Checking out the Area

Styx River RV Resort is an older, pretty large RV park. It looks like there are around 250 spaces along with several park models and cabins. As you can see, the lots aren't real big and the ground surface is mostly dirt --

It was nice enough yesterday that Auntie Violet put her awning out (the wind was gusty this morning, so she put it back in before we left...).

We took a drive this afternoon to find a grocery store and the check out the country a bit. We ran into this field --

of cotton that hadn't been picked yet. This is the first time we've seen an unharvested field. We saw several other fields that had been picked and had big stacks of pressed cotton covered with tarps along their edges.

The soil here is very red. We saw a bunch of guys around this area of red dirt and stopped to see what was going on. Turns out they were racing little radio-controlled cars around this very hilly track. Forry tried to get a picture of the cars, but they were going so fast he couldn't get one! Note that there were NO children racing these little cars -- they were all grown men!

We did find a nice Winn-Dixie store in Fairhope and picked up some blueberries and orange juice. From there we drove over towards Mobile Bay. We got occasional glimpses of the water, but most of the shoreline is occupied by big houses with large fenced off yards in front of them. It was starting to get dark, so we headed back towards the River Styx with a stop at Ruby Tuesday for a seafood supper.

The River Styx

"Charon, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the River Styx. He only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an coin for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always a coin placed under the tongue.

Those who cannot afford the passage, or are not admitted by Charon, are doomed to wander on the banks of the Styx for a hundred years."

When we first were looking for RV Resorts in Alabama, I had to laugh when we found that the one we were making reservations at was the River Styx Resort. When I told Forry the story of the old Greek myth, he got a chuckle out of it as well. Today we took a walk down this old stairway to visit the River Styx --

Coming down the bank, you could glimpse it between the trees --

There were lots of fallen tree branches and sand bars in the quiet stream. (We looked, but never saw Charon...or even his ferry...)

 One of the trees we saw along the stream bed on our hike was this holly tree --

As well as many palmettos --

And as it started to get dark, the buzzards returned, heading for their roosts --

Other than our walk to the river, we spent a fairly quiet day. I washed all of the dish towels and clothes that I managed to use yesterday as well as a load of shirts. Forry drained the grey water and added water to the batteries. I hadn't made a great deal of food yesterday, but we did finish off what leftovers there were.