Tuesday 7 March 2023
Today was Diane's big day. She finally got to go kayaking!! 😁😁We have hauled the kayak 1500 miles, and this is the first time it hit the water. We went to Ichetucknee Springs and after lunch and gathering some info we went to the beginning of the springs to launch her kayak. Didn't realize we had to carry it 150 yards down a trail to the water. We got her in the water and I went for a bike ride. Three hours later we met at the takeout spot. Diane paddled right up upon some Manatees, maneuvered around and was almost on top of them (see pic's). A great trip down the river turtles, manatees and interesting people. Beside the manatee she got a lot of sun, hoping she isn't sun burned. Back to the Moho for dinner, wine and some rest.
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Our last day in Old Town. Just kind of hanging out in the campground while we pack and prepare for our trip tomorrow. It was another really nice day. I deep cleaned the grill and Diane did several loads of laundry. We have really enjoyed this campground and made reservations, on the waterfront for a week next year. We went to the Suwanee Belle Landing for diner. As we sat and ate dinner, Diane noticed a sign and said this is why I didn't kayak on the Suwanee River. Dinner was good, I had the "topped grouper" that was a portion of grouper with a crab cake on top, OH YUM. Diane had shrimp tacos (OK). Back to the Moho for a glass of wine.
Thursday 9 March 2023
We were packed and ready to hit the road around 11:00 am heading to the Albany Ga Moose. We had water and electric, for $15 a day that's not too bad. We traveled up route 19 most of the way but all two-lane roads, we love it. We went to the Moose to eat they have a full menu the food was good, and beer was cold. Diane walked around talking to sister Karen for a hour or so. A really nice evening.
Friday & Saturday 10& 11 March 2023
Two days of visiting and eating with Gabe. Words will not do justice to his cooking and cooking skills. The meals weren't that special but the sauces he made were out of this world. He didn't just put ingredients together he bought the thyme, parsley, eggs separated by hand, chopped, blended and cooked for hours just to make the sauces. One was called zhoug (yes that is a real thing) he made creme brulee for dessert. He has a little oven that controls not just the temperature, but the humidity and time cooked as well. It will turn itself off when the food reaches the desired temperature. We had steak sandwiches one day and salmon with some kind of blue cheese sauce the next day. The boy is smart and certainly didn't get that cooking skill from me.
The other reason we stopped was to check out his house. It is nice but needs a lot of sweat equity put into it. I kind of wish we were a lot closer to help with that part. We could work and he could feed us. I would probably gain 10lbs a week working for him.
We had a great time visiting. He explained his job at least three times to us and I now have half a understanding of what he does. It is always good to visit and have dinner with the kids especially with him cooking.
Can't wait until we can come back through to visit him again.
Sunday 12 March 2023
All good things must come to an end as the saying goes and today we had to say goodbye to Gabe to head out to the FMCA rally in Perry Ga.
No pressure at all only going 73 miles. That was until we started out. I filled the freshwater tank plumb full since we have no water or sewer at the rally. I drove across the street to fuel up and when I got out of the Moho the fresh water was draining onto the pavement, fixed that. After fueling up I went another mile to a campground to dump tanks-- because we had no sewer. Parked got out fresh water running onto the ground, fixed that. Went to hook up the sewer hose and low and behold I have no sewer hose. It is in the truck with Diane who is at the grocery store. Called her, she came back 15 or 20 minutes later. Finally got the tanks drained, fueled up and ready to roll. Half an hour down the road we have to stop (bathroom break). Back on the road. Did I tell you we were trying to get to Perry before thunderstorms and severe weather hit. We made it. Total time almost three hours and 4 stops to go 73 miles. We pulled into the Perry fairgrounds before the storm, we are number one in line to park, we sit and sit and wait as the skies get darker. They take us to park; it starts to rain and the wind blows. After we parked and just as I hooked up the electric the storm hits full force. Checked the fresh water we were down to 1/3. We will never make it a whole week on that.
We are parked, so we sat and watch the storm go through.
Monday 13 March 2023 through 18 March 2023
Our first day at the FMCA rally. Without water or sewer, I might add. Diane volunteered to head up the organizing and scheduling of the tram information personnel. Her first meeting 10am Monday. Monday was the last free time we had and of course the rally hadn't started so nothing was open yet.
The rest of the week was kind of a blurrrr. She had to be at the starting shift each morning at 7:30, at each shift change (every 3 hours) and at the end of the last shift at 8:30-9:00 to pick up the radio. For six days straight she was up between 5:30 and 6:00. Enough said.
In between all that we still managed to go to 8 or 10 seminars, look at all the new Mohos on display, as well as visit all the vendors booths a couple of times. We did get a new tow bar; Diane took the old one over for the mechanic to look at and possibly recertify. He looked at her funny and said you're kidding me this thing is 15 years old at least.
A little bit of luck. The refrigerator replacement guy aka Classic Coach guy came in and parked right in front of us. He came over measured everything and should be sending us a quote soon.
With all the happening stuff, we ate fair food most of the week. Mostly fried, high calorie, high cholesterol and just terrible for you food. But we suffered through it. I think we went into carb overload somewhere around Thursday afternoon. Soft pretzels, peach cobbler (we are in Georgia), Italian sausages, BBQ ribs, French-fries, just to name a few. Hopefully back to normal next week.
We had a good time and learned a lot. Came close to information overload, as the rally came to a close. The seminars were given mostly by experts, tire engineer, Cummins engine specialist, generator specialist, and Oasis technician etc. They threw numbers and data around like we all understood. 😕 I went to the Cummins seminar twice just to get the scheduled maintenance information.
The rally wrapped up Saturday evening with a salute to all the veterans and a show with a group doing a John Denver tribute. Back to the Moho to unwind and pack for tomorrow.
And yes, we did have to get water delivered once and we had the tanks pumped out once. Can't wait for full hook ups tomorrow.
Sunday 19 March 2023
The show is over and time to move on down the road. We were getting the Moho weighed this morning at 10:45 so no need to hurry. We pack up, pull over to another site to dump the tanks and were still ready in plenty of time. Diane went to the grocery store while I went to get the Moho weighed, about 10 miles from the campground. The plan worked well, she was done just as I finished. We couldn't find a place to hook up other than along I75 and that wasn't happening. So, we had to drive separately about 25 miles to the first rest area. We hooked up, had lunch and were back on the road. Down I 75 for 50 or so miles then on to a two-lane road for the last 125 miles. That was a nice drive. We stopped in Perry Fl for wine and arrived at Piddlers Point RV Resort about 4:30. Don't let the "resort" fool you. I think all they have is a total of 15 sites. Nice level sites, not the biggest but we are parked and have full hook up's. 😁😊
Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MezkoCWPzcdz7NxW7
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