Oct 12, 2018 - Storms

My original plan was to spend a few days in Mississippi and Alabama, of all places, looking at ancient mound sites. I took an interest in this little-known epoch of east central North America a month or two before leaving home. It seems that the area roughly from the grasslands to the Atlantic Ocean was settled and landscaped thousands of years before Europeans showed up. The early people (Paleo, Adena, Hopewell, Woodland, Mississippian) built cities and temples rivaling those of the Aztecs, Moche, or even Inca. The difference was that...

Oct 8, 2018 - Hurricane Again This Year !!!!

We like to go to Rome , GA in October to go to the Going Caching Event and then take a week to come back to Florida to camp at Silver Springs state park for go Florida Finders Fest held in the Ocala National Forest. For the last few years we have had some rains or storms come up from the gulf of mexico and it would cross over Al,GA and head on up to New England some place. Last year the storm came up to Rome on a Sat afternoon and we left that afternoon to miss the storms. The creek in the RV park went over the banks to flood the RV Park...

Oct 5, 2018 - Home

After 7000 plus miles, we made it home safely. We stopped in to see Cathy for a while in her new place and got to see both Christians and Erin and their house. We bought tenderloins to celebrate being home and it sure is easier cooking on a grill with a kitchen! Nice to be home.

Oct 4, 2018 - Geocachin Event In Rome

The theme to this years event was "GHOST" and you had to visit 13 different places around Rome that had ghost and find the ghost cache stamp. You had to stamp your card and hand it in to receive a geo ghost coin . Each cache had a story to tell about who and how that person died and you got to visit that cache at night or during the day, we enjoy both times to visit the dead zone of ghost.

Oct 2, 2018 - CAVE SPRINGS

Each year in October we like to go to a Geocaching Event in Rome , Ga for a few days and then take a week to come back down to Ocala National Forest to go to Florida Finders Fest a Geocaching Event in the forest at night.I f you want to know about Geocaching you can read all about it at WWW.Geocaching. We love to see different things and at Cave Springs, GA just down the street from our campgrounds when we go to Rome ,GA for the geocaching event.Their was a "EARTHCACHE" in the city of Cave Springs in a very nice city park. They get all the...

Oct 1, 2018 - Bridge Of Love Locks

While Geocaching in Rome, Ga at the Going Caching Event we came across a bridge that was used by people on bikes and just walking across the bridge to cross over the river. We found padlocks that were affixed to the bridge by sweethearts to symbolize their everlasting love. The padlock were affixed and the key was to be thrown away in the river and this was to show everlasting love between the two people and of course your name had to be printed on the lock. The store across the street from the bridge had a supply of locks for us to buy.

Sep 29, 2018 - Carrollton City Park Not State Anymore

We have been wanting to stop at this state park over all the years that we have been driving in Georgia and when I started to look for state parks in Georgia U could not locate this state park. It has been taken over by the city of Carrollton, Ga, it is a very nice city park with camping and swimming. They had a truck and car show in the parking lot over the weekend that we were camping.

Sep 28, 2018 - Atlanta

With a bit of a late start having just had the door latch replaced, we arrived at an Army Corp of Engineer Campground right before sunset. We didn't think it was a big problem until we got to the site. Grossly NOT level. Blocks under tires, water, electric and sewer yards away from the utility bay we ran around for a good hour with headlamps on in 90 degree heat. Well, nobody said this was easy. Slept well that night. Next day we were hosted by my cousin, Dick Snoke, and his wife. Had a great dinner and caught up on a ton of family news....

Sep 27, 2018 - Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree

We were on or way after Norma had sutures removed from the back of her head from a pilar cyst surgery last week. We drove up to Thomasville, Ga just across the state line of Florida's panhandle area. We wanted to see some old homes from the 1800's and of course the old oak tree.

Sep 13, 2018 - camped by a giant plastic boiled peanut

As we left South Carolina this morning, the sky was blue, the breeze gentle. Usually when we go to Florida directly from home, the route takes us through the middle of Atlanta. We try to plan so that we can avoid rush hour, but just like our home town, it's rush hour 22 hours a day. Our Carolina coastal route plan would have skipped this giant clog, but coming through Atlanta was our only choice today. It's also kind of galling that we had to back track so far west which added an extra 200 miles to the trip. Bitch, bitch, bitch. As planned...

Sep 13, 2018 - September 13, 2018 – Marietta, Georgia

September 13, 2018 – Marietta, Georgia This morning, Eddie had an appointment with his pediatrician for his 6 month check-up so I did some exploring on my own. I went to Barnes and Noble and bought a couple of washable books for him. Sarah wants to turn him into a reader so I got a couple of things she can use now. I also told her to check her public library because many of them have infant story times. After Barnes and Noble, I went to the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park which is in the neighboring town of Kennesaw. The loss...

Sep 12, 2018 - September 12, 2018 – Marietta, Georgia

September 12, 2018 – Marietta, Georgia After feeding Eddie this morning, Sarah got herself and Eddie ready to go. We went to Von Maur to do some shopping. Sarah had a gift card and was able to find a really nice dress. We also found a couple of onesies for Eddie. I found a skort. I also bought a couple of stuffed toys for Eddie. We had lunch at the mall before heading for home. Eddie is a laid back baby. He seldom cries. He took the shopping trip in stride and slept through most of it. On the way home, we stopped at Costco where Sarah...