June 25Th/28Th
Arrived at Spring Grove, Mn. at the Park Hidden Bluff....2 1/2 miles of gravel road down in the holler. Started out with rain in the morning but cleared up for the rest of the travel. Friday we went into Austin, Mn. with picnic in hand to the Spam Company, couldn't tour the process so we went to the museum, Hawaii consumes the most Spam in all the states. It is produced in Mn. and Ne. also in Guam, Philippines, Japan and South Korea, found a city park and had lunch it is hot and muggy.
Saturday we went to Lanesboro, Mn. bought a CD on the Amish back road tour. We took our time could stop at different homes if they had their shingles hanging out to sell their wares. Made about 7 stops some of those people are very poor the little ones don't speak English they just open the door to the little craft house and let you in.. Its self service, the kids were all barefoot from the age of 4 to 17 even the girls ,the boys all have bowl haircuts, bib pants and homemade shirts (not t-shirts) and the girls wore their dresses, bonnets and no shoes. The boys would come running when they saw the truck but would not get close to you or the truck. They made a lots of baskets (yes, I just had to have one), lots of furniture, canning jellies (bought Dandelion Jelly), cherry pie, strawberry/rhubarb jam, bread, candy, cabbage, and asparagus. Their quilts started from $600. to $900., they are big and beautiful. Saw lots of buggies( those People just fascinate me) The tour took us about 3 hours. the Guy on the CD gave us check points and told us about the Amish Settlement. We went to their cemetery the had stone are all the same with their name, date of birth, date of death, who their parents were and how many days they had lived. There was lots of still born babies and several young girls. We were wondering if they died in child birth.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Monticello, Ind.
June 18Th/21St.
Stayed in White Oaks, it rained all morning traveling. just hung out a day or so, expecting a big storm thank goodness it didn't show. Went golfing at Pine View...hot as a pistol got my monies worth...Thank goodness Jay puts up with me. Sure like to Golf just don't do very good anymore.
Got up to rain with thunder and lightning.
Stayed in White Oaks, it rained all morning traveling. just hung out a day or so, expecting a big storm thank goodness it didn't show. Went golfing at Pine View...hot as a pistol got my monies worth...Thank goodness Jay puts up with me. Sure like to Golf just don't do very good anymore.
Got up to rain with thunder and lightning.
Ravenna,Ohio
June 16Th
Spent one night here.....Hot and Muggy....took longer than we thought..the GPS told us to go east I said the town is West....had Jay go west...well needless to say when we got to town the park was 15 miles east......the ole boy was right. So I told Jay we would follow him from now on. They don't have city limits........Pa. has townships....NY has village.....Ohio has town limits....and Everything is a Camper
Going thru Florida has big tulip trees, Ga. and Carolina's they have Honeysuckle along the highways....smells wonderful , in Va. they have dogwoods big and beautiful, and in the IL. and Wis. they have tiger Lillie's growing along the highways.
Spent one night in Van Wert, Ohio at the Fairgrounds.
Spent one night here.....Hot and Muggy....took longer than we thought..the GPS told us to go east I said the town is West....had Jay go west...well needless to say when we got to town the park was 15 miles east......the ole boy was right. So I told Jay we would follow him from now on. They don't have city limits........Pa. has townships....NY has village.....Ohio has town limits....and Everything is a Camper
Going thru Florida has big tulip trees, Ga. and Carolina's they have Honeysuckle along the highways....smells wonderful , in Va. they have dogwoods big and beautiful, and in the IL. and Wis. they have tiger Lillie's growing along the highways.
Spent one night in Van Wert, Ohio at the Fairgrounds.
Niagara Falls........Lockport, NY
June 12Th/15Th
Stayed about 12 miles from Niagara Falls, big park with no Sewer, lots of cotton woods in bloom and what a mess the pond with covered it look like snow, went to Niagara Falls on US and Canada side to see what was there. It is beautiful, bought tickets for the boat ride with "Maid of the Mist" took the ride to the bottom of the falls, all you could see was mist. Niagara Falls is made up of American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, on the boat they give you a plastic bag with a hood...so you can stay dry.....Ya right. We did the Wind of the Caves...they give you a plastic bag with a hood and a pair of Sandals, you go down in the elevator to almost the water level, then you walk down some stairs to the water, walk up the stairs in the water where the falls are coming over the stairs. Didn't go to the Hurricane Deck you are really in the falls definitely getting soaked.
Took the trolley around town, did the view point from the Horseshoe Falls, the water is 3-5 Ft. deep but runs about 30 miles an hour, not a good place to be. You could See the power plant from the view point. Sunday went back to Canada to the Botanical gardens, Butterfly conservatory is an enclosed room in the shape of a cocoon you can go in they will land on you some times there is Butterflies from all over the world. Beautiful in color . We went to the floral clock this is huge lots of plants the Flowers were just starting to bloom. Took a buggy ride around the Botanical gardens 250 acres which took about 45 mins. there is different bushes and trees from different parts of the world it is maintained by college students plus they experiment with different plants . you have to have 80- 90 % grade level , write an essay and have 2 years of horticulture to qualify . They have 10 students working the grounds and there is 100 % graduation. The kids have to pay for this schooling..they do get living quarters.
Stayed about 12 miles from Niagara Falls, big park with no Sewer, lots of cotton woods in bloom and what a mess the pond with covered it look like snow, went to Niagara Falls on US and Canada side to see what was there. It is beautiful, bought tickets for the boat ride with "Maid of the Mist" took the ride to the bottom of the falls, all you could see was mist. Niagara Falls is made up of American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, on the boat they give you a plastic bag with a hood...so you can stay dry.....Ya right. We did the Wind of the Caves...they give you a plastic bag with a hood and a pair of Sandals, you go down in the elevator to almost the water level, then you walk down some stairs to the water, walk up the stairs in the water where the falls are coming over the stairs. Didn't go to the Hurricane Deck you are really in the falls definitely getting soaked.
Took the trolley around town, did the view point from the Horseshoe Falls, the water is 3-5 Ft. deep but runs about 30 miles an hour, not a good place to be. You could See the power plant from the view point. Sunday went back to Canada to the Botanical gardens, Butterfly conservatory is an enclosed room in the shape of a cocoon you can go in they will land on you some times there is Butterflies from all over the world. Beautiful in color . We went to the floral clock this is huge lots of plants the Flowers were just starting to bloom. Took a buggy ride around the Botanical gardens 250 acres which took about 45 mins. there is different bushes and trees from different parts of the world it is maintained by college students plus they experiment with different plants . you have to have 80- 90 % grade level , write an essay and have 2 years of horticulture to qualify . They have 10 students working the grounds and there is 100 % graduation. The kids have to pay for this schooling..they do get living quarters.
Tami and Jack Stevens, Towanda, Pa.
June 9Th/11Th
Went to Towanda to visit some friends, stayed at the Elks lodge, had breakfast at Tami's, went to the Grand Canyon of Pa. Sure was pretty lots of trees and the flies were big enough to carry you away. They took us around to little town around bought some Maple Syrup, went to a Cheese factory purchased some cheese, really good, went to a winery, Pickering wines that was really gooood. Bought 4 bottles...Sure was better that the stuff we got from Stockton, Ca.
Went to Towanda to visit some friends, stayed at the Elks lodge, had breakfast at Tami's, went to the Grand Canyon of Pa. Sure was pretty lots of trees and the flies were big enough to carry you away. They took us around to little town around bought some Maple Syrup, went to a Cheese factory purchased some cheese, really good, went to a winery, Pickering wines that was really gooood. Bought 4 bottles...Sure was better that the stuff we got from Stockton, Ca.
Hershey....CHOCOLATE.......YUM....YUM
June 5Th/8Th
We stayed in Camp Hill, Pa. We were going to stay in Hershey, but they had a Girl Scout Rally and the kids had the parks filled. Besides the factory, it is set up like Disneyland....lots of rides to make old people sick wanted to go thru the factory, but like everything else health dept. stepped in no more. They do have a electric tram you get on , it takes you around ,tells you about the cocoa bean how it is processed, dried, crushed, extracting the cocoa for the chocolate. Went to the Museum on Mr. Hershey. It was free in the parking lot if you only stayed 2 hours....2-5 hours is $10.00...5 hours and up $30.00. We did not go to the amusement park. We took a day headed for Bird in hand, Intercourse (What dummy had this great idea) yes, that is the name of a town in fact its an Amish town, went to Stasburg had lunch they serve family style dined with a couple from Pa. had a nice visit he has a clown car that he goes to different functions. We were in Amish country and saw a lot of Buggies.
We stayed in Camp Hill, Pa. We were going to stay in Hershey, but they had a Girl Scout Rally and the kids had the parks filled. Besides the factory, it is set up like Disneyland....lots of rides to make old people sick wanted to go thru the factory, but like everything else health dept. stepped in no more. They do have a electric tram you get on , it takes you around ,tells you about the cocoa bean how it is processed, dried, crushed, extracting the cocoa for the chocolate. Went to the Museum on Mr. Hershey. It was free in the parking lot if you only stayed 2 hours....2-5 hours is $10.00...5 hours and up $30.00. We did not go to the amusement park. We took a day headed for Bird in hand, Intercourse (What dummy had this great idea) yes, that is the name of a town in fact its an Amish town, went to Stasburg had lunch they serve family style dined with a couple from Pa. had a nice visit he has a clown car that he goes to different functions. We were in Amish country and saw a lot of Buggies.
Skyline Ranch......Front Royal, Va.
May 29Th/June 4Th
Went to a Flea mart in Double Tollgate got some veggies. Sunday we went to Washington DC for the day parked on the street walked to the Lincoln Memorial, Viet Nam Memorial (Jay has a friend listed on the wall) WWII Memorial, Washington Memorial went to the White house, Capital Building , we drove all over the city it was nothing but bigggggg building, beautiful churches and we saw the Smithsonian Institution. We see why they don't drive there is absolutely no parking lots.
It is very impressive. Tuesday we took off with a picnic to do the Appalachian mountains, wanted to take the trailer over, but the weigh limit was 8 ton we are 16 ton so we took Interstate to the park and now we will drive back over the Skyline Parkway which is the upper part of the Appalachian out of Va. saw 2 black bears and some deer....it was a great day not much traffic...all though the police told us to keep moving we had stopped to get a picture of the bear. We had a couple days of rain.
Went to a Flea mart in Double Tollgate got some veggies. Sunday we went to Washington DC for the day parked on the street walked to the Lincoln Memorial, Viet Nam Memorial (Jay has a friend listed on the wall) WWII Memorial, Washington Memorial went to the White house, Capital Building , we drove all over the city it was nothing but bigggggg building, beautiful churches and we saw the Smithsonian Institution. We see why they don't drive there is absolutely no parking lots.
It is very impressive. Tuesday we took off with a picnic to do the Appalachian mountains, wanted to take the trailer over, but the weigh limit was 8 ton we are 16 ton so we took Interstate to the park and now we will drive back over the Skyline Parkway which is the upper part of the Appalachian out of Va. saw 2 black bears and some deer....it was a great day not much traffic...all though the police told us to keep moving we had stopped to get a picture of the bear. We had a couple days of rain.
Dixie Caverns, Salem, Va.
May 28th
Just spent the night...was going to stay in Radford, Va. but the park was next to the river and it was rising fast it was nothing but mud. The GPS took us on a road that turned into a goat trail it was like the movie deliverance... six dogs came running into the road and we found out when we got to the park that we had hit one. Lesson # one stay on the porch with the big dogs. It rain all day.
Just spent the night...was going to stay in Radford, Va. but the park was next to the river and it was rising fast it was nothing but mud. The GPS took us on a road that turned into a goat trail it was like the movie deliverance... six dogs came running into the road and we found out when we got to the park that we had hit one. Lesson # one stay on the porch with the big dogs. It rain all day.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wilmington, NC
May 11th/14th...Mon/Thurs.....Wilmington, NC....Elks
Arrived at the lodge late went in paid had a beer and visited.
May 12Th..Tue.
Went to the Poplar Grove Plantation toured thru the home walked the grounds...the Blacksmith made me a plant hanger showing us how the bellows worked in keeping the iron hot, went to the basket weaving shop her day off, so we headed for the "Battleship North Carolina" went thru the ship it isn't as confining as the "Lexington" carrier was seemed to be more room. 100 people worked in the kitchen there was 2,000 aboard
May 13Th..Wed.
Took in the Farmers Market tomatoes $3.50 lb. so we did 3 mansions...The "Bellamy" which was 5 floors is a self guided tour very little furniture..."Burgwin/Wright" had 4 floors lots of furniture and it was guided we got to do the grounds there was several pomegranate trees ...the 3 home was "Latimer" Victorian home 4 floors this was also guided there was lots of furniture in the home from that Era...a few was from the Latimer family.
May 14Th..Thurs.
Guess what...........clean house ,do wash, iron.......what happen to my maid.
May 15th/18th...Fri./Mon. Gasburg, VA....The Club......ROD
Friday we stayed in the park.....Sat. Went to "Five Fork Battleground" it was nothing but a state park building for the rangers. He gave us a map to follow the battleground...but it was built up with homes...they had signs marking different places but there wasn't anything there. What a bummer. Sun. rained all day...this is getting tiresome....Mon. went to Roanoke Rapids.
May19th/21st....Tue./Thurs........Salisburg, NC......Elks RV Pk
Tuesday we headed for "Goose Point" Corp of Engineer Park he gave us a map said we could get into a site it was 90' go down there, drug the back of the 5Th going down the hill, Jay could hardly get the truck and trailer thru the camp sites..the site was 90' long but it was only 8'wide and curbs with poles on both sides so there was no way to back in then the site was 10' wide what a nightmare..we got out of that mess and headed for Salisburg spending 3 days at the Elks RV Pk all by ourselves with the lake on three sides....We just sat there like 2 happy campers.
May 20Th...Wed.
Went to the "Lazy 5 Ranch" it is a drive thru zoo about 1 1/2 hrs. walked around the park over to the petting zoo...... Thursday went to Walmart and spent the day at the park.
May 22ND/27Th.... Fri./Wed......Salisburg, NC.......Bass Lake.....WH
This was a WH park but Logan sold it the First of May...so only 3 WH members can stay at one time. Went to Camping world bought a new BBQ '' HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY"
May 23rd...Sat.
Breakfast at the Waffle House very popular back east..then tried to find the Flea and Farmers Market in Lexington......no luck
May 24Th...Sun
Rain.......Mon. rained all day.
May 26Th..Tue.
Went to North Carolina Transportation Museum...all about trains Spencer was a going town til 1960 when they got rid of the Steam engines and went to diesel......
May 27Th..Wed.
Went golfing at Foxwood 18holes both of us with cart for $30.00...tough little course...we got rained on we stayed ...got our monies worth.
Arrived at the lodge late went in paid had a beer and visited.
May 12Th..Tue.
Went to the Poplar Grove Plantation toured thru the home walked the grounds...the Blacksmith made me a plant hanger showing us how the bellows worked in keeping the iron hot, went to the basket weaving shop her day off, so we headed for the "Battleship North Carolina" went thru the ship it isn't as confining as the "Lexington" carrier was seemed to be more room. 100 people worked in the kitchen there was 2,000 aboard
May 13Th..Wed.
Took in the Farmers Market tomatoes $3.50 lb. so we did 3 mansions...The "Bellamy" which was 5 floors is a self guided tour very little furniture..."Burgwin/Wright" had 4 floors lots of furniture and it was guided we got to do the grounds there was several pomegranate trees ...the 3 home was "Latimer" Victorian home 4 floors this was also guided there was lots of furniture in the home from that Era...a few was from the Latimer family.
May 14Th..Thurs.
Guess what...........clean house ,do wash, iron.......what happen to my maid.
May 15th/18th...Fri./Mon. Gasburg, VA....The Club......ROD
Friday we stayed in the park.....Sat. Went to "Five Fork Battleground" it was nothing but a state park building for the rangers. He gave us a map to follow the battleground...but it was built up with homes...they had signs marking different places but there wasn't anything there. What a bummer. Sun. rained all day...this is getting tiresome....Mon. went to Roanoke Rapids.
May19th/21st....Tue./Thurs........Salisburg, NC......Elks RV Pk
Tuesday we headed for "Goose Point" Corp of Engineer Park he gave us a map said we could get into a site it was 90' go down there, drug the back of the 5Th going down the hill, Jay could hardly get the truck and trailer thru the camp sites..the site was 90' long but it was only 8'wide and curbs with poles on both sides so there was no way to back in then the site was 10' wide what a nightmare..we got out of that mess and headed for Salisburg spending 3 days at the Elks RV Pk all by ourselves with the lake on three sides....We just sat there like 2 happy campers.
May 20Th...Wed.
Went to the "Lazy 5 Ranch" it is a drive thru zoo about 1 1/2 hrs. walked around the park over to the petting zoo...... Thursday went to Walmart and spent the day at the park.
May 22ND/27Th.... Fri./Wed......Salisburg, NC.......Bass Lake.....WH
This was a WH park but Logan sold it the First of May...so only 3 WH members can stay at one time. Went to Camping world bought a new BBQ '' HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY"
May 23rd...Sat.
Breakfast at the Waffle House very popular back east..then tried to find the Flea and Farmers Market in Lexington......no luck
May 24Th...Sun
Rain.......Mon. rained all day.
May 26Th..Tue.
Went to North Carolina Transportation Museum...all about trains Spencer was a going town til 1960 when they got rid of the Steam engines and went to diesel......
May 27Th..Wed.
Went golfing at Foxwood 18holes both of us with cart for $30.00...tough little course...we got rained on we stayed ...got our monies worth.
Woodbine, Ga.
May 3rd/7th....Sun./Thurs.
Arrived on Sunday parked went for a drive.
May 4Th..Mon.
Went to Brunswick...every thing was closed on Mon.
May 5Th..Tue.
We went to the Okefenokee Swamp Park...took a boat ride thru the swamp saw some gators,got on the train went over part of the swamp out thru the trees to a old country farm talked with the conductor on the train he had been doing this run for 20 years after he retired from the Railroad company. This was volunteer he does it every year. Never gets out of Ga.
May 6Th..Wed.
Heading for Fernandina Beach stopped at Amalia Museum stopped for lunch getting ready to head for the coast when the a/c quit working. called a repair
sheared off the bolts on the pulley left the truck at the shop rented a car to get back to the 5Th (camper) went back next morning for truck. $73.73 for rental $450.00 for truck paid was on our way.
May 7Th...Thurs.
Nothing................
May 8th/10th..Fri./Sun. Yemanssee, SC....The Oaks....RPI
Friday Jay worked all day trying to get the Satellite.
May 9Th..Sat.
Going to Hampton to see the old homes..what a disappointment they were either closed or made into offices the old drug store was also closed so we took the back way home found a fruit and veg. stand down the road we ran into a strawberry patch we bought some and got our first taste of boiled peanuts..Jay didn't like them..I didn't think they were to bad had the texture of boiled beans couldn't come up with a similar taste.
May10Th..Sun. MOTHERS DAY
Stayed home all day watched golf......
Arrived on Sunday parked went for a drive.
May 4Th..Mon.
Went to Brunswick...every thing was closed on Mon.
May 5Th..Tue.
We went to the Okefenokee Swamp Park...took a boat ride thru the swamp saw some gators,got on the train went over part of the swamp out thru the trees to a old country farm talked with the conductor on the train he had been doing this run for 20 years after he retired from the Railroad company. This was volunteer he does it every year. Never gets out of Ga.
May 6Th..Wed.
Heading for Fernandina Beach stopped at Amalia Museum stopped for lunch getting ready to head for the coast when the a/c quit working. called a repair
sheared off the bolts on the pulley left the truck at the shop rented a car to get back to the 5Th (camper) went back next morning for truck. $73.73 for rental $450.00 for truck paid was on our way.
May 7Th...Thurs.
Nothing................
May 8th/10th..Fri./Sun. Yemanssee, SC....The Oaks....RPI
Friday Jay worked all day trying to get the Satellite.
May 9Th..Sat.
Going to Hampton to see the old homes..what a disappointment they were either closed or made into offices the old drug store was also closed so we took the back way home found a fruit and veg. stand down the road we ran into a strawberry patch we bought some and got our first taste of boiled peanuts..Jay didn't like them..I didn't think they were to bad had the texture of boiled beans couldn't come up with a similar taste.
May10Th..Sun. MOTHERS DAY
Stayed home all day watched golf......
Biloxi Miss. destruction
Apr. 3rd....7th Fri/Tue......Biloxi, Miss....Martin Lake RV Pk... AOR
Visited the Jeff Davis Home...When his wife passed away they turned the home into a retirement home for the confederate soldiers you could stay there whether you had money or broke. There was lots of damage on the Beach Blvd. South Miss. College the only thing left was the brick walls, a church sign and the steps was all there was to the church. Lots of trees were broke off and a carver came in and carved different birds and animals from the remains really was nice.
Apr. 8th/14th .....Wed./Tue.....Defuniak Springs, Fl.... Defuniak Sp. RV.....AOR
We were on the lake and could see the lake from all the windows in the RV it was wonderful. Had to have the hot water heater fixed.
Apr. 9th Thrs.
Went golfing at the country club...boy was I tired...
Apr. 10th Fri.
Went to Florala to the Flea Mart and had lunch...lady took an old building divided it off into cubicals. It was well organized and it took us 3 hours to walk thru it all.
Apr. 11th Sat.
Home all day againnnnnnnnnnnn
Apr. 12th Sun.
Took a ride to Destin to the beach. It was spring break for all the Floridians, the only way to the beach was with a pass key from the motel you were staying in every were along the beach was fenced and gated so we went to a State park to have our lunch and it cost us $4.00 to us the picnic table. Welcome to Florida.
Apr. 13th Mon.
Waited for the repair man on the hot water heater.
Apr. 14th Tue.
Repair man shows....fixed it..but it still doesn't work
Apr. 15th/18th.Wed./Sat.....Live Oaks, Fl. Suwanee River Music Park...ROD
Arrived late after waiting for the Hot water heater to be fixed
Apr. 16th Thur.
Went to Live Oak went thru the Freight Depot Museum, freight was brought in on one side then loaded to a train on the other side from there we went to Grace Manor for lunch.....Had "Sweet Potato Fries" Yum,Yum.
Apr. 17th Fri.
Went to Lake City not much going on in this part of Fl.
Apr. 18th Sat.
Stayed in the park , there is 650 sites, Amphi-theatre, rest.,swimming pool, rent golf carts, store, country square, a museum, in the back of the park is a big pond with 3 floating ducks...made of some kind of mesh with lights strung thru them which lights up at night...guess we were the talk of the park (the Big Camper) every thing is called a camper in the South and South East. so here comes a parade of golf carts to see the big camper. People are very friendly.
Apr. 19th/21st. Sun./Tue....Three Flags....Wildwood, Fl....RPI
Weather is warm, we got set up and headed out for the "Village" Arnold Palmer and Nancy Lopez advertise for it this place is hugh don't have any idea how many acres it covers or should I say miles..couldn't even guess how many golf courses, everyone runs around in a golf cart in the parking lots down the road they don't care.
Apr. 20th Mon.
Took off for Webster its suppose to be the biggest flea market in Fl. so off we go it is hugh, but its like going to Japan or India with all the cheap trinkets from there Homosassa for the State Park to see the Manatee, took a boat trip, trolley ride and walked the zoo (Animals and Humans) saw the Manatees Uglyyyyyyyyy
with the golden age pass it was only $8.00
Apr. 21st Tue.
Stayed home cleaned house and ironed...whopeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Apr. 22nd/28th Wed./Tue....Bee's RV Resort...Clemont, Fl....RPI
Just traveled 26 miles to day ...short trip..
Apr. 23rd Thur.
Heading for Orlando to get tickets for Epcot Center/Animal Kingdom..$200.00 for 2 days and 2 people. Had trouble with the truck..Jay had to change the sensor.
Apr. 24th Fri.
Drove down to Plant City Strawberry capital of Florida...went for some fresh berries their season is in Feb. and Mar......what a disappointment.
Apr. 25th/26th Sat/Sun.
Spent both days in the park...truck was down and couldn't get anyone on the weekend to fix it. None of the gages worked on the dash...so the transmission wouldn't shift because it is controled by the gages. Truck said we're not going fast enough so Iam not going to shift. It was hot in the trailer in more than one way. The big guy was fuming.
Apr. 27th Mon.
Jay got to spend all day at the shop...It was a broken wire behind the gages so nothing read right. The sweethearts didn't even charge us to fix it. That was international in Orlando.
Apr. 28th Tue.
Went to Orlando to purchase tickets for one day for Epcot Center.....$160.00 for one day one park 2 people and $12.00 for parking.
April 29th/May 2nd. Wed./Sat.......St. Augustine, Fl.....Elks
Went to Light House Jay walked 220 stairs to the top...I waited below its the oldest lighthouse in Florida.
April 30th Thurs.
Went to the Golf Hall of Fame it took us 3 hours to get thru the hall...very interesting..lots of information...didn't realize that Bob Hope was so involved in the golfing industry.Went downtown old town had to park the truck the street are to narrow for the truck..checked things out decided to buy tickets and ride the trollys around town.
May 1st. Fri.
Went to Fort Matranzas took the ferry over to the island to the first fort..it was used for a lookout for St. Augustine for any ships coming in to take over St. Agustine went to oldtown got on the trolley took in the Museum and rode around to see what we wanted to do.
May 2nd.Sat.
Back to old town went to the old jail, old drug store same old wooden floors with a slight lean..got to go into the first house built in town lots of goodies still there.Took off for the ocean...wanted to put my feet in the water....did that their sand is like velvet.....not many seashells.
Visited the Jeff Davis Home...When his wife passed away they turned the home into a retirement home for the confederate soldiers you could stay there whether you had money or broke. There was lots of damage on the Beach Blvd. South Miss. College the only thing left was the brick walls, a church sign and the steps was all there was to the church. Lots of trees were broke off and a carver came in and carved different birds and animals from the remains really was nice.
Apr. 8th/14th .....Wed./Tue.....Defuniak Springs, Fl.... Defuniak Sp. RV.....AOR
We were on the lake and could see the lake from all the windows in the RV it was wonderful. Had to have the hot water heater fixed.
Apr. 9th Thrs.
Went golfing at the country club...boy was I tired...
Apr. 10th Fri.
Went to Florala to the Flea Mart and had lunch...lady took an old building divided it off into cubicals. It was well organized and it took us 3 hours to walk thru it all.
Apr. 11th Sat.
Home all day againnnnnnnnnnnn
Apr. 12th Sun.
Took a ride to Destin to the beach. It was spring break for all the Floridians, the only way to the beach was with a pass key from the motel you were staying in every were along the beach was fenced and gated so we went to a State park to have our lunch and it cost us $4.00 to us the picnic table. Welcome to Florida.
Apr. 13th Mon.
Waited for the repair man on the hot water heater.
Apr. 14th Tue.
Repair man shows....fixed it..but it still doesn't work
Apr. 15th/18th.Wed./Sat.....Live Oaks, Fl. Suwanee River Music Park...ROD
Arrived late after waiting for the Hot water heater to be fixed
Apr. 16th Thur.
Went to Live Oak went thru the Freight Depot Museum, freight was brought in on one side then loaded to a train on the other side from there we went to Grace Manor for lunch.....Had "Sweet Potato Fries" Yum,Yum.
Apr. 17th Fri.
Went to Lake City not much going on in this part of Fl.
Apr. 18th Sat.
Stayed in the park , there is 650 sites, Amphi-theatre, rest.,swimming pool, rent golf carts, store, country square, a museum, in the back of the park is a big pond with 3 floating ducks...made of some kind of mesh with lights strung thru them which lights up at night...guess we were the talk of the park (the Big Camper) every thing is called a camper in the South and South East. so here comes a parade of golf carts to see the big camper. People are very friendly.
Apr. 19th/21st. Sun./Tue....Three Flags....Wildwood, Fl....RPI
Weather is warm, we got set up and headed out for the "Village" Arnold Palmer and Nancy Lopez advertise for it this place is hugh don't have any idea how many acres it covers or should I say miles..couldn't even guess how many golf courses, everyone runs around in a golf cart in the parking lots down the road they don't care.
Apr. 20th Mon.
Took off for Webster its suppose to be the biggest flea market in Fl. so off we go it is hugh, but its like going to Japan or India with all the cheap trinkets from there Homosassa for the State Park to see the Manatee, took a boat trip, trolley ride and walked the zoo (Animals and Humans) saw the Manatees Uglyyyyyyyyy
with the golden age pass it was only $8.00
Apr. 21st Tue.
Stayed home cleaned house and ironed...whopeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Apr. 22nd/28th Wed./Tue....Bee's RV Resort...Clemont, Fl....RPI
Just traveled 26 miles to day ...short trip..
Apr. 23rd Thur.
Heading for Orlando to get tickets for Epcot Center/Animal Kingdom..$200.00 for 2 days and 2 people. Had trouble with the truck..Jay had to change the sensor.
Apr. 24th Fri.
Drove down to Plant City Strawberry capital of Florida...went for some fresh berries their season is in Feb. and Mar......what a disappointment.
Apr. 25th/26th Sat/Sun.
Spent both days in the park...truck was down and couldn't get anyone on the weekend to fix it. None of the gages worked on the dash...so the transmission wouldn't shift because it is controled by the gages. Truck said we're not going fast enough so Iam not going to shift. It was hot in the trailer in more than one way. The big guy was fuming.
Apr. 27th Mon.
Jay got to spend all day at the shop...It was a broken wire behind the gages so nothing read right. The sweethearts didn't even charge us to fix it. That was international in Orlando.
Apr. 28th Tue.
Went to Orlando to purchase tickets for one day for Epcot Center.....$160.00 for one day one park 2 people and $12.00 for parking.
April 29th/May 2nd. Wed./Sat.......St. Augustine, Fl.....Elks
Went to Light House Jay walked 220 stairs to the top...I waited below its the oldest lighthouse in Florida.
April 30th Thurs.
Went to the Golf Hall of Fame it took us 3 hours to get thru the hall...very interesting..lots of information...didn't realize that Bob Hope was so involved in the golfing industry.Went downtown old town had to park the truck the street are to narrow for the truck..checked things out decided to buy tickets and ride the trollys around town.
May 1st. Fri.
Went to Fort Matranzas took the ferry over to the island to the first fort..it was used for a lookout for St. Augustine for any ships coming in to take over St. Agustine went to oldtown got on the trolley took in the Museum and rode around to see what we wanted to do.
May 2nd.Sat.
Back to old town went to the old jail, old drug store same old wooden floors with a slight lean..got to go into the first house built in town lots of goodies still there.Took off for the ocean...wanted to put my feet in the water....did that their sand is like velvet.....not many seashells.
Rockport ....Jake and Nancy
Mar. 14th thru 28th....Sat. Rockport, Tx. ....Bay View RV.....WH
Head for Victoria to meet up with another couple from there we went on down to Rockport and parked in the old Walmart Parking Lot for one night so we could get into BayView on Sunday.
Mar. 15th Sun.
Went into the park it was muddy and slick, thought we would get stuck.
Mar. 16th Mon.
We went to Port Aransas drove on the beach with all the rest of the kids on spring break. We were able to drive 5 miles on the beach.
Mar. 17th Tue.
Went to the Fulton Mansion, Mr. Fulton had thousands of acres and was in the cattle business. Went to the Maritime Museum lots of ships and knots very interesting. Jay was impressed being in the Navy.
Mar. 18th,19th and 20th Wed.,Thurs. Fri.
Stayed home all day the guys tried to get the satellite to work on jakes rig.
Mar. 20th Fri..
Took a ride on the C.C. Paddlewheel around the inlet and out into the bay.
Went back to Port Aransas for dinner with several couples....had a good time.
Mar. 21st Sat.
Went to Corpus Christi for a swap meet....not much there.
Mar. 22nd . Sun.
Stay home again........
Mar. 23rd ..Mon.
Went back to Corpus Christi and do the tour with our tour guide(Jay) that took all day.
Mar. 24th Tue.
We all went to the club house and played texas holdem..no winners.
Mar. 25th Wed.
Home all day.....see we do stay home once in a awhile.
Mar. 26th Thurs.
Tornado Warnings....Hitch up and get the H..l out of here.
Mar. 27th and 28th......Fri./Sat.
Got ready to haul out.....crossed on the ferry to Crystal Beach lots of damage by the hurricane.......
Mar. 29th, 30th ... Sun. Mond. ....Beaumont, Tx. Elks
Stayed two nights at the elks had heavy rains.
Mar. 31st, Apr. 1st. Tue...Wed. Slidell, Tx. ....Elks
Stayed at the elks lots of rain and thunder....... This last few days have been very boring.....not much going on.
Head for Victoria to meet up with another couple from there we went on down to Rockport and parked in the old Walmart Parking Lot for one night so we could get into BayView on Sunday.
Mar. 15th Sun.
Went into the park it was muddy and slick, thought we would get stuck.
Mar. 16th Mon.
We went to Port Aransas drove on the beach with all the rest of the kids on spring break. We were able to drive 5 miles on the beach.
Mar. 17th Tue.
Went to the Fulton Mansion, Mr. Fulton had thousands of acres and was in the cattle business. Went to the Maritime Museum lots of ships and knots very interesting. Jay was impressed being in the Navy.
Mar. 18th,19th and 20th Wed.,Thurs. Fri.
Stayed home all day the guys tried to get the satellite to work on jakes rig.
Mar. 20th Fri..
Took a ride on the C.C. Paddlewheel around the inlet and out into the bay.
Went back to Port Aransas for dinner with several couples....had a good time.
Mar. 21st Sat.
Went to Corpus Christi for a swap meet....not much there.
Mar. 22nd . Sun.
Stay home again........
Mar. 23rd ..Mon.
Went back to Corpus Christi and do the tour with our tour guide(Jay) that took all day.
Mar. 24th Tue.
We all went to the club house and played texas holdem..no winners.
Mar. 25th Wed.
Home all day.....see we do stay home once in a awhile.
Mar. 26th Thurs.
Tornado Warnings....Hitch up and get the H..l out of here.
Mar. 27th and 28th......Fri./Sat.
Got ready to haul out.....crossed on the ferry to Crystal Beach lots of damage by the hurricane.......
Mar. 29th, 30th ... Sun. Mond. ....Beaumont, Tx. Elks
Stayed two nights at the elks had heavy rains.
Mar. 31st, Apr. 1st. Tue...Wed. Slidell, Tx. ....Elks
Stayed at the elks lots of rain and thunder....... This last few days have been very boring.....not much going on.
Ottine, Tx.
Mar. 12th, 13th, Thurs. Ottine, Tx.....Elks
Moved to Ottine, Tex to the Elks Park in the rain went to Gonzales,Lockhart, Luling and San Marcos. In Gonzales we went to the Chamber of Com. which was the old jail, you could tour the prison and just by the looks of it....I would be a good boy and stay out of there.
Mar. 13th..Fri.
We were in the rain for 5 days and had enough.
Moved to Ottine, Tex to the Elks Park in the rain went to Gonzales,Lockhart, Luling and San Marcos. In Gonzales we went to the Chamber of Com. which was the old jail, you could tour the prison and just by the looks of it....I would be a good boy and stay out of there.
Mar. 13th..Fri.
We were in the rain for 5 days and had enough.
Texas
Mar. 4th Wed. Van Horn, Tx.
Just for one night....its 280 miles from nowhere.
Mar. 5th......7th..Thur. Fri. Sat. Big Springs, Tex. Whip in RV Pk.
Went to dinner at Cowboys it sure was good. On the 6th went golfing it was hot and windy Saturday 7th....went to a gem show.....not much in this town the economy has really hurt if your in the oil business you will survive many oil pipe yards and supplies..fields are full of oil rigs.
Mar. 8th...11th.Sun. Ingram, Tx. .....RV by the River...RPI
Arrived at park and planning our trips around the area.
Mar. 9th ..Mon
Heading for Fredricksburg to the national Museum of the Pacific War Admiral Nimitz. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get thru the museum and the George W. Bush Memorial. Then we walked the town and found "Rustlin Robs" you can go in and sample: Honey, chipotle, dips, sauces, jams,jellies and Hottttttt Sauce Spent an hour in there. Headed back home and decided to go to see the Stone hedge two men decided to build this in the middle of a field its 60% as tall and 90% as big as the stonehedge in England. Its 5pm time for home.
Mar.10th..Tues.
Went to Fredricksburg and on to Stonewall where we did the CD tour in the truck on the Ranch of LBJ, we got to drive thru the pastures around the barn and farm hands house went by the school house were LBJ went to grade school, check out the inside of the house he raised in. Got to tour his home and the office at the home where he conducted most of the president business. It was about 2 hours and very interesting. Went back to Fredricksburg to finish the out side tour of the Nimitz Museum, but the guide didn't show.
Mar. 11..Wed.
Rained all day and I mean rained.............Boringgggggggggggggggggggggggg.
Just for one night....its 280 miles from nowhere.
Mar. 5th......7th..Thur. Fri. Sat. Big Springs, Tex. Whip in RV Pk.
Went to dinner at Cowboys it sure was good. On the 6th went golfing it was hot and windy Saturday 7th....went to a gem show.....not much in this town the economy has really hurt if your in the oil business you will survive many oil pipe yards and supplies..fields are full of oil rigs.
Mar. 8th...11th.Sun. Ingram, Tx. .....RV by the River...RPI
Arrived at park and planning our trips around the area.
Mar. 9th ..Mon
Heading for Fredricksburg to the national Museum of the Pacific War Admiral Nimitz. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get thru the museum and the George W. Bush Memorial. Then we walked the town and found "Rustlin Robs" you can go in and sample: Honey, chipotle, dips, sauces, jams,jellies and Hottttttt Sauce Spent an hour in there. Headed back home and decided to go to see the Stone hedge two men decided to build this in the middle of a field its 60% as tall and 90% as big as the stonehedge in England. Its 5pm time for home.
Mar.10th..Tues.
Went to Fredricksburg and on to Stonewall where we did the CD tour in the truck on the Ranch of LBJ, we got to drive thru the pastures around the barn and farm hands house went by the school house were LBJ went to grade school, check out the inside of the house he raised in. Got to tour his home and the office at the home where he conducted most of the president business. It was about 2 hours and very interesting. Went back to Fredricksburg to finish the out side tour of the Nimitz Museum, but the guide didn't show.
Mar. 11..Wed.
Rained all day and I mean rained.............Boringgggggggggggggggggggggggg.
NM Starting the journey East 2009
Mar. 1st. Silver City, NM. Rose Valley RV Park..RPI
Arrived in Silver City, NM Elevation 6100 ft. this park is next to the cemetery of Billy the Kids mother. Weather is beautiful cool at night.
Mar. 2nd
Made breakfast and packed a lunch to go went to Glenwood 59 miles up to the Whitewater Canyon to do the catwalk (Steel gridiron walk) anchored to the shear rock walls was used to bring the Silver/Copper out of the mine. This is located in the middle of nowhere. It was 1.1 mile walk to the end, thought we would find the mine but no luck. Saw a lot of deer and antelope.
Mar. 3rd
We decided to go see the Gila (Heela) Cliff Dwellings. This is 44 miles from Silver City, so off we go with picnic in hand follow the cow trail (highway 15) up and down we were as high as 7,000 ft.. Its half a mile up to the dwelling went into the caves the altitude is 6,000 ft. and I was a little dizzier than normal.
Arrived in Silver City, NM Elevation 6100 ft. this park is next to the cemetery of Billy the Kids mother. Weather is beautiful cool at night.
Mar. 2nd
Made breakfast and packed a lunch to go went to Glenwood 59 miles up to the Whitewater Canyon to do the catwalk (Steel gridiron walk) anchored to the shear rock walls was used to bring the Silver/Copper out of the mine. This is located in the middle of nowhere. It was 1.1 mile walk to the end, thought we would find the mine but no luck. Saw a lot of deer and antelope.
Mar. 3rd
We decided to go see the Gila (Heela) Cliff Dwellings. This is 44 miles from Silver City, so off we go with picnic in hand follow the cow trail (highway 15) up and down we were as high as 7,000 ft.. Its half a mile up to the dwelling went into the caves the altitude is 6,000 ft. and I was a little dizzier than normal.
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