Movin' On

We stayed at the SKP Park in Summerdale, Alabama while George and Shirley went to get their motorhome air conditioning fixed and we agreed to meet them on Monday at Brunswick, Georgia which is the coastal region of the state. Thursday we drove over to Gulf Shores. The beaches are so white they look like sugar.

On the Friday before we left Alabama, George and Jerry (whom we met at the SKP park) decided to run another electrical outlet in the bedroom of our fifthwheel so Jan could set up the printer and computer in there instead of working on the kitchen table. They worked most of the day and created a really neat workspace.

Now I don't have to drag the printer out from under the sofa every time I want to print something. I think I'm regressing. Okay, back to Saturday, when we actually left Summerdale. We slowly made our trek into Florida on route 90. During the day we found an deserted old gas station that had a cover over where the gas pumps used to be and pulled the trailer under the cover, got out our chairs and watched the traffic go by for several hours. We had decided to boondock for that night instead of staying in a campground. Our destination was the Wal-mart parking lot at Quincy, Florida. By the way, the GPS works great as long as you keep an eye out for those low underpasses! We spent the night in Wal-Mart. I'm sure you've all seen motorhomes or RVs parked in the parking lot of Wal-Marts and/or Sams and wondered what they were doing there - well, they were spending the night! We're very thankful that those stores offer an option for us RVers who don't want to spend $25-30 a night just to sleep.

Sunday, we started out with our destination to be Waycross, Georgia. Once again we found a small city park in the little town of Boston, Georgia and spent some time just sitting out, reading, having lunch and killing time. McKenzie agrees that "Life is good"! That night we stayed in the

parking lot of an Elks Club. The weather was very cool, about 58 degrees so it didn't matter that we didn't have any hookups.

Monday, we arrived at a Passport America park in Brunswick, Georgia. Passport America, for those of you who are not RVers, is a club that you can join and it allows you to stay at parks that participate in its programs for half price. Anyway, we had made reservations to stay until Thursday, when we will head out for Savannah. George and Shirley caught up with us here. We had a potluck dinner of grilled chicken, steamed vegetables, a great wine and enjoyed catching up with each other. On Tuesday, we all decided to head out to St. Simon's Island and to visit Fort Frederica which was an 18th century British Fort and Town. It was established in 1736 and the fort guarded Georgia's southern frontier. At it's peak, it had approximately 70 houses inside the dusty streets of the fort. It is best remembered for repulsing a Spanish invasion in 1742, but despite this success, the town and fort ended in ruin and disappeared after the conclusion of the war when the garrison was disbanded. We all decided that wearing all these heavy clothes would have been a real problem. Guess you can tell from the picture, who wears

Jan & George at Fort Frederica

the pants in this family!!!!

After the fort, we visited the St. Simon's Island Lighthouse which has 129 circular steps to the top. It is one of only five that exist in Georgia and still serves as a navigation aid to ships with its beam that casts a light 23 miles out to sea. While there, George and I decided to take advantage of walking down into the Atlantic Ocean, but very quickly decided the frigid temperature was a bit much for us Texans!

We had a wonderful lunch at Barbara Jean's. The specialties were coconut shrimp, "she-crab" soup, and crab cakes. We all ordered something different and taste tested everything! When we left, we were all so full, we had to walk around the town for a bit before heading back to the campground. Tomorrow will be a planning day for where we will go and what we will do once we leave Savannah. We're staying at a State park while there so I'm sure we won't have any WiFi , but I'll update again as soon as I can. Until then, remember that we constantly think of all of you and hope you enjoy traveling the country with us. Hugs to everyone!!