A Few Pictures from Around the Jekyll Island RV Park - Enjoy!

Jekyll Island (finally)

Got here mid day, wow what a nice place.  We are camped in amongst tall trees, temps in the mid 70's, terrible huh?.  This was the first time in this whole trip that we did not have a pull thru site but had a back in and you got to get between trees.  I am the first to admit that I am the worst "backer up'er" there is.  So with NJ giving me directions fromn outside the truck finally manage to get it in.  When i get out of the truck all the old guys start clapping, hey off to a good start.  Went to dinner at a place called Fins, sat out on the back deck and had dinner.  Place overlooks the beach and with the weather it felt like Ventura.  I think this is going to work.  One nice touch is there is a sign in front of your site with a cut out form of your state with our names on it.

Over to Penscola, FL

So this day looks to be an easy ride but welcome to the world of RV'n as that didn't turn out to be the case.  We needed to get gas early so found a pilot station and as I have a frequent fueler card that gives you 3 cents a gal off, we go with that and pay $3.70 a gal.  We finish and decide that we will get some McDonalds breakfast and pass a station that is selling diesel for $3.57, first aw shit of the day.  So we get to McDonalds and I'm looking for a place to park and I think that the bank across the street has a pull thru driveway so I commit the rig to the lot and learn that it does not....ah shit #2.  We finish breakfast and it takes NJ out of the truck walking me back and forth trying to turn a 35ft rig around so we can get out headfirst.....OK all set there and off we go.  We get to Slidel, LA and needed to make a short stop at the Wall Mart and upon exiting the lot a guy pulls up and says roll down your window and then tells us that we struck a low height warning sign and it hit our air conditioning unit and he saw it move.  Who puts a low height warning sign in a Wall Mart lot I want to know.  Now we are in the lot across from Wall Mart and from the ground we can see the cover is fractured.  Now I have to take the bikes off the ladder, climb up and find that its quite fractured and is going to need duct tape.  Fortunately it did not hit the unit, just the cover.  But....we are out of duct tape to NJ takes off on a mile hike across the road to Home Depot to get tape.  This turned out to be an "ah f............k".  Got it taped up and finished the 3 hr ride it was supposed to be into nearly 5.  Going to run about $150 to replace the cover.  Welcome to the world of RV'n

Livingston, LA

We arrived in Livingston, LA yesterday, just 30 east of Baton Rouge.  Some thoughts have been rattling around in this old brain and last night they seemed to come to a head.  As we travel around, campground to campground, its easy to get into the "vacation" frame of mind, but the realization is that there are many many familes out here living in campgrounds.  Last night we went to a "halloween" event in the pavillion and there must have been 50-60 kids there eating hot dogs & chips and the adults had set up different kinds of games for them.  It also occurred to me last night that the school bus in Texas went thru the campground.  I have no doubt that this is a sign of the times for many families who may have lost their homes and are now living in what may have been their summer camper in the past.  Sad to see but this is what we see in every campground we're in.  I can't help but think that what is going on in NYC and other places may be trying to make a point, as i sure as hell don't think that our current legislators are doing anything to help, but it has to go beyond the "occupy" thing.  It has to start in my opinion at the polls and I think that come this election the one way to start would be to boot all incumbents and start over.  I just don't see how anything is going to get done the way it's currently going.  Something has got to be done for these kids that are growing up in many trailers that came from the Katrina era and we see many and they simply aren't safe.  They sell them in Houston for $2,995 and have 1 window.  Well i guess its time to climb off the soapbox and get underway to Penscola, FL.  Thank your blessing all ye that have a warm and comfortable home.

Otta Here

Well stay tuned we are out of Highlands, TX tomorrow morning and its a 3 day trip to Jekyll Island, GA.  Looking forward to being somewhere where there is something to do.  we'll blog as we go.

We got our tire back that blew out.  No charge to us, then had $$ problems getting someone to come to the park and put it back on.  NJ says there is a mexican tire shop just outside the park so I stop into Luna Tire and meet the nicest bunch of guys who say, no problem, we'll be over tomorrow and it will cost you $30.  That after former estimates had been nearly $250.  Its all good

Stilt Houses?

Since Tim and I have led such sheltered lives and have only lived in CA & ME (ok he grew up in HI) for the most part we have never seen houses up on stilts.  These were located right close to the San Jacinto River so I'm guess they do have high water from time to time.

Calling all Birders!

Ok, is it a grebe? Heron? What?  Can't seem to figure this one out by myself.

They do grow them big in Texas!

Found these little boys a couple of miles from the RV park.  They seemed quite content just to nibble at what little grass there was in their pasture.

Local Signs - Highland

As we travel around we see various signs that catch out eye and even make us laugh.  The first sign is from a closed cobbler shop.  We laughed at the "We don't rent pigs", but if you're not a registered sex offender they will rent you a sheep. :)

The other two signs remind us of our west coast travels and the other reminds of Maine.  Enjoy.

Moving On

Well we have decided to move on from Highlands.  While this park is very nice, fairly new, there is absolutely nothing to do here.  Also NJ needs an airport for her teaching and Bush Intl is 35 miles away.  Also I take back everything bad I ever said about LA drivers, Houston is the pits to drive in. 
We are going to Jekyll Island, GA.  We saw an article in one of our travel mags that called it Gerogia's Jewell, A Winter Paradise and after exploring it on the web we tend to agree.  It is close to Brunswick, 10 miles that has a regional airport so that is taken care of.  The park also has many activites for its winter residents, they even put up a pole in front of your rig with your names on it and where you are from.  They have tennis, gold tournaments, pot lucks.  Its on the beach of course and there is 21 miles of paved bike trails.  NJ has 1 more class in TX so we will be out of here on Nov 10.  If you are interested in the area it is at w.jekyllisland.com  click "where to stay" then click "campground"