Bella Terra, Foley, AL

For years at the RV shows, we had seen displays or booths advertising Bella Terra, a Class A motorhome resort.  But kind of pricey too.  We decided to "splurge" on our camping fees for 3 days and check it out. 

It rained on us some as we traveled through Pensacola to Foley, Alabama.  When we crossed this bridge, we could see manna rays in the water; but we couldn't pull over to get a closer picture.  The water was so clear and so blue.

It had stopped raining when we arrived at Bella Terra.  The resort was in the middle of farm land; but when you drove through the entrance, it was as nice in the brochures had indicated. 

The sites are long and concrete and a rust colored tint. 

Many of the sites are beautifully landscaped with decks or screened in patios. 

Of course, they want you to buy sites in the community but they rent sites as well.  The clubhouse and pool were beautiful. 

I had only seen an infinity pool in pictures but never in person.
 

The resort hosted a couple of evening gatherings where you could meet some of the other residents (kind of like Wilderness).  We met Carl and Linda who happened to be from Cape San Blas (right next door to Port St. Joe) and their aunt and uncle, Jack and Connie, who owned a lot in the park.  They invited us to go to dinner with them at Tin Top in Bon Secour, AL.  We had a delicious dinner and had Royal Reds for the first time, a large shrimp only found in this area that are broiled and fixed like lobster with drawn butter.  Delicious!

Carl and Linda and Jack and Connie knew all the restaurants around.  They recommended Doc's Seafood Shack in Orange Beach and Felix's in Mobile.

We rode our bikes or walked in the community several times.  And I captured some more good sunset pictures.  This was taken from our campsite:

In this one, the sun looks like a fireball.  (Chuck just pointed out to me that it is a fireball.)  What I should have said is that the clouds make it look like the sun is shooting across the sky.

And this sunset picture was across the pond and fountains:

The moon was fuller than it had been had Defuniak Springs.  This picture was taken with our zoomed-up camera.  Pretty amazing, huh?  Can you see the man in the moon? 

On Saturday, we drove to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.  We ate lunch at Doc’s Seafood Shack in Orange Beach and had some of the best onion rings I have ever had.

The resort hosted another gathering on Sunday evening and we had a chance to meet some of the other residents.  Some of the residents were FMCA members.  Maybe we will meet up with them one day at a rally.