Monday, November 24, 2014

Wilmington for our 4th winter

We've been in Wilmington for a month. Settled in and relaxing... Kathy watches Noah on Monday,Wednesday and Friday and we occasionally watch him on the weekends.  Funny, she thought she would work Tuesday and Thursday. Now she works at relaxing after a energetic day with Noah!

Our spot in Wilmington
Long night trick or treating



And where are you crawling out of ?
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving at Nikki and Travis's. This year we will have a baked Turkey and deep fry some fresh oysters! 

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Shreveport to Lake City and Lawtey FL then to Wilmington

After leaving Shreveport we spent the night outside of Mobile, AL and drove into Lake City, FL the next day. We stayed in Lake City from Sunday until Wednesday and then drove over to Lawtey where Jackie lives.

They have some nice acreage with a small lake and two RV hookups which makes it very convienent for visiting. Kathy and Jackie took Tim out shopping during the day and I met up with them for dinner at Tim's favorite place...the Golden Corral.

Friday we drove to Latta, SC and spent the night at the Flying J and drove the rest of the way into Wilmington on Oct 25th.
Lake City FL In/Out RV park

Wilmington NC KOA










Friday, October 17, 2014

Shreveport, LA

We arrived in Shreveport, LA on Wednesday after a short 2 hour drive from Terrell, TX. We leave Saturday and drive to either Mobile, AL or Pensacola, FL. Sunday we drive to Lake City, FL and will be there until we drive over to Lawtey, FL on Wednesday. Weather since we left Terrell has been perfect and is supposed to stay that way for the next week.




Monday, October 13, 2014

Bluebonnet Ridge RV Park

Saturday, after spending an afternoon in Roswell we decided that was enough excitement. Not really much to do in Roswell after you've been to the museums. Sunday we drove from Roswell to Terrell, TX about 30 miles east of Dallas. Last night was filled with 60-70mph winds and a lot of rain. I was thankful we were at the campground and not on the road. One of our roof vent covers was ripped off in the rain. Kathy and I agree that next fall we'll buy our new RV on the way back from Colorado. We'll get it either from LaMesa or Lazydays RV. We know what we want so just a matter of finding the right model and floor plan.

This is a nice campground. Clean, very well maintained and nice staff. Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area. http://www.bluebonnetrv.com/

The long and not very scenic drive from Roswell, NM to Terrell, TX. Hours upon hours of the same driving view...





Wednesday we leave for Shreveport, LA. We'll be there until Saturday when we'll drive to Mobile, AL.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Aliens!

We got to Roswell, NM today, setup and visited the Roswell Alien Museum and the Goddard/Art Museum. The Alien Museum goes into the specifics of the alleged crash and all the hype as well as history, movies, and UFO info in general. It was pretty interesting.

Roswell is a clean and busy city. Nothing that you would expect. The "alien" hype is not that much. There is a small area downtown with Alien t-shirts and "out of this world" gifts.  Thought about Suzie Q while there....there is a Quilting store downtown.

The drive from Silver City to Roswell takes you through the White Sands Missile Range.....make sure you have plenty of fuel! A lot of nothing. Its about a 6 hour drive from Silver City.




Silver City, NM

We arrived in Silver City on Wednesday afternoon. The KOA is nice but it rained a lot while we were there and really limited what we could do. Caught up on laundry, grocery shopping and general stuff.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Tucson

We arrived in Tucson today after another morning at Camping World in Flagstaff (Bellmonte). Friday after discovering we needed a lower unit for the A/C, Camping World picked one up at a different location and told us they would install it Saturday AM.  We spent the night in Flagstaff again and pushed our future reservations around some. Arriving first thing this morning we learned the part was the correct part but they had no one that could wire it. As it turns out the wireless unit we have is now obsolete and replaced with a hard wire wall thermostat. So now we have an appointment with Camping World in Tucson at 10 Monday.  At 100 degree's today and tomorrow we did not spend much time in the RV.

Tomorrow Chewie will stay at my mom and dad's while we go to breakfast and the Tucson zoo.

This has been the trip so far......hopefully after Monday it will be less eventful.