sites used to be very private with lots of trees, now there are no trees - everything is open. They have just reopened the park and there are all new cement pads and hookups, which were badly needed before Ivan, but there are very few trees and where there are still some they are totally dead, very sad. The park is very large so it was the front part closest to the beach and where the camping is that took the brunt of the storm, at the back of the park there are still lots of trees and bush and it still looks the same. There is a new Wal Mart just behind the park so we stopped and got a couple of things there then came home and did laundry.

The internet here is very iffy, I can’t get on tonight so hopefully will be able to get on in the morning and get this posted.