Crooked River State Park

On November 17 we moved on to Crooked River State Park. Wow what beautiful park! Again the sites are huge and we manged to get a private one. The park has a great view of the Crooked River. We visited the historic town of St. Mary's. What a hidden gem in south-east Georgia! The town is beautiful. It is situated on the Cumberland River and there is a ferry you can take to Cumberland Island where you can hike bike and even camp over night.

We visited historic St. Augustine over night November 23. Due to our reservations at Thousand Palms on Tuesday, we decided to come back later and tourn the old city and take a couple of tours.

Inverness ia a nice city in the western On November 17 we moved on to Crooked River State Park. Wow what beautiful park! Again the sites are huge and we manged to get a private one. The park has a great view of the Crooked River. We visited the historic town of St. Mary's. What a hidden gem in south-east Georgia! The town is beautiful. It is situated on the Cumberland River and there is a ferry you can take to Cumberland Island where you can hike bike and even camp over night.

We visited historic St. Augustine over night November 23. Due to our reservations at Thousand Palms on Tuesday, we decided to come back later and tourn the old city and take a couple of tours.

Inverness ia a nice city in the western part of Florida. Great for shopping and some beautiful boardwalks over the swamps here. Haven't see an alligator yet but sure we will soon as there are signs saying "Don't Feed the Alligators!" On the 25th we celebrated Thanksgiving with the other Rvers here at Thousand Palms. It was a potluck and the meal was unbelieveable.

Spent a quiet weekend here. Visited the campground we will be staying at over Christmas and New Years. It is quite isolated so we will have to take lots of supplies with us.

SAVANNAH

Nov.18/09
Savannah is a beautiful place steeped in history and spirits. We took a tour of the Old Town and learned a lot about its checkered past. Both of us were interested to hear about the cotton and indigo trade here in Georgia especially after having read The Book of Negroes earlier this year. There are many areas connected to the book “In the Garden of Good and Evil”. The drag queen who was featured in the movie still performs once a month here. “She ain’t a pretty sight.”(leafed through her book).

November 16/09
We travelled to the coast to try to avoid Tropical Storm Ida. Unfortunately Ida followed us. We spent two days at a KOA in Myrtle Beach enjoying torrential rain and wind. Myrtle Beach is now a mini-Orlando, lots of touristy things to do, if that is what you like. We went to Wal-Mart and bought fuzzy black slippers to wear in the Roadtrek.
On Friday, Nov. 13 we travelled south, to Edisto Island State Park, in South Carolina, about 45 minutes from Charleston. It was truly beautiful there. The weather warmed up to 20 plus degrees and Fred was able to change from his Bludderstones to his sandals...without socks. The beach was wonderful, sandy and warm. Ruff was taken aback by the loud sound and crashing of the waves. We all got plenty wet trying to out run the waves. Richard spotted a dolphin, and Fred was amazed at its size. The only disappointing thing for Fred was the lack of eye candy on the beach. Last, but not least, we have been introduced to a new, small prickly burr. Our fingers were bloody removing them from the Matti and Ruff, especially their paws.
On Sunday we packed up and moved further south to Skidaway Island National Park, about twelve miles outside Savannah, Georgia. A monumental thing then happened: Fred packed up his longjohns and moved on to shorts and t-shirt! It got up to 26 degrees. The park is wonderfully shaded so the campsite is shielded from the hot rays of the sun. But again, another disappointment for Fred: most of the forest rangers are usually middle aged waist-challenged gents -the rest are young females.

First Steps...

November 9/09
Richard, Matti and Ruff and I have reached Clear Brook, Va. today after 5 hours of driving from Maybrook ,NY. We left Truro on Friday afternoon and drove in snowy weather to Salisbury, NB where we spend the evening getting great travel info from Reg and Ron. That night we were a bit cold in the trek as we hadn't yet learned to use the profane furnace. Needless to say we know now!!
Stayed in Fairfield,Me Saturday night. On Sunday we picked up a new traveling companion Samantha. Sam and Richard plan our daily drive. Many heated debates between Richard and Sam occur but Sam is never wrong but Richard refuses to concede defeated. He thinks his map skills rival a gps unit. Dah, Richard!!!