Movin’ On

Friday August 24, 2012
Walkabout RV Park
Woodbine, Georgia

 

How can it take so long to finish packing up?

As you saw in yesterday’s post, we’d done all of the outdoor packing yesterday.  That left just the indoor and the tires, the tanks and Ruby on the dolly.  Right?

Well who knows what happened but it was about 12:30 when Winnona went out through the Quail Run Gates for the first and last time.  Well who knows about last actually so we’ll just say for the first time.

 

 

Quail Run has been a perfect place for these past two months. 

Their monthly rates are simply excellent.  We paid $270 per month plus electricity which because of our 30 amp service and our shaded spot, was only $63.  The park is kept in excellent shape and the staff are extremely friendly and happy to help.  If you want to stay near Tampa, I give them a big thumbs up as I know Karen and Al do too.

 

But now we are FINALLY movin’ on and are thankfully at least a couple of steps ahead of Hurricane Isaac. 

 

Yesterday I toyed with what route to take to get over to the North-South raceway also known as I -95.  

The most direct one is I-75 to State Route 301 to the I-295 loop around Jacksonville and then I-95.   But I wasn’t sure that would be the quickest or the easiest.  Karen and Al had told us we could go a few miles out of our way to take I-75 to I-10 over to I-95.  Interstate all the way. 

But once we were on I-75 we opted for the “lesser” road knowing that would cut our speed and our time.  Usually neither of those would matter at all since as you know, I don’t like to ride, or drive or spend more than a very few hours in a motor vehicle per day.  If I have to be on the roads I simply like to mosey.  But this time, I wanted to be out of Florida by night fall. I’m totally Florida’d out!

 

The 301 route turned out perfectly.   Here’s what we had on 301 – 4 lane highway with almost no traffic, a few towns and only one, Starke, with even a slight back up. 

Here’s what we avoided by taking 301.  GREAT choice!!

 

 

 

Georgia is definitely on my mind.

We cross the Georgia line and I am glad to be welcomed.  First time we’ve been out of Florida in nearly 9 months.  Glad to be here Georgia.

 

 

I wish we’d been going here but with a hurricane pending, being on the coast of south Georgia seems like not such a good idea.

But if you have never been to Cumberland Island, it is a MUST see.  You can stay at Crooked River State Park and kayak or take the ferry over to the island.   What a fabulous natural island shoreline.  So very rare these days.

 

After 210 miles we pull into Walkabout RV Park in Woodbine Georgia.

 

It’s a long day for me – Paul and Eldy can stop laughing now.  And I’m glad we get easily checked in and set up in a Full Hook Up Pull through site for $16.50 a night with Passport America.  Ruby stays on the dolly and we don’t have to do a thing but hook up and level up.  The site is level enough without the jacks but we put them down for stability. 

I find this park is an excellent overnight and use it both coming and going from and to Florida down the east coast.  The folks who own it are from Australia and they are friendly and welcoming with GREAT accents.  :-)

 

 

 

 

We kick back, check to see where Isaac is now, have some dinner and go out for a little walkabout of our own where we find the bug crew on duty.  I sure like them a lot better than the Hillsborough County mosquito sprayers who were out at 8:40 last night to give us a proper send off requiring us to shut off the AC and David to put on a mask until the spray settled, about half an hour later.

 

 

There is a nice trail out to the Crooked River from the park. 

The boardwalk goes out to a small covered gazebo at the end.  There wasn’t much of a sunset but it’s great to be able to walk out to the water from the campsite. 

 

 

We’ll be off tomorrow heading for South Carolina.

That should put us well away from Isaac and whatever he has in store for Florida.  It’s been good to get on the road again and see that all of Winnona’s systems are GO!  Although, my fingers are shocked to be typing something other than Quail Run in the header to a blog.