Warner Robins, Georgia

After disconnecting the water, sewer and electric then letting in the slides, taking up the leveling jacks we were pulling out of Cain's Creekside RV Park.
I got on I-75 something I don't do very often but sometimes you need to.  The weather was nice and sunny but the big trucks that I don't like are still there to remind me why I like the two lane roads best.

Half way to our destination I took an exit and pulled into a vacant lot.

It was across the road from Carroll's Sausage & Country Store. This is a place I've been wanting to stop at and go in to look around for a few years so yesterday was a good time.

There was an old gas stove that was for the old feeling of the store.

Then as we turned a corner in the store, I saw the longest and most sausage I have seen. There was big sausage small sausage hot ones and ones of different flavors.

Not only sausage but steaks, ground meat, pork chops. The meat was sliced from thin to thick or anyway you wanted it. If you bought six pounds or more they take 20% off the price. Can't take it with you? They will ship it where ever you want it.  

But wait, there's more as the tv commercial goes. There is jams, jelly, hot sauce, mild sauce and something that I don't think I would like, that was the blueberry catsup.
After buying some meat we were on our way again.
After an hour or so we arrived at my brother Nick's house. When he saw me he came out to help me unhook the car, park the motorhome and set up.
We went in did some catching up on things then he and Joan had a delicious meal of spiral cut ham, green beans, mashed potatoes, corn and hot rolls. After the meal we watched tv, talked, then it was time for a slice of strawberry cake and coffee, ummm that was good.
We came back out to the motorhome early since we still had to let out the slides and set up things for the time we are here.
A very good day indeed.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

Move em out

Move em out a quote of Gil Favor on the old tv series "Rawhide".
Saturday when we were leaving Jeremy's place Hannah and Andy our great grand children said they wanted to come with us to spend the night. So we told them to get the things they would need to spend the night.
Yesterday morning Nanny (that is what all the grand and great grand children call Nancy)prepared scrambled eggs and ham for breakfast.
After all of us got ready which to some time and Jeremy who had come over by then went out for dinner.

 We decided to go to Fazoli's for some of the good baked spaghetti. 
Nancy and I stop at a Fazoli's every chance we get because we like the baked spaghetti with the baked cheese on top of it.

Our time here at the nice and peaceful Cain's Creekside RV Park is up and now it is time to move on north.  The next stop will be Warner Robins, Georgia for a visit with my brother Nick and his wife Joan.
We are glad with the lifestyle that we have that we can visit with all the family we have in the different states.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

  

Long day

After getting up and getting ready yesterday I went into the Walmart store to buy a few things we needed while Nancy was getting ready.
We were in no hurry to get on the road because we were only going 14 miles to Cain's Creekside Campground.  I didn't want to get there to early to check in.  We stay at this campground for a few days going and coming because it is close to where our grandson Jeremy lives.
After checking into the campground I unhooked the car and pulled into our site. When I attempted to level the motorhome nothing happened. I turned on the switch for the pump and no sound of the pump running.  So then I tried the slideout which runs on the same hydraulic pump to see if it would work. I heard the sound of the pump as the slideout starting moving. So that eliminated the pump being the problem. From there it was to see if the problem was 12 volts to the switch. Checking with the volt meter there was current to the switch.

 Next was taking the panel with the on/off switch and the four leveling switches out of the dash. 
Looking at the circuit board I didn't see any burnt places so next was the switch which looked and functioned good. I did blow the dust out of everything with a can of air which always comes in handy. Upon closer inspection I saw the on/off switch a plunger type instead of the contact ones.
Thinking that the plunger might be the problem I pressed down the switch and let it go so it would snap up thinking it might free it up. After connecting the wiring back to the circuit board and what do you know it was working again.
After all that it was time to go over to Jeremy's for dinner that he had for us and watching the first game of the Final four Tournament.  After the first game we game back home where I watched the next game and then it was bedtime because I was very tired.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  

Tornado warnings

After taking the electric, sewer and water lines loose yester I went down to the office to settle up with paying the electric bill. Then back to the motorhome to let up the leveling jacks I pulled the motorhome down to the car which I drove down to pay the electric bill. It was a good out of the way place to hook up the car and also under a tree with plenty of shade. I have to look after myself you know. After all that we where on our way, at least down to the Walmart to fill up with fuel. Then we where really on our way.

You can't see this beside the interstate highways.  This is the reason I'm off the interstates as much as I can. I like to pass through the small towns seeing the fruit and vegetable stands on the side of the road. Besides I'm in no hurry I'm out for a summer of taking it easy. Hmmm is there any other way that I do it.

 

Now just look at that, trees stretching across the road.  Kind of looks peaceful doesn't it.  I know one thing it sure relaxes me.

After s few hours we arrived in Live Oak where we stopped at Kens BBQ Restaurant. We have been stopping here for about four years on the way north because the food is very good. I had the special which was the BBQ  ribs with fries and cole slaw.
After the very good meal we were on our way again.

The closer we got to Georgia the darker the skies were getting and also a few spots of rain on the windshield.  It started raining harder when we got to Valdosta and pulled into the Walmart for the night.
The phone was sounding off the weather alert on and off all night about a tornado warning.
We didn't get a tornado but we did get rain, lightning and thunder all night.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

 

 

Tomorrow is the day.

Well time has caught up with us. There just was so much to do that I wanted to do before we start on the road for the summer or maybe I'm just a little slow. But whichever it will have to be finished while we are traveling.   Anyway tomorrow will be the day we hit the road for the summer.
  The motorhome has been setting still for four months. Not a long time for Nancy but to long of a time for me. When we started full timing back in 2000 we agreed this lifestyle would be for the both of us with time traveling and time sitting still.
The last couple of days we went to visit with our friends. Wednesday it was with our friends from West Virginia Sam and Carolyn that are spending the winter here in the area.
Yesterday it was with Hazel and Lee whom we me in church and became sudden friends that will last us a life time.
So today will be another getting ready day with checking tire pressure in the tires and such.
Tomorrow we will get up at our regular time and have just sort of a normal day but the wheels of our house will be moving. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Getting things ready

Yesterday after breakfast, doing the computer things and getting ready I was outside doing a little more cleaning on the motorhome.  Yeah I hear you its taking a long time to do that. Well after this second heart attack I can't seem to get my strength back as quick.  I get tired to soon after working and need to rest often but I will get it finished.
In the early afternoon it was time it was time to take Nancy for her hair appointment.
Then we went to check out an rv park that someone told us about.  We want to stay at a different park next winter and have been looking at the other ones in the area.
Then it was to Walmart to get a large order filled that we had of the things we will need for our departure Friday.
After getting back home we unloaded the car then put the things away we heated up the Easter leftovers for our supper.
The rest of the evening was for computer time and watching the tv.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  

Easter dinner

Nancy said she would fix our Easter dinner instead of going out to eat. I told her she didn't have to do that but she said she wanted to fix me a good dinner so I said suit yourself. I bought a ham a few days ago. The kind Nancy likes with the bone in it.  So after I trimmed the ham down in slices that we bagged and put in the freezer Nancy put the ham with the bone in the crock pot. While the ham was baking Nancy was busy getting the other things ready.  After I peeled the sweet potatoes she put them on the stove after adding her secret ingredients what ever that was.

Here is her plate full with mine looking the same. Everything tasted so good with enough left over for our meal today.  Nancy can cook green beans in a way that they taste just like they came straight out of the garden.
We had a very nice day just the two of us. When we have these holiday dinners we think about when our children and grand children lived close to us and the big dinners we had. But as we all know life moves on and in different directions.  As Bob Hope use to say "Thanks for the memories".
Evening time found me once again watching the basketball games to see who would be the last two teams in the final four.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.
    

Going to be busy

Nancy and I have been a little more busy than usual with getting things cleaned in preparing to get on the road. I have been doing extra cleaning inside and out side of the motorhome.  The things that we can leave out setting around will need to be put up in cabinets or in the outside bays.
I still take the time to watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament and boy this has been a year to remember with the teams winning and losing. I don't think anyone that made out a bracket got it right.
Nancy and I need to get our haircuts and then there are several people we want to visit before we leave the area. So it is going to be a real busy next few days. But not to busy to watch todays Basketball Tournament games.
I hope everyone enjoys this special Easter day.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Harbor Freight and such

Well the cool weather has finally left us. After waking up the last few mornings with the temperatures being in the low 40's it was 55 this morning.
Yesterday was another early day running around to different stores.  First it was to Harbor Freight where I was long overdue for my Harbor Freight fix. I had a 20% off coupon plus a coupon for an item that was free with any purchase.  I have enough digital volt meters to do me for a long time. I figger its better getting free meters than buying batteries for them.
Then it was to Walmart, "its always a stop at the Walmart" for a couple of different kinds of crackers and a half gallon of 2%  milk. Then it was Home Depot to get a 30 amp plug. From there it was a stop into the Aldi store for a bag of salad that was 80 cents cheaper than Walmart. Hey no problem it was on the way home so it wasn't going out off the way to do it.
After getting back home I labeled the breakers correctly so now maybe this will help a bit. Even though you throw the breaker off still check to see if you have power on what you are working on.
After supper I spent some time on the computer checking on maps and things for when we start back on the road the first of April.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.        

    

Doing laundry

Nancy woke up yesterday morning hardly able to move so she knew she was in for a rough day.
We had planned to go to the Laundromat today but when I saw Nancy would probably not feel like it I told her I would do a load of laundry in the park laundry room while she was getting ready for her appointment with the kidney doctor. After throwing the washed clothes in the dryer I came home to see how Nancy was doing.  I could see she still had a way to go to be ready I took another load of clothes to do.
When Nancy was ready we went to the kidney doctor.  She asked Nancy a few questions then went over her blood report and told her to keep doing whatever she was doing. Her blood work report was she was holding her own.  So that was good, we know without something out of the ordinary her kidneys we not get any better. All we can hope it never gets any worse than the stage 4.
On the way home it was a stop into Winn Dixie for a few things then a stop at Little Caesar's Pizza for a "Hot and Ready" pepperoni pizza. We have not been having very many pizza's these days and the one yesterday tasted real good.
Nancy is still in much pain this morning so I will be doing the last of the laundry and let things go from there.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.
 

Good food and basketball

Yesterday after breakfast I got ready to go out to do a few things before the NCAA Tournament was to start.  The first thing was to take the trash to the dumpster on the way out of the park.
My first stop was at Walmart to buy some mini colored sweet peppers that Nancy just loves and can't eat enough of.  She likes to add the peppers and sweet onions to everything she cooks or fries.
Then it was a stop at the USPS Store to return the OBD 2 scanner to Amazon. I ordered one that had a Bluetooth connection instead of the WIFI connection. Since my tablet doesn't have Bluetooth I have to have the WIFI connection on the scanner.
Next up was a stop into Walgreens for three bags of cashew nuts that were on sale this week for $1.99 with the Walgreen card. I like to use the Walgreen card because it adds up reward points that turns into cash points you can use on your purchases. 
From Walgreens it was a stop at the Save A Lot store for a couple cases of drinking water and canned vegetables.
Then it was time to return back home where I settled in for a day of basketball games. Of course I took tome to eat a plate of fried chicken, seasoned baked potatoes and steamed vegetables which were a little better than some of the games I was watching.