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Milledgeville, GA

We left Maggie Valley, this morning, headed for Old Town, FL where we will be spending the winter. At present, we are in a park in Milledgeville, GA , about halfway to our destination. The weather is partly cloudy and 76 degrees - Woo-hoo! We left a cold, drizzling...

Leaving for Florida Thursday December 8

If everything goes as planned, we will be leaving for Florida Thursday morning December 8. We are scheduled to spend the night in Milledgeville, GA and arrive at the Florida park by mid-afternoon on Friday. This year, Mary Alice will be pulling the boat while I pull...

Florida Trip About 2 Weeks Away

Time is getting short. We will be leaving for Florida in 2 weeks + 2 days. I completed all the repairs needed on the travel trailer but I have been unable to test those requiring AC power. There is no AC power available where the trailer is stored. The new trailer...

Travel Trailer Repairs

Repairs to our travel trailer's air conditioner, refrigerator, and electrical management system are coming along. I previously reported the air conditioner was running, again, after a bit of troubleshooting and maintenance. Parts have been installed to make the AC...

Headed to Florida for the Winter December 8

We've been home less than a week but we are already starting to plan for our next RV trip. On or about December 8, we'll be moving the travel trailer to a campsite near Old Town, FL for the winter. We'll stop for a night in Milledgeville, GA, which is about halfway,...

Travel Trailer Update

We've been home a few days, now. In my last post, I described problems that had ocurred with the travel trailer's refrigerator, air conditioner, and Electrical Management System (Power Monitor). I have some good news to report on the air conditioner. The shaft in the...

New River Gorge National Park & Preserve – WV

Today, Mary Alice and I visited the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, in West Virginia. It is the newest National Park - added in 2020. The park is long and narrow as it generally follows the banks of the New River. The name "New River" is a misnomer as...

Beaver, WV

We made it to Beaver, WV ok - an uneventful pull of about 200 miles. We had a headwind of 10 - 12 MPH for about 30% of the trip and a stiff wind swirling through mountain passes for the rest of the trip. Fuel mileage was pretty dismal as a result - about 7.5 MPG. Wind...

Tomorrow is Move Day

Tomorrow, we are leaving New Market, Virgina headed for Beaver, West Virginia. It's a distance of about 200 miles, almost all of it on Interstate highways. We are going there to visit the New River Gorge National Park and will only be in the area 1 day. Our "New...

Monticello – Charlottesville, VA

Today, we drove about an hour south to Charlottesville to visit Monticello, the home and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence. We took a guided tour, beginning at 12:00 noon, then...