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

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…