FMCA Rally in Perry, GA

It has been a great four days at the FMCA Rally in Perry. We were here two years ago and had a great time so we did not want to miss this one. We parked with a bunch of other Entegra Coach owners and met up with them each afternoon for a social gathering.

Me, Bonnie, and Alan

It was another terrific rally, meeting new friends and running into old ones. John and I were getting on a tram to ride to the other side of the fairgrounds and some one called out my name. I turned around and it was Louise! We met Louise and her husband Birdie on our first trip to Alaska two years ago. A great couple! We invited them to join us for a dinner party that RV One was hosting. 

The RV One Dinner Party was held at a unique venue, a huge rustic barn with elegant crystal chandeliers and strings of twinkling lights - absolutely beautiful! We all sat at a table

John, Louise, Birdie, and me

with our pals Bonnie and Alan. The food was delicious and the band played good music; good food, good music, good friends, it was a wonderful evening.

Tomorrow we head back to Cocoa Beach, Florida.

ECOA Rally in Stone Mountain, GA

We attended the ECOA Rally in Stone Mountain, GA. The weather was freezing, it was really too cold to enjoy all the park has to offer. On previous trips here John and I loved riding bikes on the hills.

It is always great seeing our good ol' Entegra friends and meeting new ones. While we were at the rally a group of us toured the National Indoor RV facility in Atlanta, a huge building and they are there and already to help you out with your RV storage and maintenance needs.

On another day Bonnie and Alan joined us on a trip to see The World of Cocoa-Cola in Atlanta. We always have a fun time with Bonnie and Alan and this was another wonderful day with them.

Me, Bonnie and Alan

Tomorrow we roll out to go to  the FMCA Rally in Perry, GA

Florida RV Supershow 2018

 

The Florida RV Supershow is a huge recreational vehicles exhibition. The show is held at the Florida Fair Grounds in Tampa. This year it started on January 17th and ended today on the 21st. 



This is our third year we attended this show, we had our RV camped at the Fair Grounds. We parked with a large group so we arrived a day earlier on the 16th.

Bruce, John, and Jerry

During the week of the show, Entegra hosted their annual owner's appreciation dinner on Wednesday evening at T'Pepin's Hospitality Centre. It was fun seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

St Augustine, FL

We spent the last four days in St Augustine, a beautiful old city.  We enjoyed shopping and grabbing a bite to eat in Old Town. We got together with my oldest son for two days, it was a wonderful time!

We stayed at the Compass RV Park on Highway 207.  This was our second trip to this park; a nice place, we had a pull through spot. We are here to see the city and family so we spend very little time in the RV park. Tomorrow we move the coach to Cocoa Beach, that is where we will stay for the winter.

Pointes West Army Resort in Appling, GA

I love it here! We've had beautiful weather and the scenery of the woods and the lake are amazing! Tonight is our 5th night here, we went for long bike rides every day and enjoyed relaxing campfires every evening. This is the only place I ever felt like I was 'camping' every day. Yesterday John surprised me with a picnic by the lake - it was wonderful.
Tomorrow we move on to St Augustine

Pointes West Army Resort at Appling, GA

We rolled out of Unicoi Springs RV Resort at about 11am.  The drive was mostly two lane roads through small towns with a couple of stretches of 4 lane highways. Pointes West Army Resort in Appling, GA is a wonderful, beautiful find. I love it here! This campground is sponsored by Ft Gordon (US Army) which is about 30 miles away (John was stationed at Ft Gordon as a training officer in 1966 after OCS and prior to attending Flight School).

We are in camp site #3, parking spot Q.  We face the lake and are surrounded by trees - it is absolutely gorgeous!  When we arrived there were a couple parked pretty close to us and another RV on the other side of us; we walked around and met them - everyone was friendly.  They all were here just for the weekend and left before night fall. So now we have this whole area to ourselves!  After we set up the RV we decided to go to the commissary at Ft Gordon to get food we can cook over an open fire. 

When we got back to the coach, John gathered firewood and I started a fire in the pit. We cooked hot dogs over the campfire and John toasted his first marshmallow. 

47th Annual Oktoberfest in Helen, GA

Today we went on a hike and then later joined many others in the town at the Festhalle for the 47th Annual Oktoberfest event. It is Helen's biggest celebration - beer, brats, a band playing good German music - this place has them all. We danced waltzes, polkas, and even a Congo line and the chicken dance.  The Festhalle is setup with rows of long tables, we quickly got to know the other people at our table - everyone was there for a good time. We partook in the friendly Gemütlichkeit atmosphere, ate, drank and danced - it was a wonderful way for us to spend our last Friday night in the area.

This year, Oktoberfest is on weekends only from Sept. 7 through Sept 21, 2017 and then reopens daily beginning Sept. 28 and continues through Oct. 29, 2017.