St Simons Island, GA

Today was our first day to spend with Gram on St Simons Island off the coast of Georgia (the island next to Jeckyl Island).  

We started our day with trying to find a car wash, because our shiny black car was literally gray with all the dirt, sand and salt it was pulled through from CT.  Well, our misadventures started right there because when we found one, I talked Steve into the deluxe car wash for $10 because it was sooooooo dirty, we fed the money into the machine and...nothing!  Steve went to try to find someone and the entire little plaza was deserted!  None of the businesses were still IN business!  Now mind you, our campground office sent us there!

We had to swallow that ten bucks!  We proceeded over this very big bridge over to St Simons and found Gram's condo.  It's really cute, the only thing wrong with it is there is a 15-30 minute drive to get to any beach depending on traffic.  This was going to be our nicest day for the beach, so that's where we headed.  

It was cloudy at first but then they parted to a nice sunny day. (I even have a pink nose and cheeks!). Steve took some photos of the beach and of a giant container ship that looks deceivingly close to the shore. Then lunch at a place right off the beach, and  shopping in some of the little shops right there adjacent to the restaurant!  A fun day!

On the way back to our campground, we found another car wash and finally got the deed done!

Golden Isles RV Park, Brunswick, GA

Day 4...on the road earlier...driving into the same very heavy slow traffic as last night...no idea what's causing this but onward ho!

38 degrees this morning in NC but it's a different 38 than in January in Ct...the sun is shining and you can just tell it's really going to warm up!

Note to self:  For hotel nights, set alarm for 7am, don't turn on the television, and try to condense jobs so we can depart ASAP!  It worked today!

Fast lunch break on Rt. 26, approaching I 95 in SC and now we remember why we do this grueling drive south!  It is be-u-ti-ful!

Arrived in Brunswick, GA at 4:30 this afternoon!  Wahoo!  Immediately got to work draining all the pink antifreeze from our lines with no incident.  The microwave is working fine plugged into electric, so it's something to do with the connection between the generator and the electrical workings in the rig...another thing to add to our list for Lazy Days!

Found that our dinette table is pulling away from the wall of the rig, so can't use it for now nor put anything on it.  A project for Steve to sink his teeth into as soon as he has time.

Tomorrow we are beaching it with my mom because after that it's going to be rainy here for a few days...drats!  We are leaving for Tampa on Monday, unless we call Lazy Days to push them off a bit, but I have no idea how tightly scheduled they are.

Been frantically trying to put things away and nest into our rig!  It's warm here and we're both sweating!  Quick dinner and then bed!

Oh yeah, we are at Golden Isles Campground in Brunswick, GA. It is a Passport America Campground so the rate is $16 per night.  The book says they have a three night minimum but we got that rate for all five nights, with full hookups!