I'll never remember all their names. Each and every one of them have warm greetings, the gals with a hug and the guys with a smile and handshake. I'm not the youngest and sure not the oldest. There are several RV'ers in their mid to late 80's and one who will shortly celebrate 91!! One full timer in a small class "A" is in a wheelchair and a few others need walking assistance. Yet they drive their rigs all over the country and participate in as many of the camp site activities as they're able. Spaghetti dinner with a homemade sauce was provided by the co-hosts. I helped the guy at a nearby site back his 37' 5th wheel in. Lots of activities planned by these campers. We did the usual hike, had a private lecture at the nature cabin, toured the historic town of St. Marys, GA, took a 30 minute ferry ride to the largest GA barrier island and hiked around, we had a mini golf tournament, went out to dinner one night, I played golf with a few campers. Every morning there was community coffee and breakfast at the co-hosts rig. They had a few delicious dinners plus the usual pot luck. After dinner we usually sat around a campfire with one of the co-hosts playing country western songs on his guitar. It took me back to summer camp as a kid. It was great.
Most of the group headed out as a caravan to the next camp out in Bushnell, FL. I stayed over looking forward to dinner with my cousin (hi Bobbie). Bobbie gave me a tour of Fernandina Beach, FL, a really lovely area. We had a very great dinner, a stroll, and even some ice cream. A thoroughly enjoyable evening.
The next morning I loaded out and joined a LoW rally. A few chapters had a joint gtg in Bushnell, FL. Lo and behold the same 5'er I helped park was again parked at the adjacent site. This was my first private RV resort, all the prior ones being state or municipal parks. As a private cg, this was also my first full hook up site, water, electric, and sewer. It was also the first site not completely in the trees. After six weeks on the road I was finally able to get Direct TV from the roof satellite and able to experiment with my solar system. My experiment was actually by accident. Another camper was helping me set up quickly so we could go play golf. Between us we forgot to hook up the electric. A few days later, after several loads of wash, setting up both TV's, using the a/c lots, and all the usual electric usage I finally drained the batteries. With careful electric usage I'm pretty sure I could go for a week or more.
The almost 91 year old is also at this rally. He actually teaches line dancing and is a bundle of energy. In addition to the usual activities the rally had catered meals and a DJ. I danced more these few days than for the several years prior. A very interesting hike was of the Seminole Battlefield. Those interested should look it up. More history never taught in school. I've fallen in love with these beautiful trees called "live oaks". The Spanish Moss likes to float into the branches and the branches themselves can sometimes re enter the ground and grow back out a second time. They are magnificent!
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