Perry and Allatona Lake Georgia

Drove right by Atlanta, looked too traffic complicated for us.  We are camped at Lake Allatona, which is a Navy Recreation Area, about 20 miles from Atlanta No sewer hook-up but we are experienced with limiting our holding tanks, got out the collapsible dish pan and just toss water outside.  Leaves more room in grey tank for hot showers. 
Next Picture is of Fair Harbor RV park by the lake, we stayed three days. 

Jim is starting his plants to put in when we get home.  So far have squash,

tomato and bell pepper growing in the back bathroom. 

 

....wow campsites are awesome, you can hardly see lake and beach for the pine trees and a steal at $14.00 per nite. 

 

 

 

Andersonville Confederate Military Prison

The Camp Sumter military prison at Andersonville was one of the largest Confederate military prisons during the Civil War. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined here. Of these, almost 13,000 died here. Today, Andersonville National Historic Site is a memorial to all American prisoners of war throughout the nation's history.

This was sad, All these men were treated worse than animals.  I am sure the Union Army  was not much better.  We were able to see examples of  the pathetic “shelters” they tried to put up to get out of the cold and heat and the long tunnels they tried to dig to get out.  Evidently the only water source was a stream that ran from the Fed Guards and was used as a latrine prior to running thru the prisoner’s camp. One of the Officers in charge was found guilty of war crimes and was hung in D.C.  

 

Many years later all of these crosses where installed with the Names of the Brave Men who died here.

Sally and Lady

Sally and Lady, guess they are happy "mom" won a few bucks at the Casino?

Sweet Home Alabama and "I have a Dream"

Montgomery......
Arrived at Maxwell AFB on 4/20, beautiful RV Camp on a lake.  We saw the Rosa Park's museum which was fascinating and although Dr. King's Church and Home were closed for tours on Sunday and Monday we were able to see them and imagine the how brave and determined everyone was

to be  really the start of the Civil Rights Movement here, with the bus boycott.  

Biloxi Missisippi Kessler Air Force Base

Happy Campers here, does not get much better than this, always nice to "military" camp.  $20.00 full hookups, pristine wooded setting.  Heavy rain and lightening last nite and parts of today so will just shop and then get ready to head for Florida tomorrow. 
Food:  Oven baked chicken, and made  (in advance) for on the road Low Carb Tuna Casserole.
WIFI:  Excellent on Sprint Card daytime, not at night.  RV camp does not provide.
RV Tip for Today:  Always insure you have water in your holding tank when you are not hooked up to city water.  Apparently we ran out of water and the water pump was still on, it will burn out after awhile.  We were lucky it started up again.
Problem Resolution: The new electric cord did the trick now Silver is starting by herself.  Bottom line is do not drag that connection when it looses its elasticity it is most likely time to change it. 
Safety Issues: In my opinion holding tank water is not fit for consumption, no matter how much you sterilize the tank.   I just bring bottled water for when we are not hooked into supply.  Yesterday we dragged the "bottom of the barrel" pulling out the water with the water pump and it was dirty, so that tells me you really cannot clean them. 
Ok that's it for now folks, you can post a comment if you like so I can see what ya all are up to in San Diego and elsewhere?

Cajun Swamp Boat Tour LA

This boat tour was simply amazing, saw many crocs up close and protected habitat for wonderful ducks and birds. 

 

it was an amazing day

Chicken Shit and Red Neck Camper

Roadside Assistance, Again?

Jim drove 300 miles today and Silver would not start, again, so had Honda Road Side Service send jumper dude and then drove it to Honda Dealer where the battery checked out fine.  If you remember I said the electric cord that attaches to Silver got frayed, so at this point we assume that is what is draining our battery. After much searching found rv parts store, got the new connecter for $77.00, so will try that. 

Lodging:  Wal-mart Baytown, Texas, pretty hot and muggy but did a little shopping.  Good thing to have battery operated vans for sleeping. 

Food:  Smoked Pork Chops, Rice a Roni, Fresh Cauliflower with cheese sauce.

Pictures:  One is the truck full of chickens we saw on the road here.  Not sure if headed for slaughter but was really shocked to see how they are packed into crates without any room to move

One is our fellow “camper” here, He has taken an old long van and removed the front tires and he has attached and tows it with his flat bed truck.  He slept in there last nite, would be curious to see what amenities he has N

 

 

ow why did’nt I think of that????

Will cross into LA today, not sure how far we will go 

Y'all will be saying,
"Laisse les bons ton rouler!"
(That's Cajun for "Let the good times roll!")

 

Good Sam Emergency Road Service

First time in all our years of RVing we found "Silver" Our tow car has the battery run down.  Guess you are supposed to start them periodically if you tow for a long time.  On our older cars the radio pops out but not new ones so I guess that drain was enough to do it.  Oh well, no problem, Good Sam will arrive this morning and jump it.  We have jumper cables but would be impossible to jump the car with the motorhome since we cannot move it, of course we could ask a neighbor, but we will just take advantage of our policy. 
Activities: Took Sally and Lady and the "old man" down by the river wading yesterday..and was pleasantly surprised to find out my little Rescue pup, Sally,  jumped right in the water when I waded out...gotta love that doggie!
Technical Problems:  Even with all our checklists for "landing" and "taking off" somehow the electrical connection cord that connects from "Black Beauty" (motorhome) and "Silver" got loose and ran along the highway tearing away most of the plastic coating...oops we have now secured it and is still working, thankfully, since it would not be wise to go very far without break and signal lites on your tow car and that is not something you can just pop into a store and buy.
Also, had the change oil lite come on in Black Beauty, have never seen that before, checked oil and was one quart low, but not sure that is why that lite came on, so will bear that it mind as we continue. 
Food:  Last nite was chicken and dumplins..We are making an effort to avoid fast food so have tried to keep ahead of the game by having stuff ready.  Today will make  a large corned beef and cabbage and a pot of low fat Chili con Carne by Jim.  Also will BBQ a bunch of low fat hamburgers and I think freeze them with the low carb skinny bread and then can "cook" them on the road, add lettuce tomatoe and secret sauce, got to be better than McDonald's!  Have brought the scale with us, so that may scare us into behaving ourselves!
Will make new batch for me of protein smoothies, yes don't leave home without a blender!
Ok now that you are bored to death..I will quit for the day, this has to be one of the most beautiful campgrounds anywhere, really beautiful hens, roosters and a family off ducks are meandering through this morning. 

Ilano River Junction Texas

Just arrived in a little piece of paradise, our own private patio, river view of gently flowing green river.  Plan on dipping myself in the river and or the pool for sure...Beautiful!!!!

Texas and More Texas

 

Got our body batteries recharged, time change to Mtn time so we slept about 10 hours.  Always start off the morning with optimism, after long hot shower, coffee we hit the road leaving Van Horn, Texas RV park, heading to Juncton City, where we have reservations by a river for two nites.  Not much here along 10 freeway.  We plan on 317 miles today which will no doubt leave us “bitchy” tired and thirsty, but hey that all goes away once settled in our new space.  The trick is to get settled without drama, so we have a bet with one another this trip whomever yells first has to pay the other one a fine of $100.00, Jim says I have lost already but I think I was addressing the doggies??

Temps:  60’s to 70’s

Internet:  Park WIFI worked well all day but in the evening nada

Doggies:  Sally discovered she likes Rabbit Poop so had a hard time walking her without her trying to get a free meal in…heh

Food:  Hit MacDonalds for lunch..Yuck so started cooking more….had fresh stir fry..and sukini for dinner

Boondocking Wal Mart Parking Lot
Spent the nite in Deming New Mexico, nice to just pull in no check in no check out for free.  Did have train and truck noise last nite.  Always fun to test your self contained issues, found we have enough water for one shower, plenty of propane and all electric items are charging well on the converter to house battery.  Just had to run generator to heat up our dinner.  We are thinking of making this a quick run across Texas.  We are trying to make South Carolina in time to see Deb and Jim and folks in Myrtle Beach.   

Oops see first blog first please got them out of order
April 7^th, Left San Diego and went approximately 60 miles to Golden Acorn Casino, where we planned to fill the tires up with air.  Seems the needle valve was faulty so we could not get the air back out of tire.  Called Good Sam to come fix it and it took around 4 hours waiting time.  Lucky Me, stranded at the Casino which was offering an awesome Prime Rib Meal for $7.77 and lots of new slots.  Finally took off for Yuma arrived Sundance RV Resort..nobody around so had our pick of spaces.  Took advantage of awesome pool and spas for after dark dipping, 

Temp:  Breezy and Warm High 90 Low 60 Then a big wind and sand storm hit..wow thought we would get blown away. 

Tasks:  Laundry, cooking, Wal Mart Run,

Specialty Treats/Food:  Carrot, Raisin Nut Salad, BBQ baby back ribs (packaged not Jim’s special ones) and bacon wrapped Jalapeño poppers

Internet:  Awesome connection thru Sprint Card

Leisure Activities:  Read, walk dogs, Swim and Spa, Web Research on Campgrounds and Things to See and Do along the way. 

Location and Amenities:  Sundance RV Resort, Yuma Arizona $35.00 per day, 50 amp, cable T.V and wonderful pool and spas. 

Next Stop:  Will leave on the 9^th headed to Agave Gulch FAM Camp (FAM Camps are part of the Military RV Parks System) at Davis Monthan Air Force base, near Tucson.  

Pictures Coming Soon

We are calling this motorhome trip “Southern Comfort” (not the drink although  Jim is quite fond of that Liquor) we plan on visiting many Southern States Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina and more.  Our focus will be on civil rights history and Slavery and will include Civil War Sites, plus some fabulous beaches.  We plan on being on the road for about 2 and ½ months and topping off our trip with a Desert stay along the Colorado River prior to returning to the “Ranch” sometime in June. We hope you will follow along with us on our trip.