Putting Distance Between Us and Isaac

Saturday August 25, 2012
Jolly Acres RV Park,  St. George, South Carolina

 

 

Remember my giant “worm” from Thursday??

Well it was really a caterpillar of course and thanks to Paula, who has a very interesting blog called Our Year Outdoors about visiting all of Florida’s State Parks,  I now know it is going to grow up to be an Imperial Moth.  The caterpillar is 3-4” and the moth 4-6”.  BIG!

Thanks so much Paula.  It was good to hear from you and know someone out there can help me in my natural history attempts.   Thanks again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has the RNC Come to Quail Run?

 

About a week before we left Quail Run I was walking at dusk and noticed that an RV had pulled into a prominent corner site in the “new” section. I guess they are waiting for the convention to start before moving to a prominent location in downtown Tampa. They say you can step right in and register to vote but I never saw anyone in the bus and the toad was gone nearly every day.  I wonder if you have to be a Republican to register or will they register anyone?  In subsequent days, it didn’t seem they were doing any business at Quail Run.  Sorry the reds aren’t quite as BRIGHT RED as they were during the day time.  The dusk light takes away from the effect.

 

I notice too that they want to do some adopting.   The bus is from Alabama which is not a state they want to adopt.  But Florida is and so is my home state of Virginia.  

How does one go about adopting a state??

 

 

 

 

 

 

While heading north both today and yesterday , we see some very interesting things headed south.

On Friday, heading out of Tampa on I-75,  we see more charter buses going south than I’ve seen anywhere in a long time.  Multiple groups of 3 or 4.  They look like they are caravanning.   

They must be groups headed for the sure to be rain soaked convention. Good luck guys.

Does it seem a bit risky to you to plan a big convention for Tampa during August given that it’s hurricane season?

 

Then today we pull out of Walkabout and re-enter I-95.  We see upwards of 70 utility trucks flying down south both in Georgia and in South Carolina. They just keep coming and coming.  That’s a LOT of utility trucks. 

Maybe they are going to make sure the RNC has power no matter what.

There are actually convoys of them. One group is 14 trucks in a row. They are hard to get pictures of since we are going North at about 55 mph and they are going south at 65 or 75 depending on the speed limit. It actually becomes a game to see if I can snap them. But with our speed difference nearly all of them come out blurred.  Some camera person I.  HA!  We get some good laughs out of these pictures hope you do too.  Amazing the things that amuse me on the road.  I finally get one decent one.

 

 

 

I just love traveling with my house.

 

As you know, I don’t much like to ride or drive but traveling in a motor home is, in my opinion, the top of the line way to travel. One great thing is that we never have to find a restaurant for lunch and go in and wait and decide  what we want to eat from the usually fried and over cooked foods. We don’t even have to tip the waitress or spend $20 for lunch.

We cross into South Carolina and stop at the Welcome Station.  I need a new map.  The one I have is from 2009.  While we’re here, we decide to have lunch so we turn on the generator to use the AC and fix whatever we want which we can eat at our own little table and take our sweet time because no one is in line behind us.  The things I love about RVing…….

 

We cover 189 miles today between Woodbine Georgia and St. George South Carolina.

I don’t think I’m in any danger of catching ‘Paul Dahl Disorder’ since that’s about half the miles he drives on an light day. But it is just about right for me especially with the pretty terrible pavement of I-95 in South Carolina.  The interstate was very nice in both Florida and Georgia but here what a mess.  

Although I’d really like to enjoy the coast around Savannah at Skidaway Island or Charleston at Edisto, with the storm uncertainty, the heat and Labor Day week-end coming up, we decide to go on toward the foot hills. 

 

By 4:00 we are all set up in a nice site at Jolly Acres RV Campground. 

It’s another Passport America member.  Water and Electric for $17.12 with tax.  Another stop over I can recommend.  Unlike Walkabout it’s not within earshot of I-95 although it’s only an easy 5 miles away.  But that makes it quiet. It’s nicely wooded with a little fishing lake which for some reason has a fountain. 

 

Just the ticket for an overnight.