Deerlick Creek

As previously noted, we're spending the next 3 nights at Deerlick Creek, another COE park located on Black Warrior River. We are just north of the Holt Dam and Lock, on the Holt Lake in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama and Bear Bryant  Maybe if we're lucky we'll catch some river traffic using the lock....always a thrill for us. Must be our age...very young or getting old, lol.

This is a beautifully designed campground, with most sites on a hillside, with 1-2 decks for eating, grilling, etc. RV pads are all paved, level front to back with a slight grade side to side to accommodate water. You can tell they've all been reworked from originals, with even the walking and paved bike trails updated. Now if only they'd think about spa type bathhouses..ok, wishful thinking. Even I'd balk at parks spending tax dollars that way...unless they were charging accordingly. Wonder what a park service run spa might be like? I'd be game to pay for a day or even a week .

Have excellent FI Network on my phone right now (Google's foray into cellular) so obviously Sprint and T-Mobile have good service along the water. Haven't checked Bruce's Verizon, but am sure it's strong too. Sometimes it's a toss up. Am considering dropping in to a Verizon store for a sim card and adding my phone back to our account. Although I like the idea of FI's pay for the data you use, I have found Verizon's presence/signal strength stronger when I compare both phones in different locations. Probably will continue to give FI a chance,  especially since service is robust right now and I can always grab Bruce's phone in a pinch, lol. Pretty sure neither will please me much once we get deep into Canada and Alaska.

Will try to publish some pictures soon. Need to figure out why I can't seem to upload to Blogger.