Anchors Aweigh RV Resort - Foley, Alabama (April 2019)

While making our reservations, I said to the person at Anchors Aweigh RV Resort that I hoped the Alabama Airstream Club's WBCCI (Wally Byam Caravan Club International) rally wouldn't be as eventful as it was the previous year. That drew an immediate response of "I hope so, too."

This visit marks the second time we have camped in this park in Rosie, our 25 foot Airstream trailer. Both of our visits were connected to the Alabama Club's Spring rally. The final day of the rally last year is what sticks out in our minds. We left early because of some storms heading to the area. When we arrived at our next campground, we saw on the news that a tornado had struck Anchors Aweigh RV Resort and several trailers were blown over.

By the time the storm hit, all of the Airstream trailers had traveled on except one. Our Airstream friends said they felt the wind, but their trailer was never in danger of tipping over. While many factors may have been involved in keeping that trailer upright, I like to think the aerodynamic design of Airstream trailers was a contributing factor.

Checking in at Anchors Aweigh

In case you are curious, tornados didn't make the agenda this year. That adventure was replaced with the enjoyment of being with the members of the Alabama WBCCI Club attending the rally and a little rain one evening.

A double rainbow

Storm clouds over Rosie

Once again, about a dozen Airstream trailers gathered at the campground for this rally. We always enjoy seeing our friends and fellow members of the Alabama Airstream Club.

We ended up skipping several rally events, but we had a great reason to do so. Our son, daughter-in-law and our two year-old grandson came over for the day. We had an amazing time playing with our grandson along the bay's coast and taking him to the zoo.

A tiger in the zoo

Spending some time with our grandson

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• Our site had a level concrete pad
• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service
• Our site had a water connection with good pressure
• Our site had a sewer connection
• The park provided a cable TV connection with a good lineup of channels. Since we are having problems with our TV antenna, we elected to connect to the TV cable service
• 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 adequate speeds
• AT&T provided strong 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 has a good clubhouse, which was the meeting room for our rally
• This is a pet friendly park

Eating dinner with our friends in the Alabama Airstream Club

Dinner time!