Georgia On My Mind

We left Florence, SC this morning and are now in Woodbine, GA for an overnight stop. Tomorrow we will be in Titusville, FL for the month of December. We did a little sightseeing this afternoon and went to St. Simons Island. We got some awesome pictures of the lighthouse there and a beautiful sunset. It was in the low 70's today and sunny. Did I mention that "THIS IS THE LIFE"???

Florence, SC

We are in Florence, SC for 10 days. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Lynn & Doris'. Their son, Chad, and his family came down from North Carolina and Deanna & her son, Tyler, were there. We had not seen Chad in about 18 years and it was so great to visit with him and his family. Doris made a wonderful dinner with deep-fried turkey, spiral-sliced ham and all the trimmings. We are staying in a campground that is less than 2 miles from Lynn & Doris. We are going to NC on Sunday to see Chad & Leah's beautiful new home and we will be going to Myrtle Beach one day next week. This picture is of Chad, his little princess - Keira Lynn, and Lynn. Hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving.

Jason confirmed yesterday that he is coming down to Florida with the kids on December 26th, so we are thrilled about that. We will be taking them to see Mickey!!! That is absolutely the best Christmas present we could have received.

Chattanooga, TN

We arrived in Chattanooga, TN this afternoon. The picture at left is of the sunrise this morning before we left Natchez Trace State Park. We decided to leave Natchez Trace a day early and take our time going to Florence, SC. Bob wanted to get through Atlanta on Sunday, so we will go to a park in Greensboro, GA tomorrow for 2 nights. We are right on the GA state line tonight...in fact we crossed over into GA and back into TN just before we got here. We went to Lowe's this evening and the closest one was in GA. I just realized that Georgia's sales tax is much lower than Tennessee's, so I'm glad we went to the one in GA! This park is OK, but we are so spoiled after two weeks at Natchez Trace that it's going to take a special place to compete. (And this park costs almost twice what we paid at NTSP). We had beautiful weather for travelling today and Bob made it over Monteagle without any white-knuckles. :-) It was actually very beautiful, especially with all the fall colors. We decided to postpone going to the Tennessee Aquarium until our return from Florida in early April. We will spend 2-3 days in Chattanooga at that time and be able to enjoy the aquarium and IMAX theater much more. There is plenty to see and do in this area, so we are looking forward to visiting again in the Spring.

Natchez Trace State Park

We are still at Natchez Trace State Park. This park is so beautiful and spacious and we are truly enjoying our time here. Debbie & I have been switching off cooking dinner every other day and it has worked quite well. Larry will be going home today. He has to be back to work on Monday, but come May he will be joining the full-timers ranks. Reid & Debbie are leaving Friday to go to his mom's for Thanksgiving. We will meet up with them again the beginning of December in Titusville, FL for the space shuttle launch. We will be here until next Sunday, the 18th. When we leave here we have decided to spend a couple of days in Chattanooga, TN. The Tennessee Aquarium & IMAX Theater are there and are supposed to be quite spectacular. We will check out the local scene and then head to Florence, SC for 10 days before going to Florida. I'm posting a picture of Reid, Debbie, Bob & Larry around the campfire. It has been a little chillier here than we anticipated, but still much nicer than that arctic tundra called "Michigan"!

Natchez Trace State Park, Wildersville, TN

We arrived at Natchez Trace State Park early yesterday afternoon. We met up with our friend Larry and his grandson in Memphis and caravaned here with Reid & Debbie. It was only about a 2-hour trip...much better than the marathon drive on Thursday! This park is absolutely gorgeous and has large, full-hook up sites for only $16.00/night. It just doesn't get any better than that! We were here in April for our 1st Everest Owners Rally and we couldn't wait to return. Unfortunately, all the lakefront sites were taken when we arrived, but we do have a view of the lake. Of course, right now we could have our pick of lakefront sites. We tried out our new Coleman portable fireplace last night. The firepits they have here are right under the awning, so our portable one allows us to locate it wherever we want and it worked great. I will try to get some pictures and post them later today. We'll be here for 2 weeks and then start working our way toward South Carolina for Thanksgiving with the Campbell's. Did I mention that "this is the life"??? :-)

P. S. Jason called last night and said that he & the kids might join us in Titusville, FL the day after Christmas for a few days, so that was wonderful news! I guess we might be going to visit the big mouse!

The Grand Casino

We went to the Grand Casino yesterday with Reid & Debbie. We would have been LOSERS, but Bob's knack for finding money kicked in. He found $40.00 on the floor in front of a slot machine and then he found a $200.00 cash-out slip that someone dropped. So, we came out of there winners, but not enough to fill our fuel tanks...that's for sure! Maybe we'll have better luck today. Ms. Debbie won $546.25 on a video poker machine. She played that same machine for hours and just couldn't lose. We won't discuss Reid's day at the casino.

Tunica, MS

We arrived in Tunica, MS at 9:45 p.m. (Eastern time) last night. We left Waldenwoods Resort at 5:45 a.m., so it was a very long travel day. I had a feeling that once we started rolling, Bob would drive straight through. I don't understand why he was in such a rush...it's not like we have to be back to go to work any time soon or anything. :-) He knew that Reid & Debbie were already here at the Grand Casino RV Park and he was anxious to get here. This is a nice park with large pull-through sites. The shuttle picks us up at our site to go to any of the casinos in the area. Hopefully, we'll win enough to pay for some diesel fuel. We had great weather all day yesterday. It was a little cooler here than we hoped, but it's supposed to get into the 70's today. It sure seemed weird to drive through Memphis and not stop. That is a first for us! We are here until Sunday when we will meet up with another friend from the Everest Owners Club and head to Natchez Trace State Park in TN for 2 weeks. This is the life! I'll post some pictures soon.