September 23rd, 2007

Sunday 23rd. We drove to Radcliff, Ky. today and the campground we had reservations in was a big disappointment to us. It was real rundown and shoddy looking, the day was so hot we had to have 50 amps. to run both air conditioners. After a short discussion as what to do, we called several campgrounds in the surrounding towns with no luck. We decided to try for the first time , "Wal-Mart"! We asked if it would be OK to park beside the building where there was lots of room and was quiet, instead of out front. We quickly set up camp and we walked across the parking lot to eat dinner at a place called "Steak and Shake". They are all over here and they have the best milk shakes ever!!! Our suite was rather warm when we got back from dinner with no air conditioning. There was a cool breeze outside so we got out a deck of cards, our patio table and chairs. We played 2 games of cards outside under the big street light over our space until 10 PM. We met a few friendly people who stopped and talked to us about where we were from and about their state. We had to put a cloth over our table to make it easier for us to pick up the cards with the grids in the table and we looked pretty fancy setting there. LOL (Picture taken in the dark)
The next morning we woke up early surrounded by big trucks and lots of talking and noise. We learned that the small trucks (bread, potato chips, milk etc.) unload at the side door instead of the loading docks in back. We very quickly showered, dressed and left, we drove around front and Sharon went inside for her morning cup of coffee. It was a fun night that we will always remember, our 1st time camping at Wal-Mart!!!!