Friday, December 05, 2008 - Tuscaloosa AL
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Passing Towboat, Foscue Creek Park, Dec 02, 2008
Best laid plans and all that
The painting didn't happen. First off I got involved with cooking up a new scheme for managing the Journal Archives and then later went off to find some propane - nights have been cold here and my tank was getting low. From there I went off to Lowes to see if I could find a new mini blind to replace the ratty old one in the kitchen. Success! - accompanied by more time than I would have imagined figuring out how you shorten the darned thing to fit the window.
It looks nice.
Night Camp
Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Tuscaloosa AL
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Tuscaloosa AL
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #715, 1501 Skyland Blvd E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 - (205) 750-0823
This Wal-Mart is one of my favorite parking lots for overnight dry camping. There is good, level parking and access to lots of shopping and services useful to the traveler.
- Good level parking, reasonably quiet
- Books-a-Million & Michaels Craft store across the road
- U-Haul propane nearby, Lowe's and Home Depot 1 mile
- Major shopping centers nearby
- Verizon cell phone service is excellent
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service is excellent
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Troops Endure Blowing Sands and Mud Rain
... The single, solitary departure from this pattern came when it suddenly rained in the early evening. What fell from the sky was not water but mud, the rain pulling suspended sand into wet globs and pelting those foolish mortals who thought they could endure a 30- or 40-hour sandstorm. The temperature was just below 100 degrees, and everyone traveling with the military wore protective chemical and biological suits that enclosed the body from head to toe, plus body armor and a helmet. ...