Tuesday June 3rd

 

Today we left Florida for  Ashborn, Georgia, just a five hour drive.   We are traveling on I-75 for a few days. It was very noticeable to us that there are less recreational vehicles on the road than usual.   I am sure it has a lot to do with the price of fuel. 

 

Our friends Marla and Don left today for a vacation trip to Pennsylvania.   We'll miss hanging out with them and  playing cards.

 

Tonight we have no internet connection as I suspected we wouldn't have.

 

 

Wednesday

 

 

We left here this morning at 8:15 for  Bald Ridge COE Park.    This has always been a favorite of ours as every site is on the lake and has access to it. It is a lovely park with paved streets, lots of greenery and large sites.  It is gated from 10pm to 7am for security and rangers are always visible.  The only draw back here is again no Wi-Fi.  I'm am using self control about now regarding this issue.  LOL

 

There is a water shortage here in Georgia and the lake is very low.   It is a sad sight to see compared to last year.   Some things in Georgia remain the same.  I'm always amazed to see the amount of Kudzo here on the sides of the highway.   If you are not familiar with this weed, let me tell you a little about it.  It is found in southern states only and was brought here from Asia as a tool to fight erosion, but it also kills trees and shrubs by shrouding them and blocking their light.  It is hard to kill, can grow a foot a day and can send roots 12 feet into the ground.  Some experimenting  is going on by bring goats into the area and they are said to eat it .   

 

Kudzu-The Vine         Check this out for more infomation

 

 

 

We stopped for diesel today, $4.60 a gallon.  Our total was $215.77 for 47 gallons and propane was a total of $56.47.    It's easy to understand why people are not traveling far from home.  

 

We will be staying here four nights.   Catch you all later.     Sorry that I have not been able to read other journals, please forgive me, I'll catch up in a week or so. 

We're off and running

 

Thanks for all the congratulations .   We have had a lovely week.  Our friends Marla and Don took us to the Steak House for dinner , and we received some awesome gifts.   Our friends Mary and Carl send is a yummy cookie bouquet.  We also received a Bulova Clock which plays chime on the hour, and a number of gift cards, one being a $300 gas card from our son.

 

Now  we are busy packing up to leave Florida for three months.  We have to be back here at the end of August as Bob has a doctors appointment.    So this year it will be a short trip for us.   Our first stop will be Georgia for a week or so and then up to Indiana to visit our son and some friends some Arizona friends, Pearl and Gus.  After that we are heading for New England.

 

I don't think I will have an Internet connection for at least 10 days, so I will not be able to visit all your wonderful sites, but I'll pop in when ever I can get connected.   So long for now.