Trip Summary

The picture to the left and the previous one of the alley of oak trees are from the Wormsloe Plantation in Savannah.  The trees stretch for over a mile leading to the remains of the house.  It was very easy to let your imagination roam and feel yourself in a carriage loaded with all your finery on your way to a ball!  Shades of Gone With the Wind!

The rain was a constant during the trip.  One day I spent inside reading a book about Irish immigration titled Galway Bay which I enjoyed.

My big golf umbrella came in handy dashing between campsites and taking Teddy out for his walks.  I was again grateful to Luanne for plugging Saffires hole and I was warm and toasty inside.  

Laraine was in a tent with her dogs, and I admired her tenacity.  I think I would have been packing up long before she did.  It is a testament to the fun we were having that she didn't!

The trip was wonderful in spite of all the rain.  It is always good to be with old friends, and great fun to meet new people you would like to turn into old friends.  We shared so many laughs, walks, dinners and stories during our week together.  

Sunday found everyone on the road home.  Luanne and I were the only ones heading north, so we had a first night at Ft. Mountain State Park in Dalton, Georgia.  It is an area I would like to go back to explore a bit, and was a beautiful switchback drive to the top and the camping area. 

However, it was raining (of course) and snowing a bit, so most time was spent indoors as it was just an overnight stop.  

The next night found us at a commercial campground at Lake Barklay in Kentucky.  It was 20 degrees overnight, and I was wishing for a sunny warm spot to be returning to!  Luanne left at 6:30 in the morning, I got out after nine and was home early afternoon.  

All the WAC's made it home safely, the only drama appearing to be Luanne's as she headed up 57 in Indiana.  The cover on her fan started flapping, so she pulled to the shoulder and got out to bungee it down.  She left the car running and her phone inside, along with her eight month old miniature Australian shepherd.  Yes, you guessed it, Tucker came over and stepped on the door lock and the rest was history!  She was stuck outside with the wind howling and the temps in the low 30's trying to get back in.  After trying unsuccessfully to break a car window with an axe, a trucker stopped and called the highway patrol for her.  The patrolman popped it open in less than a minute, but this story will live on for a long, long time!

Saffire's first journey proved to be a good one.  A couple of minor problems were dealt with, and I now have a better feel of what I need to travel in her.  I have found it was much easier to clean up on returning home, and have returned washing directly to her ready for the next trip. 

I think she must have been a party bus for the 6,xxx miles before I adopted her.  She must have had a very sophisticated audio/visual system installed and then yanked out before they sold her.  The TV is old and the cable hook-up didn't work, so I am going to take out the big old unit they stuck in and put a smaller flatscreen in its place.  I didn't find that I packed anything that I didn't use (except a few clothes) so the Aliner experience was a big help in that.  

We are heading off again on May 1st, destination Kingsport, TN for the Red, White & Blue Blues Festival where Saffire, The Uppity Blues Women will be playing.  A group of WAC's are coming to go to the show, and then we'll camp a few days on our way back home.  I would like to see some of the KY parks, maybe High Falls or Mammoth Cave.   Should return to STL on the 8th or 9th, then on the 14th Susie, Christine and I are taking a road trip.  We're going to Memphis to Graceland!!!!  And we're staying in the RV park at the Graceland Hotel, we don't do things half way!  Planning a night or two at a state park on the way home.  I will be posting pictures of both trips, hopefully finding wifi more often than I did on this first adventure.

I hope you have enjoyed traveling a bit with me.  It is fun for me to be able to look back at where we've been and what we've done.  Maybe one day you will join us!!!

Patricia