Since returning from our last camping trip in early December, we spent fifty-two nights here at home. That's a LONG time when you're born to camp, and when you're an impatient little travel trailer like I am. Christmas and New Year's came and went. Dodge spent two weeks in the body shop getting repaired from the devastating accident that he was in on Thanksgiving weekend. Gary always has a million projects going on, so he kept busy during our "down" time. Thank goodness that I have lots of TV watching to do to pass the hours away, or I'd go absolutely CRAZY!!! But, there are plans for lots of camping trips in 2018, and February 1st was the starting point. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to hit the highway. As usual, we left home in the middle of the night, and headed to the rest stop at exit 318 on Interstate 10 that we have stopped at on previous trips. If you've ever tried to sleep in a rest stop, you know that it's difficult to do with all the 18-wheelers coming and going. It's NOISY!!! But we managed to sleep a little, and woke up next to a HUGE boat on a trailer. In comparison, that boat made me look even smaller than I normally do. Can you imagine how much money something like that must cost? We got rolling, and in a little over a hundred miles, we arrived at Reed Bingham State Park. Regular readers to my blog know that we camp at Reed Bingham quite often. Obviously, we like it there, and it's a convenient place to hang out in our travels. We usually stay in campsite #1, but it was already taken this time, so we picked campsite #10 instead. It was under a nice big shade tree, and was VERY nice. We settled in and rested up after our arrival on Thursday. Gary went to the car show in nearby Moultrie on Friday and Saturday, while I watched some great shows on the Discovery Channel. I LOVE having cable TV there. We only have an antenna at home, so having cable is a real treat. We were blessed with good weather during the first three days of our stay, but on our fourth and final day, it was raining and gloomy. Gary hung out with me all day, and we enjoyed watching the Superbowl that night. The rain was gone when we packed up to head to our next stop on Monday. Under cloudless blue skies, we arrived at another one of our favorite parks (General Coffee State Park) in a relatively short time. Using the cellphone navigation as our guide, it was fun taking back roads to get there. There's lots of interesting things to see when you stray from the main highways. We camped in campsite #37 at General Coffee. We had never camped in that site before. It was big enough for at least ten trailers of my size. General Coffee doesn't have cable TV, and there's actually no TV reception at all. During our two day visit, Gary was gone a lot, so he left the iPod playing for me for entertainment. We fed the squirrels, and Gary also fed our donkey pals, Poncho and Jenny. We LOVE those donkeys! Pepper the horse hangs out with Poncho and Jenny, and there are goats, sheep, chickens, and ducks that also live within Heritage Farm inside the boundaries of General Coffee. It's a fun place, and we HIGHLY recommend it. Happy to see that the personalized bricks we bought are still on display in front of the park museum. Just a little shameless promotion for my blog. There's nothing wrong with that, right? Gary went antique shopping in four nearby towns, and found some cool stuff. As you know, he REALLY enjoys antiquing, and usually makes time to go out searching for junk wherever we're camping at. Our time at General Coffee was much too short, but we needed to get back home to prepare for our next trip. This time, I won't have long to wait. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Dodge reached another milestone on our way home. He has now traveled a total of 266,000 miles. WOWZA!!! Going that far makes me tired just thinking about it. Way to go, Dodge. You da MAN, or the VAN, or the VAN MAN. Well, you know what I mean.
Since returning from our last camping trip in early December, we spent fifty-two nights here at home. That's a LONG time when you're born to camp, and when you're an impatient little travel trailer like I am. Christmas and New Year's came and went. Dodge spent two weeks in the body shop getting repaired from the devastating accident that he was in on Thanksgiving weekend. Gary always has a million projects going on, so he kept busy during our "down" time. Thank goodness that I have lots of TV watching to do to pass the hours away, or I'd go absolutely CRAZY!!! But, there are plans for lots of camping trips in 2018, and February 1st was the starting point. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to hit the highway. As usual, we left home in the middle of the night, and headed to the rest stop at exit 318 on Interstate 10 that we have stopped at on previous trips. If you've ever tried to sleep in a rest stop, you know that it's difficult to do with all the 18-wheelers coming and going. It's NOISY!!! But we managed to sleep a little, and woke up next to a HUGE boat on a trailer. In comparison, that boat made me look even smaller than I normally do. Can you imagine how much money something like that must cost? We got rolling, and in a little over a hundred miles, we arrived at Reed Bingham State Park. Regular readers to my blog know that we camp at Reed Bingham quite often. Obviously, we like it there, and it's a convenient place to hang out in our travels. We usually stay in campsite #1, but it was already taken this time, so we picked campsite #10 instead. It was under a nice big shade tree, and was VERY nice. We settled in and rested up after our arrival on Thursday. Gary went to the car show in nearby Moultrie on Friday and Saturday, while I watched some great shows on the Discovery Channel. I LOVE having cable TV there. We only have an antenna at home, so having cable is a real treat. We were blessed with good weather during the first three days of our stay, but on our fourth and final day, it was raining and gloomy. Gary hung out with me all day, and we enjoyed watching the Superbowl that night. The rain was gone when we packed up to head to our next stop on Monday. Under cloudless blue skies, we arrived at another one of our favorite parks (General Coffee State Park) in a relatively short time. Using the cellphone navigation as our guide, it was fun taking back roads to get there. There's lots of interesting things to see when you stray from the main highways. We camped in campsite #37 at General Coffee. We had never camped in that site before. It was big enough for at least ten trailers of my size. General Coffee doesn't have cable TV, and there's actually no TV reception at all. During our two day visit, Gary was gone a lot, so he left the iPod playing for me for entertainment. We fed the squirrels, and Gary also fed our donkey pals, Poncho and Jenny. We LOVE those donkeys! Pepper the horse hangs out with Poncho and Jenny, and there are goats, sheep, chickens, and ducks that also live within Heritage Farm inside the boundaries of General Coffee. It's a fun place, and we HIGHLY recommend it. Happy to see that the personalized bricks we bought are still on display in front of the park museum. Just a little shameless promotion for my blog. There's nothing wrong with that, right? Gary went antique shopping in four nearby towns, and found some cool stuff. As you know, he REALLY enjoys antiquing, and usually makes time to go out searching for junk wherever we're camping at. Our time at General Coffee was much too short, but we needed to get back home to prepare for our next trip. This time, I won't have long to wait. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Dodge reached another milestone on our way home. He has now traveled a total of 266,000 miles. WOWZA!!! Going that far makes me tired just thinking about it. Way to go, Dodge. You da MAN, or the VAN, or the VAN MAN. Well, you know what I mean.
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