It was a gorgeous day today. Bill was up early and went out for a drive and a stop at Wal-Mart to get a new crock pot. I slept in since I had stayed up too late watching TV last night. We hung out around the RV this afternoon. Bill watched some race, and I worked on finishing the labels on the photos. I got that done, and some back-up CDs burned. We also spent some time outside reading. This is a lovely place to just relax.
Bill grilled steaks for dinner, and we watched another good episode of The Amazing Race.
After dinner, about dusk, we watched the coots come in to roost. It was awesome. There are many more than 200 coots, probably closer to 1000. It looked like an ant colony coming in. They split into two groups, a smaller one in front of us and a much larger group across the lake. They floated in a very orderly manner, mostly single file. I got a few photos, and I will see if they come out. Now we have something to look forward to every night.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Kings Bay GA
I have to tell about last night. We were outside about 11, just looking at the stars. There was really strange noises coming from the lake. It sounded like a small tidal wave. We walked to the edge of the lake, and there were some waves coming on shore. We finally figured out that it must have been the 150-200 coots flapping their wings in the grassy reeds at our end of the lake. This must be where they come to sleep at night. Tonight at dusk we saw them head in from the deeper parts of the lake coming in to the grassy area. And just a little bit ago, I went out, and they were just chattering out there. It was an interesting event.
Today was another beautiful day. We are both enjoying the time to rest and relax. We both sat outside and read. I also worked on labeling photos. I did about 400 and only have 150 left to do before I am caught up. I also got my hair colored which really needed it. I get it colored in the RV and then went down to the shower to rinse it out. We both need to get haircuts some time next week. And we are looking at going to another area of the Okefenokee Swamp next week.
Today was another beautiful day. We are both enjoying the time to rest and relax. We both sat outside and read. I also worked on labeling photos. I did about 400 and only have 150 left to do before I am caught up. I also got my hair colored which really needed it. I get it colored in the RV and then went down to the shower to rinse it out. We both need to get haircuts some time next week. And we are looking at going to another area of the Okefenokee Swamp next week.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Kings Bay GA
It was a beautiful day in Kings Bay. We didn’t do much at all today except sit outside and read. I finished one book and started another. It is really nice to just relax. This afternoon Bill started on his crock pot bread pudding. It smelled great all afternoon, but by 6:30, it wasn’t quite done, but we packed up to go to the rec center for the dessert pot luck at 7. We got down there to find that Bill had misread the calendar, and the pot luck is next Friday. So we came home and had bread pudding for dessert. And watched some TV. It should be much warmer next week, so maybe we will get out for some adventures then.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Kings Bay GA
It was another chilly day (but sunny) at Kings Bay. We were a little more productive today. I continued to work on photos. After lunch, we unhooked the RV and drove to the campground propane tank and filled up. We have gone through lots of propane since January because of the cold and our use of the furnace. But the propane was cheaper here on base. We came back, parked, and hooked back up. Bill went to the commissary, and I vacuumed.
We had BLTs for dinner, and the tomato I had bought at the produce store in Plant City was great. We watched some TV, and I uploaded photos finally for St Augustine, Ft Myers, and Tampa.
It continues to get warmer, so maybe we can start venturing out without freezing our okoles off!
I added links to the photos in the column on the left.
We had BLTs for dinner, and the tomato I had bought at the produce store in Plant City was great. We watched some TV, and I uploaded photos finally for St Augustine, Ft Myers, and Tampa.
It continues to get warmer, so maybe we can start venturing out without freezing our okoles off!
I added links to the photos in the column on the left.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Kings Bay GA
It was a really cold day at Kings Bay. We both slept in, reveling in the warm covers. It stayed in the 40s, was quite windy, but the sun was shining. We are staying close to the RV while it is this cold. I alternated between working on labeling the photos (250 of them!), watching what birds ventured on the lake, and chatting with Mandy. Bill worked on taxes, went to the Carry Out for a few items, and watched a ballgame.
Some of the birds I saw were the coots, a red-winged black bird, and lots of birds skimming the surface of the lake which I later found out were tree swallows. Mandy made it in to work after a really cold commute. Like her, we all are waiting for warmer weather later this week. I got 100 photos labeled, but I still have 150 to go. I need to get them done before I forget what they are! I saved brochures to help me with the process, but it still can be time-consuming.
The campground had a “order a pizza” night. We ordered by 4 and picked up the pizza at 5:30 here at the campground rec center. We got a $15 pizza for only $10. Bill picked it up, and we ate in the RV. The furnace is working beautifully, and we are staying warm.
Some of the birds I saw were the coots, a red-winged black bird, and lots of birds skimming the surface of the lake which I later found out were tree swallows. Mandy made it in to work after a really cold commute. Like her, we all are waiting for warmer weather later this week. I got 100 photos labeled, but I still have 150 to go. I need to get them done before I forget what they are! I saved brochures to help me with the process, but it still can be time-consuming.
The campground had a “order a pizza” night. We ordered by 4 and picked up the pizza at 5:30 here at the campground rec center. We got a $15 pizza for only $10. Bill picked it up, and we ate in the RV. The furnace is working beautifully, and we are staying warm.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Kings Bay GA
It was cold packing up this morning, but it was sunny. We have gotten so we can unhook and get ready in half an hour. We said goodbye to our new friends and headed out at 10. We made good time going back roads instead of the interstates and arrived here before 3 at Kings Bay Sub Base. We got the site Bill had reserved facing the lake. We have satellite, cable, WiFi, a huge concrete pad, nice picnic table, and no sites next to us, just a lovely big old tree.
When Bill was checking in some lady said that the security police had stopped her and her husband at the commissary for not wearing helmets with their bikes. The SPs said they had to walk their bikes back here and followed them all the way back here. So it looks like we may have to get some helmets if we want to ride on base.
It is really cold here and supposed to get down to 30 tonight. But I can’t complain. Mandy got an email saying she could work from home today because of the nasty snow they got in NYC. She did stay home, but it is supposed to feel like 6 degrees when she heads off to work tomorrow.
Bill grilled some steaks for dinner and then he went down to the social center for an ice cream sundae. It was too cold for me. We will be here for two weeks, and it is supposed to warm up by Thursday. We are both pleased to be at a great site and have nothing to do. I am sure we will find some adventures.
When Bill was checking in some lady said that the security police had stopped her and her husband at the commissary for not wearing helmets with their bikes. The SPs said they had to walk their bikes back here and followed them all the way back here. So it looks like we may have to get some helmets if we want to ride on base.
It is really cold here and supposed to get down to 30 tonight. But I can’t complain. Mandy got an email saying she could work from home today because of the nasty snow they got in NYC. She did stay home, but it is supposed to feel like 6 degrees when she heads off to work tomorrow.
Bill grilled some steaks for dinner and then he went down to the social center for an ice cream sundae. It was too cold for me. We will be here for two weeks, and it is supposed to warm up by Thursday. We are both pleased to be at a great site and have nothing to do. I am sure we will find some adventures.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Seffner FL Strawberry Festival
March sure came in like a lion here. We had some big storms, lots of rain and wind, come through here this morning. By 11 it was clearing, so we headed to the Strawberry Festival about 10 miles away. This was a strange conglomeration of many things: cheap fair rides, cows, bunnies, roosters, lots of crafts, a few bands, lots of cheap fair food, and all things strawberry. They were having a “dairy costume ball” when we arrived. That was pretty awesome, cows in a variety of costumes.
Bill got a gyro for lunch. I held out for a breaded tenderloin just like we had back when I was a kid in Indiana. There were several booths to make your own strawberry shortcake. The bowl of ‘whipped cream’ was enormous and looked like Crisco. The strawberries were not just strawberry halves (which would have been great) but a slightly pureed version. The biscuit it was served on was not too great. Bill ate most of it. We also got a strawberry dipped in chocolate for $1, and I bought a sweatshirt and t-shirt. How could one resist a strawberry festival sweatshirt? I did resist the strawberry rings, necklaces, duffle bags, hats, jam, cookies, bread. We wandered around the grounds and heard a neat group called Runa Pacha, a group playing folk music from the Andes mountains. They had an male Indian dancer to go with the music.
I did see a couple of neat crafters One man had made dulcimers which were gorgeous. The other was a woman who made dried flower jewelry. On the way out, I saw the grossest thing at the fair: chocolate dipped bacon. I couldn’t believe the sign. A girl walked by, and I asked her to see. It was bacon in a box with a little side container of what looked like chocolate pudding. My brain just wouldn’t go there!
We got home at 3:30. The ham and beans that we had put in the crock pot this morning were not quite done, so we boiled them some more on the stove. I called Tommy, and then it was time to go to the Coachmen Caravan pot luck at the Rally Center here. We ate with the same two couples that we did at our welcoming dinner. One is from NY state, and the other from Georgia. Pleasant dinner companions. The food was excellent and made me wonder why at all pot lucks, the food seems to balance out with enough salads, veggies, entrees. Strange. The hosts provided strawberry shortcake for dessert which was excellent. They had only sliced the strawberries, provided real cake, ice cream and chocolate syrup. They we gathered for a group photo. They took one with my camera.
It was really windy today, and when we got back to our campsite, the row behind us had lost electricity. Poor folks. All of the electricians on standby were out at the Strawberry Festival, so those folks may have to do without for tonight. The Class A’s should be okay, but those without generators are up the creek.
Tomorrow we head off for the Navy Sub base at Kings Bay, St Mary’s GA for two weeks.
Bill got a gyro for lunch. I held out for a breaded tenderloin just like we had back when I was a kid in Indiana. There were several booths to make your own strawberry shortcake. The bowl of ‘whipped cream’ was enormous and looked like Crisco. The strawberries were not just strawberry halves (which would have been great) but a slightly pureed version. The biscuit it was served on was not too great. Bill ate most of it. We also got a strawberry dipped in chocolate for $1, and I bought a sweatshirt and t-shirt. How could one resist a strawberry festival sweatshirt? I did resist the strawberry rings, necklaces, duffle bags, hats, jam, cookies, bread. We wandered around the grounds and heard a neat group called Runa Pacha, a group playing folk music from the Andes mountains. They had an male Indian dancer to go with the music.
I did see a couple of neat crafters One man had made dulcimers which were gorgeous. The other was a woman who made dried flower jewelry. On the way out, I saw the grossest thing at the fair: chocolate dipped bacon. I couldn’t believe the sign. A girl walked by, and I asked her to see. It was bacon in a box with a little side container of what looked like chocolate pudding. My brain just wouldn’t go there!
We got home at 3:30. The ham and beans that we had put in the crock pot this morning were not quite done, so we boiled them some more on the stove. I called Tommy, and then it was time to go to the Coachmen Caravan pot luck at the Rally Center here. We ate with the same two couples that we did at our welcoming dinner. One is from NY state, and the other from Georgia. Pleasant dinner companions. The food was excellent and made me wonder why at all pot lucks, the food seems to balance out with enough salads, veggies, entrees. Strange. The hosts provided strawberry shortcake for dessert which was excellent. They had only sliced the strawberries, provided real cake, ice cream and chocolate syrup. They we gathered for a group photo. They took one with my camera.
It was really windy today, and when we got back to our campsite, the row behind us had lost electricity. Poor folks. All of the electricians on standby were out at the Strawberry Festival, so those folks may have to do without for tonight. The Class A’s should be okay, but those without generators are up the creek.
Tomorrow we head off for the Navy Sub base at Kings Bay, St Mary’s GA for two weeks.
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