MAYBERRY….

LAST OF WATEREE….

This is the last of our stay at Lake Wateree…it was a nice relaxing time…our stay here…in pic below…Maggie looking at the Maple trees…you can tell we are heading north seeing the Maples….

Looking for Andy & Barney????

This was our site last night at Mayberry campground in MT Airy NC….see our matts out drying in the sunshine….they got wet the night before ….We will not set up …it is just a night stop and besides its too cold…66…I am a Florida girl now…so that is cold…lol…a cold wind is blowing not the nice ocean breeze I am use to….

Office at Mayberry…..

Not much to this campground….

I did an over night here a couple times with my truck…was ok…but don’t think I will stay here again…

Too much $31 with Good Sam… when had truck it was only $26I cant get any TV here with my antenna in the 6 mo. I have had RV..not a problem with getting TV…Verizon does not work here either…lucky I got their wifi…or it would be a very boring night…so will find another cp. I would go into MT Airy and look for Andy & Barney…if I had a toad…but that’s for another time…will get out elec. blanket tonite…will get cold…snowing in PA..ugh …might have to stay at DD’s for a few extra days…All for now thanks for looking and come back soon…

blessings G&M

3RD DAY LAKE WATEREE ST PARK…

My site….

This is my site at Lake Wateree St. Park in Winnsboro SC.  Easy back in spot…and level paved site…

Set up for the weekend….

We did our thing setting up…suppose to have on and off again storms so I did not put our awning out or put out the rug..used my two beach matts instead…The picnic table was not handy to the site someone put it in the woods and did not return it…to heavy for me to move..So I used a little folding table that I brought along and a TV tray stand to eat on…ice chest I used while traveling ..not brave yet to keep propane on while moving….

View from patio ….

This is my view out the front door while sitting in my chair…the light area in back ground is the entrance to the campground….

View on the other side of rig…

A lot of trees..naturally we are in a ST park..some privacy…  

Sat. breakfast…

Home made butter milk pan cakes for Sat breakfast…I am using a two burner hot plate outside for cooking until I get a table top grill or camp stove….

I adapted my recipe to fit my travel ….I made up the dry ingredients put them in a gal zip lock….then when making a small batch…enough for one or two…one cup of dry, about 1 tablespoon of egg beaters, one teaspoon of melted butter, about 1/2 cup or more (eye ball it) of butter milk…mix..cook…flip and eat…So far this morning we have taken a couple walks around the CG and down to the boat ramp…the walking trail near here is flooded out so that is not going to happen….not sure what will do later but will post about it next ..also not sure when this will get posted…it is Sat morning May 11..thanks for looking and come back soon

blessings G&M

FIRST DAY ON THE ROAD…

After gassing up and pulling out of  Wal-Mart at 9:30am

This was our second stop…we stopped at a rest stop for lunch…and a walk…no pic’s this Camping World is in Jacksonville….saw the one for St. Augustine but went right by it…was not sure I was going to stop here..but I did it…glad I did…

This was the only thing I bought …I seen one that Shoos had and knew I wanted one and did not want to wait on getting it…mail to slow to order …I wanted it now!!!

We did make it to Fernandina Beach….

Parked at this public lot …but could not over night there…I had stopped at a WM and ask about parking there…ok for that…so then we went to the beach…

Lunch and supper….

My version of nachos and cheese, chipped ham and baby swiss sammy, and fresh fruit…also a glass of water…

I was worried about ….

tooling around these places with this big to me rig….it almost stopped me from doing anything but driving down I-95…so glad I did now I feel more able to maneuver it on not so wide roads and it helped that it was a week day and not a lot of traffic…Now we are parked at WM….being nervous about my first boon docking… hope I can sleep…going to get up early and go over to the beach again…shelling…early meaning day break…Maggie has not eaten all day…hope she gets in the groove of this traveling soon…Well that’s it for now going to go look at my new book…thanks for looking and come back soon…

blessings G&M

DAY TRIP & A VISIT

This was my spot while visiting Soos and Dell….
Went over to the park so I could visit for the day with Soos and Dell…They were out and about for awhile…so I waited around taking Maggie for a walk….It is nice that this campground lets you come , park and spend the day with friends with no charge!

They soon showed up …..
We decided that we would find one of the trails and take the dogs for a walk….Found this one below Soos and Dell reading the signs..

The trail was hard packed sand…
We seen a side trial off into the woods…at least what I call Florida woods…the bush might be a better word.There goes Soos, Dell and the dogs…

Very interesting woods in FL….
 When you walk in the woods/bush here in Florida…you see some beautiful and interesting foliage ….

Arson fire results….
Another thing we saw was these charred remains from an arson fire…with new growth no less…how wonderful nature is ….this arson fire in the park was in 2011 I believe…

Packing….
I did a lot of cleaning and packing up today…had a lot of cleaning after camping for the last 4 days…we had a great time with only the three of us….even tho it rained most of the time…we would sit out under awnings keeping out of the rain but still having a good time…big day tomorrow so will go for now…thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings G&M

WHAT A DAY…..

To day was the big beach day….
Today was to be the big beach day after all the bad weather, storms, rain, wind…high waves today…

Well we did finally make it to the beach…here is Soos and Dell….

But the story behind getting to the beach involves this picnic table…not Molly…the table tried to follow us out of the campground …..I think maybe Nan might know something about this…..lol

Bad picnic table….
In the process of trying to hitch a ride to the beach it made this big dent in the big red truck…Soos’s truck to be exact…..witch did not help her blood pressure…

Not left out…
Did not want Dinah and Maggie to feel left out of getting pic on the internet so here they are

Maggie pouting cause she had to stay home…

The rest of the story……
After we got ready for the beach…that being a big job takeing the 3 dogs with us…moving around crates etc so all dogs and people had room…we pulled out and that’s when the table tried to hitch a ride…well to make a very long day and story short …dogs stayed home…people went to Ford dealer..got idea how much repair would me  for big dent….almost a new red truck was purchased …..(did not happen) we people did end up at the beach….then went out to Chinese buffet and stuffed ourselves…That’s the story and I am sticking to it…thanks for looking and come back soon….blessings G&M

AFTER THE RAIN…..

A soggy start to the day….

This is what we started our walk with this morning …a lade that came over night …our own private lake…..Maggie was not excited about it…she hates water…

But never fear….

We braved the weather and had a pot luck breakfast…I made home made butter milk pan cakes…mmmmm good and Dell brought along some bacon…Here is Soos and Dell chowing down…

Breakfast looking good….

I forgot to bring along some syrup…so I made some by boiling down some brown sugar and water until thick….

Water logged mushrooms…

On our walk this morning we found mushrooms that were splitting they took on so much water…

A day behind….

I am posting a day behind on my blog…so all this happened on Thurs. I am going to stay an extra day so will leave on Sat….but still will be back at the campground during the day…..Most of today Thurs. we sat around camp, enjoying , yaking , eating, etc…because we never knew when it was going to storm…If it is nice tomorrow we will be going to the beach, I will show them around Melbourne a little…despite the rain we are still having a great time..We are suppose to have thunder storms all night to night…(again)…Maggie is getting along fine with Soos’s dogs Molly and Dinah..so all is great…at the mini GTG….And we are exchanging stories and ideas and learning a lot…from one another's experiences.  All for now we had a big day and I will post about it tomorrow..thanks for looking and come back soon…

Blessings G&M

CAMPING IN THE RAIN…..

Well what can I say …..

That’s about it…what can you say about rain…and I mean long lasting rain….day and night…

Camp sites…..

It rained all afternoon yesterday and all night until about 7:30 am..I had ponds at both ends of my RV….everything was wet wet , wet…had to sweep off the water on the table with a broom…

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This was Dells spot and she did not have the water I did…

Soos didn’t have to worry about watering here flowers she brought along…

So we had a little pot luck last night for dinner, fried chicken, potatoe salad, corn on the cob, brownies and cookies…not bad for just the 3 of us….So far not much we can do because of rain…so I will leave it at this and post more later…thanks for looking and come back soon

blessings G&M