Fun with Friends

Tom and I had a great time visiting with friends from our old neighborhood.  Thanks Tom and Jeannie.  Just like old times watching them with a  home improvement project, installing a hardwood floor at their son's house.

Our time in Atlanta has come to an end and we will be heading North from here to South Carolina and then onto my personal favorite North Carolina.  Going to see some friends there as well.  Can't wait to go to the Vanderbilt Mansion and show Tom Ashville.



Tom got some great photos this trip of Towhee birds either mating or fighting, we're not sure.  If it was mating they have a bit of a wild side.  These are some of the great photos he was able to capture.

"Bring it"

"Oh yeah, here I come !!!"

"Where did he go???"

Ahhhh  soooo!!!

"*&%^%#*&(*&!!!!"

I bow to you O master !!!!

It's March and hot.  Why?  Isn't it still winter.  Well winter somewhere but not here.  If the weather stays like this we'll be hitting the triple digits sooner rather than later.  

Off to get ready to travel tomorrow.  

Stone Mountain

This is Stone Mountain in Georgia, the view across the lake from our camp.  A rainstorm is blowing through right now and it pushed us inside.  We were doing some fix it projects today.  All in all having a great day.   

Hiking, Campfires and Wine !!!

The RV set up in the park.

Sam playing in the woods.

We stayed at the park 3 days.  Nice long walks and went on a hike in the woods.  We had a great campfire after gathering wood near our site.  Enjoyed a great bottle of wine.  All in all a great stay until we got up the next morning and I found a tick on me !!! YUK... Going to have it tested because some friends of ours have been struggling with Lyme disease for a couple of years now.  

We left there on Sunday and headed to Atlanta to stay at Stone Mountain again.  

Under the Trees

Near our campsite we have this stream running through the refuge.

This is the big pond or little lake behind our RV.

No one around us.  Hopefully we'll get to enjoy a camp fire tonight.

Walking trail we found yesterday.  

Not as much wild life as we hoped for.  A few birds, some turtles and some bugs.  But very peaceful.  Looking forward to the full moon this evening.  

On to another place in the Sun

We have left Florida behind after being here for a little over 2 months.  It's been an incredibly wonderful experience.  From seeing Disney World, watching rockets fly from Kennedy Space Center, meeting new friends, being eaten by mosquitoes to watching the beautiful birds, seeing Nascar Practice sessions and eating wonderful seafood.  We have enjoyed our time here.

We take our home north into Alabama with stops along the way before we head back to Atlanta, Georgia to meet up with our good friends from California for a few days.

Here are some pictures we took the last couple of days we spent in Florida.

We saw this big guy while walking on the beach.  He was perched by a couple of people just sitting there talking.  Truly a beautiful bird. 

This one wanted us to feed him fish.  We saw him hanging around fisherman.  

A little guy flying from his tree

This one was cleared for landing.

The seagul was chasing this bird because he had something in his mouth the seagul wanted.  Took several pictures to get this !!

Osprey with his half of a fish.  He was eating it on the go.  Must be late for a meeting.

Pelican skimming the water.  He was tagged by some organization.  Maybe he was injured once.  Glad to see he is doing well.

Hermit crab hijacking the Conch shell.

Heron cleared for take off.

We'll be in Alabama a few days.  The weather is great.   We're staying on an Indian Reservation.
http://www.creekindianenterprises.org/westminster/magnolia_branch_wildlife_reserve.html

It's a beautiful place, we are all but alone.  There are only 3 or 4 other campers here.

Pictures will come in the next few days.

The Crazy weather of winter 2012

We are in the southern part of the storms in the East and South.  Currently no tornado watch anymore but we are under flood watch.  It's raining very hard with loud booms of thunder and some lightening sprinkled in.  Coffee, the dog, is scared so she huddled next to Tom.   Hope those devastated by these storms heal quickly.

I think it's a stay in day for us.

Our temporary digs.

Here is our RV park from the Causeway. We are located on the far left, back row, second from the end. The Gulf of Mexico is in the distance. Tom calls the condos near us Crayon Villiage. Lots of snow birds here for sure. The dogs and I found a trail to the beach in the distance. That is our walk for now.

We found a great restaurant with happy hour.  Wintzell's Oyster Bar, great food and fun.