Travel Day

Travel Day 

To Oaks at Point South TT 

Friday May 1, 2020

I heard Jim get up first, but I still didn't hear my yogurt beep that it was finished. Jim does not like it if I lollygag on travel day. So I got up and 5 minutes later I heard my IP beep. Yogurt is finished and it is 7:30 a.m. .

We both started doing our thing getting  ready to move. We only saw a few people pull out  before us.  Most people are staying the extra week that was allowed, on top of all the rest .  The few that were moving  we're only going to another Thousand Trails close by . The neighbor guy came over and said bye to Jim. We pulled out at 9:45 a.m.

I put our name card in the drop off box, along with a thank you card to the staff, on the way out. Things that couldn't have gone any better here with everything that has happened. We drove for almost 4 hours, we found the fuel station filled up grab the sandwiches I made in the fridge for lunch and potty. And kept on trucking. We had just under an hour to go we arrived the Oaks at Point South TT in South Carolina.

I was texting our friends they got back into Florida again last night.

Our youngest son called, he gets to go back to work on Monday. YEA. He had my car the last good month. Will get it back next Friday.

Along the rode soon after we left I saw a Mama pig with 3 little babies.

We received a call from his friend that we will be moochdocking in there driveway. Probably arrive Monday.

In front of us in line when we were checking in. There was a HD Semi Truck, with  2 motorcycles stacked behind the cab. Then huge DRV FW with a platform attached to the bumper with 2 swivel wheels, with a smart car on it and generator on it too. Wish I could have got  a picture of it. We think they must have had a hard time downsizing. Wonder how long it really was.

We got checked into a nice spot. Did quick set up. We only put 2 of our 3 slides out, the back two.

Beautiful out about 78, was a little Breezy out. Blue sky, Site number 46.

Alot of Pennsylvania plates here at The Oaks. 

Heated up dinner, the turkey meatloaf with spinach and had 2 leftover baked potatoes, made green beans. I got dessert out of the freezer for today and tomorrow. Tonight was chocolate chip zucchini cake.

Later we shared a bag popcorn. Watched a little news and a TV show. 

Tonite we went to bed super early, RIGHT before 11, LOL. We watched a couple minutes of the news. 

Then I said the weather guys said cold tonight. Around 50. I said why don't we put heat pump on, Jim got up put the downstairs one on, then you hardly hear it. I did hear it come on.  And  then light out.

Miles driven today 303.

Saturday May 2, 2020

Enfield KOA in NC 

This am Jim was out of bed at 6:30 am. WOW, not me. I heard him though. He came up to bother me about 8 am. So I got up. He said we did not have to leave till 10, but, we left at 9:30. Guess he changed his mind he said leaving at 10 would put us there at 3.

Another beautiful travel day, 75 or so, definitely not the hot Florida weather anymore. Did not use the AC for 2 days now.

He went through a major speed trap, for fun we call it a sting. There was a cop shooting radar on the bridge. And then just up ahead there were four cars pulled over. With four different cops, one was a Rialta camper van. We never saw him again.

There was a large truck, like a dump truck but not also pulling a trailer full of watermelons. He was pull off the road and they were taking the Watermelons out and putting them in a different vehicle. Not a fun job.

There was definitely less traffic traveling today. Also lot of Pennsylvania plates on the move. 

The Garmin RV GPS was working great. Before it was freezing up. Yesterday it turned off a few times, only did twice today I think. But you can turn it  right back on again. I was playing with it trying to learn how, and what all it can do.

 Our first stop for the day was just a quick rest area stop. Second stop we found a place for diesel grabbed are chicken wraps I made for lunch, and potty break all-in-one stop. One more quick stop, had alot of coffee this am.

Arrived at Enfield KOA in NC. About mile off highway, so no noise from it.  We were first in line. They had a sign out, but I did call too 1/2 hour before we arrived.  They bring your paperwork out to you, we followed a golf cart to our site. Jim said he must have went cheep and didn't get sewer site. Will use dump station tomorrow am. 

Alot of RV's checked in tonight after us. There is a big box truck in a site behind us. Not sure what is up with that.

Jim did a quick set up, I did my inside stuff. Then I  made chicken veggie soup then steel cut oatmeal then yellow rice to go with dinner.

The people we saw check in, was a car. They set up a potty "bucket" tent  and a small pop up tent. They were setting stuff on the picnic table behind them. Jim was watching while I was cooking, he said that they were using wrong on. Shortly after that this young guy, that works at KOA, I think. Stopped and told them. They moved everything over towards the other table.

We had some soup as a first course.

Watched news they replayed  the Kentucky Derby from 2015.

We had dinner then, watched little TV before bed, and showered.

Miles driven today 322.

Sunday May 3, 2020

I was dreaming about someone in the shower. Then thought it was raining. Saw it was about 6:30 am, I was hearing Jim in the shower, I put the noise in my dream.

He was getting ready to roll.  I was up a few minutes around 2:30, didn't feel like getting up yet but I did.

We both had steel cut oatmeal with  cherry topping, Jim's not a big fan of the oatmeal, but it's healthy and quick.

Watched the people in the tent get moving. When Jim went out to tourk the wheels, the people behind us started talking to him.

I made turkey meat loaf sandwiches for later lunch. We finished getting ready and went over to the dump station. We pulled out at 9 am.

First stop was Flying J, kind of tight one. Grabbed sandwiches for later. Jim made a tight turn to get out of lot. That's why he likes the F-450 so much. When I went in for potty. While he was filling up. The knife block on the counter was on edge. I wanted to push it back and couldn't reach with my one grabber. So l got my new swifter I got for free at Peace River in Wauchula. I put new bottle of liquid in for wood floors. So when I went to shove it back I hit the button and sprayed the wood solution 3 times all over the counter. OMG 

Went out told Jim want to hear funny story.

About noon the sky got dark we had about 15 minutes of rain. In Washington DC area, Then we drove into clear sky's. Got quite warm out 78.

This is a picture of what we call the command center.

On left Garman RV GPS,

Spoke to soon today it froz and stopped a few times, then tire pressure  monitor, and the temperature gauges for the fridge, outside freezer, upstairs inside.

We wanted a potty break before  got to Steve's house, no place, we pulled over along side a wide part of the road. Real Quick. 

We arrived at about 3. Pictures of backing into a friends driveway up hill.

Our view out the back, they moved there FW for us, they plan on going full time too in a few years.

I was so nervously watching. We have water and hooked up to 50 amp. Had windows open. Got so hot I eventually put AC's on.

Beautiful place here GREAT view out the back. Will be able to see deer out back. Will get pictures. We all sat out and talked for awhile. I called DirecTV changed to our local channels. Later Jim and I went in had dinner. Leftover from last night.

They have an outdoor wood burner, we took pork loin out of the freezer to defrost will use his coals and our smoker in a few days.

We have alot to do Monday and Tuesday Jim will work on Wed and Thurs we move Friday to Pa Dutch TT and I work Sat and Sun.

Miles driven 351.

Monday May 4, 2020

Last Happy Monday for us together.

Jim was up first today. He had slice of Katrina delicious zucchini bread. I had my oatmeal we got ready to go do our errands. We left just before 11 a.m. 

First we stopped at our storage room, it is climate controlled because of the drums and furniture inside. We got our smoker some stuff Jim needed for his work van Lunch Box Etc. I got some of my stuff out. And we temporarily put the broken TV in there. Jim texted a guy he knows here that works at the recycle/dump area. He said the recycle area is closed for now, so we stashed the TV in there till it opens back up. I called the Bartolo's pizza placed our order to pick up.

Then we stopped at Bartolo's Pizza. Jim put his mask on and went in to pick it up.

He said they had plastic all over the front counter with a small hole to pass the food through. We got two Italian subs to share, one today 1 tomorrow. And we got his mom two slices of pizza and a steak sandwich. We ate are sub in the truck and then we went over to his mom.

We put our mask on went to the front desk, and handed her the food to deliver to her. I put her name and room number on the bags. Then we drove around the side of the building and walk through the grass, he called her on the phone and we waived to her through the window. She was able to open the window, and talk a little through the screen.

Then we stopped at Redner's local grocery store here.

One in Palmyra one in Fredericksburg. We were still in Palmyra I went in by myself. I only got a few things. Couldn't wait to get out of there. You just can't breathe with these masks on. looking at it and even appears to be thin. 

They HAVE a really cool big house.

Then we went by Joe Hyles house Jim's good friend that he works with. He's the guy that came to Florida with really bad timing, had to rent a car and drive home because his flight was canceled. They had a quick visit standing outside far apart. I stayed in the truck and listened  to what I could. As I looked at my phone, that makes the time fly.

 After we left I wanted to stop at my favorite store Country View, really close to the Thousand Trails Hershey. The parking lot was pretty full but I had enough of shopping for the day. So we kept moving.

Then we stopped at the Spring Water place where we filled up our jugs, really close to TTH. 

Then we went to the UPS store and got our mail. 

Then we stopped at the tax guy and picked up our tax papers that we had filed while we were away. 

We stopped at the Redner's  Pharmacy in Fredericksburg for a prescription I needed. Then we stopped at our old beer distributor. Jim got a case for himself and a case for our host here. The owner of the store used to be our neighbor up on the hill. 

Then I remembered I wanted to stop at Moose's LZ restaurant just inside the Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, as we call here The Gap. Great place for ribs we wanted to give our host dinner for tonight. They have the best ribs ever. I place the order while we were in line at the pharmacy. We picked up the order and took it back to Steve and Katrina. It smelled So good.

Beautiful yellow fields we passed on our way through Lickdale to pick up the ribs.

We quickly took our stuff in put the groceries away. and they invited us in, to their table. We had a lovely talk it was the most socialization we've done forever.

Travis was going to stop later after work so we could get Jim's uniforms out and a few other things out of my car. He called when he was on his way, he stopped and we had a really nice visit. We fed him the leftover ribs we had and the soup I made the other day with chicken and vegetables. 

After he left we finish putting things away and relax for the rest of the evening. Watch a little TV I went to bed first.