November 2007

Nov. 28th we moved from Orlando to our winter home in Sarasota at Sun N Fun RV Resort. When we arrived the first thing we did was spent about 1 ½ hour at the car/RV wash to clean the rig & car. The next couple of days were spent getting to know the area and setting up for the winter.

Nov. 26th We left Savannah going south to Orlando; we are staying at Moss Park, which is a County Park that Debbie secured for us. What a great location as we saw several types of wild life. Eddie and Debbie came to visit us and we went out for supper and had a great evening.

Nov. 25th We did the tour of Savannah, and what a great time it was to see this beautiful old town so rich in history. After the tour we proceeded to Tybee Island and along the way we stopped at Fort Jackson and Fort Pulaski. Once again we are thankful for our decision to buy a senior card (which cost $10.00 for the rest of our days need to be 62) as this is a National Park and we got in for free. This is the place that new and modern technology happened during the Civil War. When the fort was completed in 1847 it was deemed invincible, and at the beginning of the Civil War it was occupied by rebel forces. The Union forces set up a siege from over two miles away with a new Rifled cannon. The rebel forces did not have a cannon that was capable of firing that far and the new cannon tore the fort apart with ease. The siege was over in thirty hours, and sends a shock wave through the rebel army. Robert E. Lee at one time helped in the building of he fort and said that it could not be breached. We than ate on Tybee Island and returned to the MH to start to pack of the next part of our trip south.

Nov. 24th We made the journey to Savannah and set up camp. We did a quick trip into Savannah to the local visitors center, as to plan our trip for the following day. As we were talking to one of the persons at the desk we were advised that in about two hours there was a lighting of the Christmas tree along with a parade of boats in the river, and to be topped off by fireworks. We decided and went to River St. and ate at the Shrimp Works and by the time we were finished eating the ceremonies were just getting started. The lighting of the tree took very long, with a lot of speeches and singing. The parade of lighted boats of all sizes and shapes was fantastic, and each boat had thousands of lights on them. We did forgo the fireworks as we were tired from the long day and wanted to get back to our MH.

Nov 23rd We went and did some geo-caching in the area, and once again saw sights that we normally would not of seen. We walked around at Barefoot Landing; we were quite surprised that it was not very busy as this is Black Friday. We returned to NASCAR Speedtrack and saw that it was very busy and we decided not to stay. As the weather was getting cooler we than returned to the MH and started to get ready for the next day’s trip. In the evening we went to the Legend’s Show and had a very enjoyable evening. While at the show we saw Jerry & Lisa Bartlebaugh from Bartlebaugh Amusements who were camper’s at Red Run. Once again Kathleen said that I know people everywhere we go.

Nov.22nd We did the Thanksgiving dinner at the CG, as we sat by the window we were right next to the Atlantic Ocean. The view as well as the campers there it was a great time

Nov. 21st went and played a round of golf, as it was a great day to be out. We also went to the NASCAR Speedtrack and ran some go-carts.

Nov. 20th Arrived in Myrtle Beach for 4 nights. Staying through till Saturday just enjoying all of the things to do in the area.

Nov. 19th we drove to North Caroline for the day as we head south.

Nov. 16th We left Lickdale CG and went to Camp Fox for three nights, to say we had a great time would be a gross understatement. Friday night fire was about 10 people and the Saturday fire was at least 25 people. We left there on Monday morning and we were told that back in Lickdale they had snow.

Nov 12th Jon spent several days getting Ed & Luann Brandt’s Motorhome ready for the winter. We installed insulation around the bottom, checked the batteries and some other tasks o make their winter better. Ed is on chemo and radiation treatments and can not travel this winter, if they could they would be in Florida.

Nov 10th we attended a Thanksgiving supper at Kathleen’s sons place. Both of her sons were there and we had a great time. The grandchildren were well behaved and pretty much took care of themselves, that left time for the adults to just enjoy the evening.

Nov. 8th we were invited to supper at Jon’s cousin Joan. We have a wonderful time as her and Bob do a lot of traveling and we traded a lot of stories. They are very interested in going on a trip to Israel that the church is getting up.

Nov. 7th we painted Kathleen granddaughter’s room. It was a good day and the task was just the project we needed to pass away some of our time while we are here.

Nov. 4th left at 5:30am and picked up Jeff & Shirley and headed to Delaware for the World Championship Punkin Chunkin. We got there at 10:00am and met up with Fox & Linda and we had a great day. It was a perfect fall day and the weather was great. We watched, as the air cannons were chunkin punkin’s well over 4400 feet. We did see a few catapults that sent punkin’s over 2200 feet. We had a short visit with Fox & Linda before the trip home. We got back at 8:30pm totally exhausted.