Everything came to a standstill inside the trailer this morning while I was putting everything away. I had to go out the back door to get Mike as a giant spider was blocking the front door – he was massive, as big as our frogs at least, no lie. Mike told me to get him some kitchen roll so he could squash him, but when he saw him he demanded a shoe. He made several attempts on his life, missing each time, before the spider made a run for it; that was his downfall as out in the open he was no match for Mike and his croc and he was quickly dispatched, and I could breath again. Mike’s going to have to check the bed thoroughly before I go anywhere near it tonight! After the drama the rest of the packing up passed without incident and again we were on the road before 8; it seems like this site in Unadilla is a stop over site as there were a lot of other folks leaving early this morning too.
The drive today was just over 5 hours and we are now in a state that we haven’t visited before; most of the drive was through the north west of Georgia before we crossed the state border into Alabama. I don’t really know what I was expecting Alabama to be like but it wasn’t this, it’s very hilly and green. The little part of the state that we saw today was very beautiful, it’s much cleaner than I thought it would be and all the properties that we passed were well taken care of; no junked out trucks in the driveways.
We got to the camp site around half past two but turns out we’d picked up an hour and are now in the central time zone, so we arrived just in time for lunch. The site is lovely, about 200 spaces that are right on Lake Guntersville, and all the amenities are clean and in good shape. We got a nice shady spot close to the café so we can be first in line tomorrow morning for pancakes and grits. We are only spending two nights here so again we haven’t unhitched the trailer, but we have put up the awning and screen as the weather here is just perfect, a little above 80 with a nice breeze and not a bug in sight.
We took a walk along the lakefront this afternoon and enjoyed the cooler weather. It seems that most people here are from Alabama, at least they all have that southern drawl. Most of them have Crimson Tide flags on their trailers and golf carts and they all seem really friendly. I think I like Alabama.

Mike: Man kill big spider with club, UGH! UGH! Alabama, at least this part is great!