Hello from The Rally in Perry, GA. The Rally is one of the largest (if not the largest) RV rallies in the country. Today was the first day of the event. I began by getting a “tour” of the Georgia National Fairgrounds thanks to some of the volunteers not understanding the registration process. I followed the directions in my packet and went to the parking area for folks like me who aren’t camping in one of the lots surrounding the fairgrounds. When I asked where registration was, I was told to get back in my Jeep and drive to the other [View Full Entry]

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It’s been another fun day in Georgia. I obviously don’t comprehend what I’m in for at the Rally the next couple of days. This morning there was a mass exodus from my campground with folks leaving to camp on the Georgia National Fairgrounds 14 miles north of here. There were some sights with electricity, but I think most will be dry camping. Of course dry camping in a modern RV is very little different than staying in a campground. You may need to run your generator some and watch to not fill your gray and black tanks, but they are large [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to day two of my journey down memory lane. Today was forecast to be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers so I opted to change around my outings around. Even though an overcast sky provides a great “softbox” for macro work, I decided I wanted to visit the gardens when it was sunny. So today I visited the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, GA. Any of you who enjoy military history and aviation should definitely put Warner Robins (approximately 100 miles south of Atlanta) on your to visit list. http://www.museumofaviation.org/home.htm The two military training [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Georgia. I finally made it out of service and out of Florida. I spent lot of time in Florida since the first of the year, but didn’t get to do any real sightseeing. Except for the bird photography workshop in the Titusville area I didn’t capture many images. Well today I finally got into the sightseeing and photography mode. I made a visit to Plains, GA and visited the Jimmy Carter National Historic Area. Not only did I get to explore “downtown” Plains, the train depot that was his campaign headquarters, the old Plains High School (which former President [View Full Entry]

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Things I can learn from my dog. That’s the theme of my entry tonight. It’s Friday evening and a squall line of severe thunderstorms is approaching the Tampa area. Fortunately I am somewhat sheltered in my RV in the service bay. So DB is covered with only the very front getting a little wet from some blowing rain. Ike is parked in front. I’m hoping and praying we won’t have any damaging winds, hail, or tornadoes. But I feel like I’m a little better protected than if I was set up in a campground. Let me back up and see if [View Full Entry]

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For the first time in a year and a half of RVing, over 20,000 miles traveled, and nearly 6 months total on the road, I’m finally experiencing the “downside” of RVing - waiting for warranty work. I am in Tampa, Florida at the dealership where I purchased my new RV last month. Unfortunately there were two somewhat time consuming warranty issues (paint touch up and gouged linoleum floor tiles) that were not resolved before I picked up the unit. So I set up an appointment for this week knowing I would be in Destin, Florida (still over 400 miles away from [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Destin, Florida. After a week on the road I’m finally sitting down to update the blog. Lots of news since the last entry. Hopefully I can recap concisely for you. In late January, after several months of research, I made a deal on another RV. On Monday, February 11th, I left Chessy in the mountains with Jeff and Toni, and headed to Tampa, FL with Trina - minus Ike. I picked up my new rig on Wednesday, February 13th. As you will see from the photos, I upgraded from a Class C gas RV to a 35 foot, Class [View Full Entry]

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Well another RV journey is winding down. I’m in a KOA campground off I-95 in South Carolina tonight and should make it home by late afternoon tomorrow. I started this trip departing a day early to avoid snow and now I’m rushing home to beat more snow that’s forecast for the mountains beginning after midnight Wednesday evening!!! I guess I was close in my prediction. I told family and friends last month to expect a “big snow” during the first two weeks of January while I was in Florida. They got a little bit on the 2nd, but looks like we [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Titusville, FL. Where has the month of January gone? My goodness what a whirlwind trip this has been. I’ve packed a lot into the first days of 2008. The campground here is great. It is County run, has lots of shade, and if the shuttle was going to launch while I was here, I would have a great view of it (of course I’d need that 500 mm lens that I don’t have to get anything remotely close up). The photo workshop was good, in spite of less than spectacular weather. When I joined up with them Saturday afternoon, [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Lakeland, FL. For all of you following along with Chessy and me, you’ve obviously figured out I haven’t made many entries on this journey. It’s been a fun time packed to the gill every day. Unfortunately thus far I haven’t had/made much time for taking photographs. The photography convention was good and I attended some very motivational seminars. Before the convention I wound up spending most of my time exploring the hundreds of RVs at the dealership where I was camping. It was quite an experience and I learned a ton of new information. I’m hopeful I can upgrade [View Full Entry]

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