A New Place to Live

Sometimes things happen in our lives that are totally unexpected but just seem meant to be. All this past week we have been camping at Springfield on the lake. The campground has been virtually empty all week long. On the loop where our site was located there was only one other camper and they happened to be in the site right next to us. It seemed rather odd that all the other sites were empty and the only two campers happened to be side by side. We each did our own thing all week but never spoke more than just a simple hello. Last night was to be our last night there and it also the last night of the other couple. I was putting something in the basement of the RV when the lady came over and asked it I would mind taking a picture of her and her husband together before they left. She said they had been there all week and had taken a lot of pictures but didn’t have any of them together. I told her I would and during the course of our conversation we told them we are full time RVers . It just happens that this couple also are full time RVers and told us of the park where they are living on a lake near Greenville. We have been living in this are for more than a year now and had never heard of this park. We have been to a lot of parks and all have been lacking with the exception of the nice Corps of Engineer Parks on Lake Hartwell. Jay and Cheryl are the couple who told us about this other park and we are thrilled to find out about it. Today David and I drove up to Greenville to check it out and found a lovely site on the lake that we have decided to take. This will be a more permanent spot and we plan to at least spend the winter there if not longer. I will go into more detail about the site on a future blog but for now just wanted to let you know that we are moving.

Laugh of the Day

Today I thought I would share a funny little story with you about aging. As you know, this year I turned 50. I also decided to stop coloring my hair. All my life I have thought silver hair is just beautiful and felt one day I would have that pretty color. I was spending a small fortune coloring my hair and decided to let it go natural. I hated the in between colors so opted to have it all cut off and just let it grow out in its natural color. Well not long ago a new grocery store opened up near the campground we were staying in and I went on Grand Opening day to check it out. I noticed this store had a card you can use to get a discount on some of the products you buy. I had my cart full and was ready to pay and found one of the managers and asked if I could get a discount card at the check out register or if I had to go to the service desk. He told me to go ahead and get in line and he would get one for me. Off he trotted and I got in a self check-out line. He returned momentarily and asked in a rather timid way if I would like to have the "senior" discount card. I could tell he was having difficutly in asking me and was very careful how he worded it. I smiled and told him I would be delighted to have it, so he went off and got it for me. (the senior discount gives you an extra 5% off on everything you buy, so heck yeah I wanted it!!!) I had to laugh about it and laughed even more when I had a while to digest it all. You see, earlier this year when I was still a blonde I had to show my ID in order to purchase alcohol. You must be over the age of 21 and I was asked several times this year for my ID before I could make the purchase and just a few weeks later with silver hair I was being asked if I wanted a senior citizen discount! Good thing I am not one of those people who are hung up on getting old. Yes, I am 50 and I have silver hair and I am proud of it! I guess my days of being asked for my ID to prove that I am over 21 to buy alcohol are over and instead my remaining days I will be asked if I would like the senior discount. LOL. Life is good and only gets better with age!

me as a blonde

me with my natural color

Big Bird

No, I'm not talking about the big yellow bird from Sesame Street but this is still an awesome big bird. You guys probably get tired of me blogging about various birds I see but I find them rather facinating and these photos came out so well I wanted to share them with you. I glanced outside and saw this big beautiful heron walking along the lake shore right in front of the RV so I grabbed my camera and went out and took a few pictures. He's quite handsome. If you click on each photo you can see him more clearly and can even see the pupils of his eyes!

Site 44

We moved yesterday to a different campground. Our moves will be weekly now rather than every two weeks. We have camped in this campground many times before but this is our first time on site 44. It is a lovely site with a large front yard area and a view of the lake in front and to the side. David has really become good at backing into sites now. I remember how we struggled in the beginning but now he does it with ease. We are going to enjoy this site!