February 6, Lake Wheeler, AL
Dan writes:
We’re off again, this time to the FLW tournament on Lake Wheeler in north Alabama. Jeff drove us to the airport at 6:00am, and we flew out of the snow and cold of New Hampshire. We flew into… more snow and cold in Alabama. The schools here were closed for the day. The kennel where Cooper dog was boarding had closed for the day. It took us an hour and a half to track someone down who could release the dog to us. It might not have been that big a deal, except that we are staying an hour away tonight. By the time we arrived at the campground at Joe Wheeler State Park, with little over an hour of daylight remaining, we were faced with unpacking all our gear and setting up the tent in the snow, the slush, and the wet red clay, and in 35 degree temperatures. At 7:30 we decided to skip dinner, dress warm, and just go to bed.