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July 6, 2013 Lake Guntersville AL

After staying overnight in Greenville, Alabama, we arrived at Lake Guntersville State Park.  Our first week on the road had been great except for the torrential rains that had dogged us since we left Clearwater.  We were rather tired of setting up in the rain, preparing to leave in the rain, hooking the car to the tow dolly in the rain, and unhooking the car in the rain.  As we listened to rain pounding the roof and keeping us awake, we longed for sunny days, but also realized we were so very lucky that we didn’t have to set up a tent, take down a tent, cook and run to the bathhouse in the rain!

Lake Guntersville is beautiful and seemed even more so after sunshine finally greeted us on our arrival.  We did have some mud to contend with, but we found a good site to park the RV.  We were both surprised at the lack of trees in the campground.  We found out that the tornado that tore through the area in April, 2011 destroyed many of the beautiful trees in the park.  We noticed that many new trees had been planted but it will take many years before they can begin to provide shade and give the campground the appearance of a real park.   We were also told that the campground is still cleaning up from the devastation and not all of the campground has reopened.

Our main reason for visiting Guntersville was to see some of Bill’s relatives, and we had a very nice visit with them while in the area.

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