10/29/14 - On 10/28 we did not get much accomplished. It was just a very laid back day. Today, we left around 11:00am for Lakeland, Florida which was about 90 miles. We decided to stop at a rest stop for lunch before we actually get to the RV campground. Just as I got off the freeway, the engine check light went on and then a red stop engine light when on and before I could even pull into a spot, the engine just shut off!! I made some phone calls to see if I could get someone to come out and check it out. After several phone calls, a mechanic thought I could very slowly keep moving for about 25 miles and we had about 20 miles left. I started the engine back up and we were only 4 1/2 miles from the campground when the light went on again. I drove into an empty parking lot. We unhooked the car and drove to the campground to check in and let things set for a while. We went back and got the RV and started out 4 1/2 mile journey. Then there was an accident and we crept along. One time again in the middle of traffic the engine stopped but before traffic moved again, I was able to get her started. We made it to the campground but then when I was trying to back her into the space, she decided again to shut down. Needless to say, we finally got parked, hooked up and now tomorrow I am looking for a mechanic. My nephew seems to think that I have water in the fuel pump or in the diesel tank. I sure hope it will be that simple to repair. We are scheduled into Bradenton on 11/1.

10/27/14 - On 10/26 we decided to once more try to find a farmer's market but once again it was a flop.  There were three tables that had soap, honey and jams.  We then stopped off at the grocery store and a Dollar Tree so I could get a baby card since a very good friend of mine had a baby boy on Saturday.  I then did some more cleaning underneath and actually got Aunt Esther's suitcase stored.

Today, we went back to the Astronaut Hall of Fame since our tickets from the Kennedy Space Center would get us in for free.  It was very interesting but a lot of reading!!  We got there a little after 11:00am to learn that the museum does not open until 12:00pm.  We were there until 2:30pm.  This afternoon, I got some birthday cards ready for mailing and did some work on the computer.

10/25/14 - On 10/24 we took all day and went to Kennedy Space Center.  What an awesome place that was.  I got to see the Atlantis, walk the original gangway, saw two different launch pads, the transporter that took the missiles and shuttle out to launch pad.  It was just a really interesting day. We stopped off at Walmart on our way home because since I could not get TV with my dish, we learned from neighbors that cable was free here so I needed to get a cable to hook the TV up that way so finally last night we had some entertainment.
Picture attached from space center:

                                                             He would not talk!!

10/25 - today we got up early to go to an outdoor farmers market to learn there was no such thing in this little town.  We then tried to find a post office and could not find that either so just came back to the RV.  I then did some cleaning out from underneath my storage area to make room for Aunt Esther's empty suitcase, we had lunch and now plan to read awhile after finishing this posting.

10/23/14 - On 10/22 We arrived in Titusville and got settled in and everything hooked up.  Thank goodness because now we have electricity.  We then tired to get the dish up but we are in a wooded area and it can't find any satellite so we are without TV for this week.  Oh, well it will gives us a lot of reading time.

Today, we checked things out at the campsite.  They have a great club house, three different pools, pool table and a nice sitting room so maybe we can go and watch some TV tonight. We drove through the historical part of Titusville but it was not very interesting at all.  We then did some shopping, banking and drove along the intercoastal waterway.

10/21/14 - On 10/20 we got to the Ormond Beach, Florida Walmart and there are signs posted again about overnight but we found a place way in the back lot under some trees and decided to park anyway and no one has bothered us so far.

Today, we decided to go to the beach for a while.  It was very nice.  We read our books, walked on the beach, had a picnic lunch.  We decided tonight to go out for mexican food that was really good.  When we got back, we learned that I had very low house batteries since we have been dry camping for the past three days but since we will be plugged in tomorrow, we should be OK.  We had planned to tour a chocolate factory in Daytona Beach but will just drive directly to Titusville since I have the battery problem.

10/19/2014 - Today we moved 24 miles south to another Walmart since the St. Augustine one was not as friendly. We did take time to walk through parts of the historical district an toured the Castillo de San Marcos's fort.  It was really interesting and saw them shoot off guns and cannons.  It turns that way across the parking lot there is another sign about no overnight parking but I came in from the other side so did not see it.  Aunt Esther saw it since she drove the car and I drove the RV.  We did not feel like towing since it was only 24 miles.  So I decided to park anyway.  We have had company with about 5 teenage boys on bikes that had a little meeting by the side of the RV and then I had a lady stop by and thought I had parked to sell the RV and she was interested in buying!!!  I told her I was sorry but not for sale.

                                           At Castillo de San Marcos Fort in St. Augustine
                                                                 Florida
                                   

10/18/14 - On 10/17 we did not do much clean Winnie a little and got ready to move from Woodbine.  

This morning, we filled the propane tank, did some extra cleaning and left Woodbine, Georgia around 11:30am.  Since we only had 84 miles to go, we stopped off at the Florida Welcome Center to get some information.  We drove about 50 miles and the stopped for lunch and read alot of our information regarding Florida.  We did not want to get to the St. Augustine Walmart too early.  When we got there, signs were posted all over that their is no overnight for trucks or RV's so I went in to ask if there was another Walmart but the manager informed me the reason was that they do not own the parking lot and so it is a city ordinance but since it was the week end and she has had others parked and there has never been any towing, that we would be fine for overnight.  So tonight we are safely in St. Augustine, Florida.

10/16/14 - Today, we left a little before noon and headed for Jekyll Island.  We stopped off at the visitor's center and got a map and information.  We had a nice drive, stopped off at a beach and talked with someone from St. Simon's island and were given information regarding where we should have lunch.  We had a great lunch, then took a drive to Driftwood beach and did some walking.  It was rather windy and a little cool but still a nice walk on the beach and on the fishing pier.

Since we have been in Georgia, we have encounter alot of huge trees that are call living Oaks and I have tried to take a picture but pictures do not really portray the enormous tree and the length of their branches but still wanted to try and keep the memory.  On the way home, we stopped for some groceries.  Winnie (RV) got a power wash today right at the campground and is looking very good.

                                                        Driftwood Beach-Jekyll Island

                                             Live Oak trees on Jekyll Island
      
                                     

10/16/14 - This post is going to back track a little since today I finally learned how to move pictures from my text to my gallery so I can put on the blog.  Thank you to my friend Zerna from San Diego for all of her help.

                                                      Aunt Esther and I on the beach
                                                       at Sapelo Island, Georgia

                                                             
                                                      Flowers on sand dunes at the
                                                      beach on Jekyll Island

10/15/14 - On 10/13, Esther and I went to Cumberland Island for the day.  It was a very interesting day.  We left the RV at 7:30am to go to St. Mary's, Georgia to pick up a 9:00am ferry.  We got there, got our ferry tickets and then inquired regarding an all day tour that we had been told was booked but we could be stand by.  We put our names on the list and returned to the desk at 8:45am to learn that we would be able to get on the tour.  The ferry ride was a 45 minute ride.  On the way, the ferry almost stopped because they had to make room for a large military submarine that was coming in to port.  That was really interesting to watch.  We got to the island and then boarded a van with 3 other people for our guided tour.  The island is not commercialized at all so we had to take a picnic lunch, drinks, sun screen, and insect repellent.  We traveled over very bumpy roads, got a little of history, toured a mansion that was occupied by the Carnegie's, lots of slave history and of course because forest area with the marsh land to our west and the Atlantic to our east.  We saw wild horses, wild turkeys, lots of egrets and one little alligator in the middle of the road.  Our guide was very informative.  We then decided to walk to the beach which was further than I thought.  It took me 20 minutes to walk over to the beach to look around and see huge dark clouds coming in so we started back as fast as possible but we got caught about 3/4 back to the building with a porch.  It really had a lot of lightening and thunder with the storm but we got soaked.  We even had rain ponchos but we still got wet.  Back to the RV around 6:00pm and of course immediately changed clothes.

I have attached a picture of a little baptist church on the north side of the island because this is the little church that John Kennedy, Jr got married at!!

                                                                The little church

10/15/14 - Today, we stayed here since we needed to do some laundry and put some items back that we had used yesterday.  It rained really hard last night so today has been a little more comfortable.

10/11/14 - The picture just posted was from our spot in Bloomingdale, Georgia. It won't let me put a notation on the bottom.  Picture attached now is the light house located on St. Simon Island:

                                                            Lighthouse-St. Simon

10/11/14 - This morning we got up and drove to St. Simon Island.  We found more to see than what we thought so only did St. Simon Island. It was interesting with a nice water front walk, pier, lighthouse, old revolutionary fort.  The fort was the first settlement of St. Simon and it was really interesting. We than came back to Walmart to pick up the RV and head for Woodbine, Georgia.  We got to the campground around 4:00pm.  It was rather warm and humid so as soon as we were hooked up, we turned the air conditioner on and so now we have been comfortable.  The parking spot are fairly tight but we hope to put the awning out since there is no shade.  They have a club house and a pool.  We will be here for a week.

10/10/14 - This morning we left at 7:45am to get a ferry to join a tour on Sapelo Island.  The ferry ride was 20 minutes long and we were met by a private tour guide and we had three travel agents join us on the tour.  It was very informative and the guide was very good.  The tour started at 9:00am and we were back on the ferry at 12:00pm.  It is a small island that once had a sugar refinery and a wealthy tobacco merchant that built a mansion.  The population is only 47 and everything is very relaxing.  They have a small store and post office.  Most of the island is owned by the State of Georgia.  We then moved from the Shell Station location to a Walmart parking lot and plan to do two more barrier islands tomorrow and then will be in Woodbine for a week.

109/14 - On 10/8/14 - we did not have any plans but things were rather warm and muggy so we went to the post office and then found an indoor mall (Savannah Mall) and we walked the mall separately since Aunt Esther could walk it twice while I was going to walk it at least once.  We did some shopping and then went back to the campground.  We had leftovers for dinner and played backgammon.

10/9/14 - We had to go back to the post office since I needed to mail a pair of pants to my sister-in-law Ruby so she can shorten them.  I am not sure it will work but she is going to try.  We then came back and started to disconnect everything to leave the campground.  We had to wait to get the electric meter read since it was separate from the rent.  We left around 12:45pm.  Since we were not in a hurry to get to our next destination which was a truck stop for the night,  We want to tour Sapelo Island but the truck stop was about 10 miles south of the place where we pick up the ferry.  We decided to stop off at a visitor's center to learn that it has been moved.  We found a place right next to a Shell Gas Station where I could pull off so decided to have lunch and waste some time since we did not want to get to the truck stop to early.  Well, I checked things out and it appeared that there was no traffic around us so Aunt Esther went in to the station to inquiry whether we could just park here for the night.  We learned that it would be find since many truckers also use the area.  Now we have only 10 miles to the ferry tomorrow instead of 20 miles.  Plans are to do the truck stop tomorrow before heading south to Woodbine, Georgia where we plan to be for a week.

                                                           Aunt Esther at one night free
                                                                   parking space!

10/8/14 - On 10/7 we went downtown and did a city trolley tour where you could get off and on at your leisure.  We saw a lot of squares that had parks, a beautiful restored catholic church.  There was lots of history and very old restored houses. There is a street that has beautiful old oak trees and the limbs hang over the whole street.  We had reservations to The Lady and Son's restaurant which is owned by Paula Deen.  It was very good and we stuffed ourselves.

10/6/14 - On the river front they had this statue which represents a gal waving a welcome to Savannah.  Picture attached:

                                                              It is better in person than
                                                                  picture

10/06/14 - On 10/5/14 we made a trial run into downtown Savannah.  We did some shopping which including finding two styrofoam ice chests and ice since we were having problems with the ice maker. We defrosted the freezer and got all of the ice out and now the ice maker is working again.   We also did some laundry since the small laundry was empty.

Today we went to the dentist office and Aunt Esther is now all repaired and in good shape.  We then drove downtown to the river front area and it is beautiful because of the river walk that they have put in.  There are a lot of restaurants and shops along the river front.  We decided to eat at a restaurant named "The Cotton Exchange" which used to be an old cotton gin building.  They kept alot of the old brick of the building and it was really neat.  We got to sit upstairs by a window facing the river and saw a large freighter leave.  That was really interesting.  We then did some walking, a little shopping and ended the evening with an ice cream.  While sitting on a bench, another huge freighter came down the river. It was just amazing.  It was a lovely evening.  Not to hot and not to cold with a beautiful sunset over the river.  Pictures attached: I am not sure what I am doing wrong but it will not let me write under the picture so will explain here.  This was our appetizer - green fried tomatoes and they were delicious.

10/5/14 - On 10/3 we both now had to find a dentist.  While in Shallotte, my upper brace holding my dentures was loose so had to go into to have it tightened.  It was a great dentist office.  My aunt on Friday had a loose tooth off  her dentures and she was not quite as lucky as I was because her dentures will have to go to the lab.  Aunt Esther did a temporary fix for the weekend and on Monday we are taking in the dentures for complete repair.  We then stopped off at IHOP for breakfast/lunch after the appointment since we did not have breakfast before the appt.  We had known that it was expecting to rain alot in the afternoon so we did not make plans for much else. We did walk around a strip mall to get some exercise and found a used book store so Esther got some books and then it really started to rain so we went home as fast as possible.  It rained all night.

10/4 - Since it was a beautiful day, we decided to pack a little lunch and head for Hilton Head, South Carolina.  We had approximately 50 miles from Bloomingdale.  We had a nice drive and in the process found an parking lot that was close to a beautiful beach. The name of the beach area was Coligney Beach.  We parked and walked down to the water but did not really plan to stay.  Just before you got to the beach, there were restrooms, outdoor showers and a rather large gazebo which had several small tables and Adirondack chairs so we sat in the shade and had lunch.  There was also on either side of the walk way, three swing sets.  On the left, there was a lot of sun so when the right side opened up, Esther and I went and sat in the swing for quite a while and just watched people.  We then left and stopped off at Walmart since we needed a few groceries and I needed yarn to finish the baby afghan that I am needed to finish ASAP.  Well, it wasn't on our list an guess what - I forgot the yarn!!  So now need to stop again and get it!  We got home, had dinner and off to bed.

10/2/14 - We left Mt. Pleasant, S. C. (outside of Charleston) around 10:45am.  We were only going to travel about 120 miles so thought we would take it easy.  We stopped off for lunch in a large parking lot at Burger King and when we got to the Georgia state line, we decided to stop off at the welcome center as well.  We got some coupon discounts for Savannah plus a lot of additional information.  As we left the center and before we actually got back on I-95 South, we heard a rather usual loud noise around the passenger door area so needed to pull over and check out the RV and car.  Before we even got back to the car, Aunt Esther had left her key to the door in the key hole on the outside!! We retrieved the key and took off.  We had the GPS plus directions to get to our new campground call Hollow Oak when the GPS mislead us.  We ended up on very small roads trying to get back to where we could start again but follow our written directions.  Well, that did not work either so we called  the owner several times, to learn that we had past the place twice but it is hidden all the way back off a main road with no signs.  It is a rather older campground and there are quite a few parked here on a permanent basis but definitely a real southern atmosphere.  We even had an older gentleman come over to assist us with a small water leak and he supply a washer thing for the hose to stop the leak.  We are settled in for the week and will do a lot of touring of Savannah and the area.

10/1/14 - On 9/30/14, we left Shallotte, N. C. around 11:30am and headed for Charleston, S. C. It was about 135 miles so we took our time.  Since we had planned to be here for only two nights and one day, we decided to just parked at a Walmart.  Well, trying to find the Walmart turned out to be quite a challenge.  I felt like I was driving all over Charleston but we finally did find it.  We found our parking space, unhooked the car since we need it for today and settled in.  We had dinner and then decided to go for a walk and since Walmart is located in an actually shopping center, we ended up doing some shopping.  Back to the RV, we lit some candles including battery operated ones since we wanted to save the house batteries.  Off to bed early since it got really dark.