WHAT’S UP…..

Well as I said…
I am back in Florida…and it is still way to hot for me…I have to do what ever I want out side or in the rig early in the morning then spend the rest of the day in the house…I am not a happy camper spending the day in a house…but that said…it isn’t so bad right now as I have been have a big problem with my back and right leg…spending a lot of time resting my leg…and it is getting better…it is most bothersome when sitting…not good for some one that has an RV..driving is the worst..that is what started the whole thing to begin with…but I feel I am on the mend now…
A cool tree we seen on our hike…

Looked out my craft/art room…
this morning and saw this…

Ibis in the back yard

So I slipped out the door hoping to get a better look…


I followed them around the yard….
I have found that you never know what you will find in your yard here in Florida…Remember the Pelican that came for a drink of water I posted about …funny things happen…Well my leg is getting much better…glad for that…I think it was all from my back..Also I booked a site at Silver River ST. Park here in Florida for a week at the end of Oct…some of my Women RV friends are going to be there for a mini GTG before the big one in Jan…and on the Fantasy Football scene …Grammy kicked bu**…lol, lol, I beat them all this week…So on that note I will see ya later…have a great day and stay safe…thanks for looking and come back soon..
blessing G&M

THE REST OF THE TRIP….

This was the ….
next to the last WM camp…

when I opened up the door in the morning and look out..saw this bike parked on a road beside the parking lot..this road was never used the whole time I was there…the bike was still there when I  left a couple hrs. later..

I had company when I got there and during the night another rig pulled in front and back of me…

And look at the difference ….
given the same supplies..this WM seems to have not the same crafty skills as the first one I posted….this one is kind of boring….it will look better when the Mums bloom…

The last WM I boon docked at was a total bust…noisy noisy noisy…young men with very loud mufflers patrolled the parking lot most of the night..like till 1am…the police came one time and they left for about 15 min.. then after that they were in and out…but all in all the WM camping was ok…just that one ….so I  will continue to use them ….I took my time after the leg trouble and did well…I might have looked for more exploring but was really uncomfortable with the furniture tagging along..so cant wait to do some GTG and camping here in Florida… need some adventure and exploring this winter…
I am in Florida…
back at dads…I was only about 5 miles away when I  hit a big rain event…the pic below is just before turning on to highway US 1…(this is where the hit and run guy totaled my Toyota) you really cant tell in this pic but it was pouring so hard could hardly see…if I had been further away I would have stopped and waited….this is less than 1/8 mile from dads….it is still a big rain event in central FL..will be for several days according to the weather man…

Yesterday…
I wanted to start empthing out and cleaning the rig…but because of the rain I only got the desk and cupboard out…but that was a big job to get done by my self…dad is to frail to help…funny how one thing leads to another and not at all what I started out to do..got my chives and hens and chickens out and carried  them out back to my frog garden…seen tons of weeds so started to weed it out…then move to the patio and seen it was a real mess and the chairs were black with mold..yuk..so got bleach spray out and scrubed a couple up and the table and scrubed the patio floor…it was so muggy that I could not tell if the water on me was from the hose or the humidity…got that done and had to go inside for the rest of the day..it is too hot in the rig to do anything out there…this is the only thing I do not like about FL…muggy heat…Well my first fantasy foot ball game..I was partnered with my SIL…and I beat him!!! boy did he get harassed..for getting beat by Grammy…lol…I don’t think I will win to many more…well that’s it for now..btw anyone can leave a comment…we like them … so this is it for now thanks for looking and come back soon..blessings G&M

SESQUICENTENNIAL PARK PART 2

The trail starts here…
at the 27 acre lake…I would call it more like a big pond…any way it is nice…got a good reflection pic…There are a lot of geese and ducks begging for food…are not much afraid of dogs…and Maggie ignored them…strange..

After staying the night I decided I wanted another day..so when I went to the office the next day to pay I ask about any walking/hiking trails…he said there was a nice 2 mile one that goes around the lake…so we took a look and went for the walk…This paved walk starts the trail just down from the Ranger office…..

The paved walk leads to this new bridge across the mouth of the lake…Maggie was in the lead and walked right up and across the bridge…at one point in time she was a little leary of bridges..

Soon after the pavement turned into this part dirt and something that looked a little like black loose black top…Nice and shady…lot of pretty green foliage …but no wild life…

Another bridge and Maggie waiting for me to catch up..she is not off leash..just a long one…I would never let her off leash…worry that something would jump out and grab her…she is just a little tasty morsel for some big bad thing that lives in the woods…like a bear…grrrr

Just to prove ….
that I seen some interesting things along our hike…here is a pic of the lake with a ton of pretty little water lilies…click to see better….they were all white ones…

and on this 2 mile hike I seen one yes 1 mushroom…what is with that…a whole big state park forrest and I see ONE mushroom!!! How do you all see the wonderful things you post about…me thinks my eyes need more practice …

And one thing I think was interesting was this cute little pine tree…I have seem baby pines in PA but they didn’t look like this…sweet..

It was really…
treat for me from camp WM…but I think I have a lot to learn…from more learning about the rig to…how to travel…among other things..but that is a whole other post and before I end this adventure at Sesquicentennial Park..I have to tell you…you all know that everyone has to have “the incident” ..you know the one…at the dump station?…well I had mine I will spare you all the gory details…lets just say again I was not paying attention …only lost about a cup on my gloved hand and a little here and there before I recovered my senses and got it together …hosed it all off..anyway now I am done with that and can now move on…lol..This all was on Sat. so next post will be Sat night into Sun after I left the park to move on south…thanks for looking and come back soon…Blessings G&M  

THIRD DAY…

Sesquicentennial State Park…
After leaving the WM parking lot… I went in search of this park…since it was only about 1 mile away it wasn’t hard to find..being the off season it was fairly empty…the sites look level but the roots make it a problem in most of the sites…this is a pull thru that I finally settled on…did some back and forth but go it good enough,,.lot of shade…

This is the other side close to the woods…got set up with a few things..not a full set up only staying 2 days…

We are in SC now so there is lot of sand put this little matt out to keep it out of the rig …did not have room for the big one anyway…had to get this close to the table in order to be level and a close to the hook ups….sat out here with Maggie this afternoon reading and watching for nature things but didn’t see a thing..not even a bird…

pic below is looking down the loop that I am in…one tent and trailer is all that seem to be around…and they are gone all day…so it is really quiet here..only thing I don’t understand is all the cars that come in during the day and drive around…every 5 min they come and drive the loops…and leave…there are rangers all over the place and camp host ..so not sure what is going on…Getting much warmer as we move south…

Friday night more campers started showing up…looks like it will fill up for the weekend…I am going to be leaving in the morning (Sat.) Not sure how far I will get maybe will hit GA or maybe not… This morning Maggie and I took a long nature walk around the lake…I will post about it tomorrow…thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings G&M

Camp Wal-Mart…

Second night out …..
after leaving Winchester and Mayberry…all night at Mayberry pain in my right thigh kept me from sleep…so I drove about 2 hrs.…and found a Wal-Mart so I could stop and figure what might be the problem …I have had problems with nerves in my feet and legs and back from an auto accident in 2003…fractured 1st lumbar vertebra left me with this problem..gets worse as time moves on…anyway…I think when I drove the  7hrs and over 300 miles (twice) and was sitting a lot…made my leg start up…this is a new problem…I did much walking and lying down at camp Wal-Mart.(that seemed to help it a lot)..there were a ton of stores to window shop in…below pic of camp WM..

Got there about noon..
and stayed until about 10 am the next day…while walking Maggie on her many walks around the parking lot and other places seen this cute guy on a tractor pulling some pretties…never seen a tractor like that  around my homestead…or have never seen a Wal-Mart decorate like this…very nice an pleasing to look at from a parking lot…

Walked around ….
looking for a few geocaches…behind WM there was one nice mowed grassy area…woods on either side of the road…this was an easy park and grab (P&G)…usually seen these light post ones in a parking lot…

Here is the cache…a pill bottle under the skirt on the light pole…these are seen in a lot of parking lots..

Another few other things at WM a first for me was Carolina BBQ wings they had all the regular wings along with these…very tasty…not a first but WM now has their fall Pumpkin Rolls out…Mmmmm good…
After I left this WM camp….
I was not sure how far I would drive…so went on for a couple hrs. stopped had lunch took Maggie for her walk..looked at Next Exit book see an all night WM so headed for there…well kinda took a wrong turn could not find the WM so put WM in my GPS and found one about 5 miles away…got there sitting around in parking lot …decided to look for caches and looked at app on my phone and seen I was very close..(1 mile away) from Sesquicentennial State Park…have seen this on the map many times while traveling north and south on I-77..always wanted to check it out so..now is the time…So went there and that will be my next post…thanks for looking and come back soon … blessings G&M

SECOND LEG OF TRIP….

FIRST I WILL SHOW …..
you a few things that came along for the ride..first up is the desk…it did not fit in the dinette because someone measured wrong…geeeez I wonder who??…anyway we were able to bungee it to the sofa….hooked to the front seat belt and on the hinge of the sofa on the other end…I set my computer in there while we are driving along…

and sleeping in our bed with us..(much to Maggie's displeasure)…is a long skinny cupboard ..it is either a doctors cabinet or a old kitchen cabinet either way it is from the 1930’s….I didn’t show you before but when I get to dads I will take a pic….I need room for my stuff so I am bringing it along…

More on the trip…
Here is the first peak of the Blue Ridges Mountains after leaving Winchester…they sure look blue this morning…cloudy and cool…very uneventful driving the first couple hrs….kinda boring…

I was surrounded by trucks all day…I think the weekend driving is much better than during the week…

I am not sure…..
how well I am cut out to do this traveling alone..with out a co-pilot…I had a difficult time finding things to explore…it was either a zillion miles away from the highway, couldn’t find it or it was a dud…tried finding several different things…finally gave up…we stopped at a Pilot gas/truck stop..even that was a disaster…worst place I have ever seen for trucks…tight to get in and out of…I stopped there because of a Subway…seen many on the way until it was lunch time and then didn’t see any until this one…could not even find a place to sit and eat in the RV…so went on down the road…found a place in a parking lot…I can get two meals out of a $5 turkey sub,..
The campground….
I said before in the spring I was not going to come back here again Mayberry Campground in Mt Ariy…but I needed to dump my tanks and the way things went all day long I figured I better go where I knew I was going…but this will be the last time…first off to much money $31..for what you get…buy the pic you can see the lay out…Wi-Fi would not work..this is ATT land and nothing Verizon works…so this will not get posted until Wed. after I leave here…way way too much… chlorine in the water…on my budget it is not even good for an over night’er…

So now Maggie and I are sitting here waiting until bed time…I am doing this on Live Writer…and will post later..I guess I will see if I have any games on this computer I can play…and will map out my trip for Wed…I will use my Next Exit book…or maybe I will just wing it and take what ever comes along…lol..Well all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings G&M
PS found some internet so posted at 1pm wed…

FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP….

This gang is seated….
and ready to roll…We left Greenville at 10:00am…went to get gas and ice…seen a couple people so that made some down time…I pulled out my gas card I had put $75.00 on the other day..well put it in the pump and started pumping…well it only put in $9 (gulp) I had given my sister a empty card to remind her she can get 5 cents off a gal by using that card at Country Fair…so I thought I had given her the wrong one…but looking in my billfold I found the right one…


So on down…
the road we went…I forgot to charge batteries so no pic..not much to take pics of anyway….We took I-79 south to I-68 east in WVA.,then 522 south in VA Drove 309 miles in 7 hrs. up and down the Allegany Mountains ..was up to an altitude of all most 3,000ft..crossed the Eastern Continental  Divide..drove in four different states…PA,WVA,Maryland, and VA..it took me longer because I only drive 55-60 mph…and I took the long way…the other way would have involved the PA Turnpike and I do not like that road…I took the highways because I am not use to traveling in the mountains and those small roads…and I wanted to get to my daughters in one day…I needed to dump my tanks stop 4 times looking and could not find a place…as far as the drive..it was uneventful (what we want) I-79 was busy but not bad for a Sat…I-68 was a dream as far as traffic was concerned…light….the up and down the mountains was a little stress but after I figured out my down shifting I did good…Planning of staying here until Tues.. the head out…not sure where I will stop on Tues… a campground so I can dump…I must be relaxed and happy to be on the road…went to bed at 9;30 woke up one time and then slept until 5..I have not done that good in a very long time… it is so nice to be living in MySweetDream…got up this am..took Maggie out…did my morning routine..etc..was sooo nice…for some reason I feel free…away from the house and Greenville…knowing that next year I will be able to GET IT DONE! (the house) I am praying for a great winter in FL this year…with a bunch of GTG’rs..So see ya down the road…stay tuned for the next installment ..thanks for looking and come back soon…I promise to have more pics..
blessings G&M

THURS. HAPPENINGS

Did one last load of laundry…
on Thurs…and hung them out to dry..Maggie loves her toys and plays with them everyday..and they really get kinda dirty..so they get washed often..some of them have no stuffing left but she still wants them and plays with them…check out her “purse” lol..cute…

My son came to help me also..he unhooked the new hot water tank and drained it..we will be moving it next summer…then we moved out the two pieces of furniture to the RV…the ones I am taking with me to FL…

Then he helped me wash the RV..I have a problem with high places and can not do the roof..so he checked it out for me and washed it….and when the dirty water flowed over the sides…well that meant we had to wash the rest of it..I was planning on doing that anyway…took this pic from the bathroom window…

The other day I was…
arranging things in the rig for our trip…I moved Maggie's bed and toys..up between the seats…where it and she will ride…when ever you do anything to her “stuff” she has to immediately  go over and check it all out…make sure it is ok I guess..lol…anyway here she is checking it all out after I moved it…

Another thing that my son..
helped me with …he explained about my electrical system in the RV…I have been struggling with this since I got it…as we went around the rig he explained it simply so this old lady could understand …he is an electrician so that made it easy for me…one thing that has been bugging me is the “invertor” thing…I could not find anything in my manual about it..could not find any 12 volt outlets…well he showed me where it was…but he called it a “conversion pack” when he said that …I had an ah ah moment and ask a few other questions…and knew what he was showing me was the invertor thing…then we went looking for 12volt outlets..I have been searching all over for one…found one in the bed room by where the TV goes…but a few days before this…I figured out that there was one on my dash…long story spanning over the last year…but there it was I found it..he also explained about breakers and fusses…so that I knew what did what…anyway I am so very grateful to my son for all this info.. knowledge gives you confidence..and makes you feel better about what your are doing.. So Maggie and I are off on our way south in the morning…first stop Winchester VA….so will keep you posted…about our adventures…thanks for looking and come back soon …blessings G&M

MISH-MASH OF STUFF….

When I stepped out…

of the rig the other day…and looked down I saw all this water …it had not rained and when I saw it…scared the heck out of me..I thought for sure something was leaking…Ohh Noooooo!!!! then I looked around and saw it was coming from a drain under the side walk..it was a drain that went up an old alley back in the day to the next street …and if you drain things in your back yard…like a swimming pool it will flow into that drain…and that was what happened…neighbor was draining their pool…Whew…

And this is…
One of the pieces of furniture that I am taking with me…it is a desk that my brother got a couple years ago and ask me to paint it for him..so I painted the color he wanted then sanded the edges and such …and put on some stain and wiped it off to give an antique look…I did that with a lot of furniture that I sold in my store…black being the most popular color…I traded this one out from his estate sale with one that I had for over 45 years…so they had a desk to sell…

Here is a tip….
instead of buying those expensive gardening glove in the garden dept. of any store…go to the sports dept and look in the fishing part…they have these fishing gloves rubber and cloth…they are much better and cheaper…and last forever…

Well it is now 2 days and counting…I think I have just about everything I am taking this trip loaded …all but the last min. stuff..I have some errands to run this afternoon. bank, WM etc…will walk down and get my sisters van and use that one more time…well all for now thanks for looking and come back soon..blessings G&M

LAST YARD SALE FOR THE YEAR???….

WILL IT BE….
the last yard sale for this summer in PA.? My sister and I went on sat morning….to a few yard sales…found some really good deals…but I didn’t buy much…I have to remember I am down sizing…have had a great time with my sis this summer doing the yard sale circuit …even with her hip surg only put us out for the first week…buy the second sat she was ready to go…Got this fellow for my frog garden in FL…he is one of those memory/inspirations boards…made of foam and material…but I am going to spray him with a sealer and see how long he will last was only a buck so I couple years will be ok…love him lol…

This is a box of stuff I got besides Mr. Froggy…a sweet frog welcome garden flag…for same garden…$ 1.00 ..one of those grabber things ..needed for chasing Maggie's toys and balls.. and retrieving keys locked in RV…$1.00…flag lights for RV awning 50 cents…new never opened..

And this Pelonis heater…I have been looking for one since the spring when I returned the one to Home Depot that smelled like burnt plastic when turned on…I have seen 5 at yard sales the last two weekend…finally said…time to get one of these..this one was $4.00 so got it…and the new rug..for 25 cents…

so will this be the last one…??? I am probably leaving Fri. night…going to a local campground so I can dump my tanks then leave from there on Sat morning…so if I get all my stuff done and packed and ready before Fri morning I think we might be able to squeeze a couple in…..how about it..???  Been camping in the street.. and sat night went to bed about 10:30 at about 12:30 some people out walking and talking …woke me up and I never did get back to sleep…hate when that happens…so today Tues…I plan on finishing up all but the very last min. stuff…water is being turned of off on Friday afternoon…elec will stay on…gas already off…need to do last min laundry..son is coming on Thur. to help me with some heavy stuff…so will be busy.. thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings G&M 3 days and counting :):):)

MAKING IT LIVABLE…

Looking a little homey…..
I have been moving things out to the rig…making ready for living in it…I got that little fan from dad…but got me  the one in the house that is a larger round occulting fan…not in pic..and I have a small battery operated one for boon docking…had it for the van…

Moved all my spices and bottles of stuff out yesterday…I have been trying to figure out where I was going to put everything…not near enough cupboard space…so found this box ..was my dads from his gun shop…put about 50 coats of clear acrylic on it…and this is what it looks like filled up…I might paint it later…

The American box I got at a yard sale and the basket is one my brother kept on his table filled with plastic silver ware and napkins…the vintage kool-aid box holds Maggie treats…vintage green Morton salt spoon rest…I think I will paint the box… it doesn't fit…


Making it livable…move a lot of spices, cooking utensils and setting up my kitchen…these things will ride in a tote on the floor when we travel is that what you all do when on the move…I sure don’t have cupboard room to store them in..

Well it is football Sunday and this is my game day snacks and lunch…before pic…

The after pic…I should have show the tiny peppers before…I got them at a yard sale 10 for a dollar…they are hot peppers…but not much or I could not eat them..less hot than a jalapeno..I mixed a little cream cheese, plain greek yogurt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and made my own cracker crumbs crushing multi grain crackers…and some Jimmy Dean fully cooked turkey sausage…mixed it all up and stuffed them and some mushrooms…put in toaster oven…Mmmmm good…delish…fresh corn on the cob…my game day food…since I am in Fantasy Football…I now watch as many games as I can…so I can keep up…I am having fun with it…only problem with today I have to watch the Browns and not my fav team Steelers…

I did this post on Sunday…but won’t post until Mon….seems like I am always a day behind…this is all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…5 days and counting !!!!
Blessings G&M