New Idea!

OK, so I originally thought this was going to be an RV blog, talking about our RV experiences and sharing photos from our travels. Since we are not traveling nearly as much as I had hoped, I have decided to do something a little different. It occurred to me that we have already done quite a bit of traveling and we have photos from many of our trips. I have changed the name of this blog to include both our RVing adventures as well as other travels. I want to keep the site lively and interesting so I am going to add some photos and stories from some of our past travels. I hope you will enjoy these.

Busy...Busy...Busy...

Oh my what a busy week! We are trying to get ready for our trip to Texas all the while doing our every day things so it has become hectic.

On Sunday we did take some time to go geo-caching. What fun! We were 3 for 3 on finding the cache. We looked for some hidden cache’s in this area and found one was right here in the park where we are currently staying. After reading about all three we decided to save the one in the park for last since it had the roughest terrain. One great thing about geo-caching is that it affords you little side trips that you may not normally take. We had picked up a brochure that mentioned a covered bridge in one area where we were going to look for a cache. I love covered bridges. When we lived in Pennsylvania we saw many but this one was listed as one of the last remaining in Georgia. The directions on the brochure were not very detailed and we followed them but never found the bridge. Oh well… it was a pretty drive in a place we would otherwise not have traveled. We found the first 2 caches’s easily but the last one we were certainly glad we saved for last. Had we done it first we would not have had the energy to look for the others. We managed to find it though! It was a perfect day for the searching.

The birds have finally shown up to my feeders. I have noticed it usually takes about a week before birds actually find the feeders then they stay occupied. Robins, Titmouse, Chickadees, Sparrows, Cardinals and my favorite little Goldfinches, are all abundant in this park. I have taken several photos of the finches. Oreo sure loves watching them. She keeps her eyes glued to the windows. The squirrels in the park seem fairly tame. I take Millenni on walks several times a day around the loop and they don’t even try to run away when they see a dog approaching. Millenni even ignores them. I think she is only interested if there is a chase involved, ha…ha…ha…

OK, back to work now to get the last minute things taken care of. Millenni has a vet appointment today and I have to drive 80 miles to get there. Now that we have moved the vet office is farther away. Until next time….

Oh Yeah… we got the Satellite TV working!

male goldfinch

male goldfinch

male and female goldfinches

Satellite TV

Since we moved we also moved our satellite dish and now it won't work. ARGH! We have it aimed correctly and all the other things are set correctly but still nothing. David spent the weekend on the phone with various Dish Network customer service techs who didn't know a thing. What a waste of time. We are in an area with a lot of trees so that may be obstructing the satellite but we thought we had the dish in a clear area. Oh well, for now we only get the 4 basic channels by using our RV antenna. At least that is something. I just hate paying for something we can't even use. I spent my morning driving around the area and just checking it out. We are staying at a state park right on the South Carolina/Georgia border on the lake. It is so pretty with everything in bloom. The local schools are out on their spring break this week so the park is staying busy. We noticed the weekend campers left yesterday but today I have seen numerous RV's pull in and sites starting to fill up again. My Verison air card is working great here and so is my cell phone. I am so grateful for that. I think I would go crazy without an internet connection. I've been taking Millenni on walks around the loop several times a day so we are both getting good exercise. Speaking of which, it is time for me to take her again now so I will write more another day.

A New Location

We moved to our new location yesterday. We spent four months at the previous campground and although it worked out fine for us, we were both more than ready to move on. We are at a state park until we leave for Texas on April 13th. It is beautiful here. Spring time in this area is breathtaking with all the bursts of color. The dogwood trees are in full bloom in the park and I took this photo this afternoon after a rain shower. It is nice to have a change of scenery, especially when it is as pretty as it is here.