Anchors Aweigh RV Resort - Foley, Alabama (April 2018)

Our participation in Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI) events up until now was limited to going on caravans and attending their International Rallies. The Alabama Unit people were good about inviting us to their meetings, so we decided that it was time to participate in one of their rallies.

We arrived at Anchors Aweigh RV Resort in Foley and and started setting up Rosie, our 25 foot Airstream trailer. It was fun watching the dozen or so other Airstream units arrive.  

The park's large clubhouse was the focal point of the rally. Many meals, the unit's meetings and the nightly entertainment were all centered around the clubhouse.

Getting ready for a "Low Country Boil" in the Anchors Aweigh RV Park

Our favorite excursion sponsored by the rally was the Five Rivers Boat Tour. This started from the Five Rivers Delta Center near Spanish Fort, Alabama, and was very interesting.

The Five Rivers Center

View from the Five Rivers area

The tour boat in the Five Rivers area

A live owl who is unable to live in the wild being taken care of in the Five Rivers Center

Riding on the tour boat

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service 
• Our site had a water connection with 38 pounds of pressure 
• Our site had a sewer connection 
• We think there was a dump station in the park, but we didn’t find it 
• Our site had a level concrete pad
• There were five or six individual restrooms with showers around the Clubhouse. They were well maintained and clean. We found all of these occupied several times during our stay in this park 
• The park provided WiFi service with decent speeds
• AT&T provided good 4G voice and data service over our campsite 
• The park had a non-heated swimming pool. The water was too chilly for swimming 
• There was a hot tub in the park
• The park provided a cable TV connection with a good lineup of channels. We elected to skip the cable connection and watch the over-the-air signals in that area
• We were able to watch ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS and NBC using Rosie’s TV antenna. We also received digital channels Antenna, Charge, Get, Grit, Me and Stadium, a channel that aired rebroadcasts of college football and baseball games that were played anywhere from one to ten years ago
• This is a pet friendly park 

The Alabama Unit Rally ended on Sunday morning and we decided to quickly hitch up to avoid the rain storm predicted for that day. We saw the news stories as we arrived at our next destination about the tornado that touched down in the Anchors Aweigh RV Resort less than three hours after we left that morning.

TV Coverage of the tornado that touched down and blew over five RVs in the Anchors Aweigh RV Park

We were amazed watching the TV news video because we recognized the motor home that had been parked next to us and saw that the five rigs blown over were parked close to our site. One member of our Airstream group was in the park during the tornado and said that his trailer swayed some during the storm but stayed upright and safe. We were thankful that our group escaped injuries and that we were in Florida when the tornado hit Foley. We were also thankful that the campers taken to the hospital after the tornado were quickly released. 

Things could have been much worse!