March 21, 2014---FMCA Convention to Walmart in Perry, Georgia

We left the Fairgrounds at 10:00, drove to the Walmart parking lot, found a level place for the Country Coach, parked, and detached the CRV.

Geocaching was our objective for this morning.  Most of the caches were in the old downtown part of Perry.  It is a pretty area and we enjoyed spending some of our day there.

Several of the caches involved some walking and I’m glad to say I did quite well again today.  We had a few DNFs, but were able to find eight of the hidden containers before we decided it was time for lunch.

After getting happy tummies at Captain D’s, we went back home to rest and relax for a couple of hours.  It was a warm day and we opened some of the windows of the MH and enjoyed the spring breeze.

Toward evening we went back out to pursue some more caches.  We were able to find five more before darkness forced us to stop.

I spend the rest of the evening working on the jewelry projects for the shops in Brandon.  It is different from my other beading activities and I am enjoying the challenge.

We watched NASCAR qualifying from Fontana, California.  The race will be run on Sunday.

March 20, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

Spring came in bright, but cool in Georgia. 

Early this morning, Bill took part of our DISH system to the satellite vendor for an upgrade.  Donuts were served at 7:00 so after he ate his fill, he not only brought donuts to me, but he took donuts to the Security Guards at the two gates we have been using this week.  He was very popular with a bunch of us.

I stayed home happily eating my breakfast while Bill went back to spend some more time looking at the motorhomes.    When he got back to the MH, he was very tired.  I woke him up from his nap in time to get to his last seminar, but he was just too tired.  He went back to sleep.

It was lunchtime when he opened his eyes and kept them open.  We went to KFC’s buffet to eat.  On our way home, we stopped for a cache.  It involved lots of walking to get on the correct side of the river.  

After finding the cache and signing the log, we returned to the Fairgrounds.  We did twice as much walking as the days before, so a time for rest was in order when we got home.

I loaded a number of caches into our GPSs and we took off to find some of them.  We found a total of seven with only three DNFs.  Not too bad!

I have felt better today than I have for a long time.  That’s encouraging!

March 19, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

It was cold and overcast this morning  Sounds like a broken record, doesn’t it?  Feels like it to me.

Bill was looking at the motorhome displays today.  At 9:00, I woke up, felt cold and crumby, took a Tylenol, turned on the electric blanket, crawled back in bed, and just rested until 10:30.  By the time Bill got back I was dressed and ready to go.

We ate lunch before going to the Ice Cream Social.  Afterwards, we went to some of the vendor displays.  It involved lots of walking, but I managed to stay upright.  That’s an improvement!

The sun came out this afternoon and things got a little warmer.  I’m ready for Spring!!!!

March 18, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

The rain had stopped by morning, but the sky was still dark.  

While Bill went to a couple of workshops, I got a package ready to mail to Lori and one to Matthew, also.  When he got back home, we looked on the NUVI for the closest Post Office.  Elko, a tiny town south of here, was listed as about six miles away.

It was an interesting drive through the countryside.  After taking care of business at the PO, I ask the postal person if there was a place to eat in Elko.  According to her, Perry was our closest hope of finding food.  Elko gave new meaning to “the boonies.”

We took I-75 back to Cracker Barrel, not far from the fairgrounds.  In spite of the fact that they were very busy, we were able to get seated immediately.    While we waited for our food, Bill propped his head up with his hands and took a nap.  It doesn’t take long for him to benefit from “20 winks,” so he was ready to eat when our meals arrived. He had meatloaf and I had country fried steak...no surprises there.  As usual, the food was good.  We brought home enough for another meal for each of us.

The vendor displays opened today.  They were in two different buildings.  I didn’t do a “booth count,” but there were a lot.  It involved quite a bit of walking, including the trek back to the car.  It was the most I had walked in a long while.  

Bill went to another seminar and I went back to the motorhome for a nap.  When I woke up, he had returned home and was asleep.  I worked on my attempt at organizing my supply of jewelry findings until it was time to rouse My Napper Guy.  We had a 5:30 invitation.

We went to a small gathering of several couples parked very close to where we are parked.  Our hosts were our new friends from Rhode Island.  Others there were from Cape Cod, New Hampshire, and Michigan.  They wanted to hear about fulltiming.  It is a lifestyle a lot of couples would like to live, but for various reasons don’t attempt it.  We had a good time, as usual.

March 17, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all you Irish people out there.  Did you remember to wear something green?

Bill went to seminars today while I drove north on I-75 to Warner Robins.  I went to Office Depot for some document boxes.  Sometime in the next week or two, I want to do some organizing in the hall closet and I wanted uniform size boxes for some of the things.

I also went to Hobby Lobby, one of my favorite stores.  I spent a lot of my time in the bead section...also my favorite aisles in one of my favorite store.

After I got back to Perry, driving in rain most of the time, and after Bill took a nap, we went to Dollar Tree and Walmart for a few items.  On our way back home, we stopped to Taco Bell for burritos.

Dancing With The Stars premiered tonight.  That was our evening’s entertainment.  That, and listening to the rain on the roof.

March 16, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

At mid morning, it started raining.  It continued into the afternoon.  At one point, the rain was heavy and the thunder was loud.

Bill braved the weather several times during the day and went exploring.  Some of Todd and Bonnie’s friends are here and he located them.  He must of had a good visit because he was gone for quite awhile.

I didn’t leave the house at all.  In fact, I was in my pajamas all day.  But that doesn’t mean I was lazy.  I took care of a task or two...cleaning out the refrigerator and caught up on some computer work...both of which I had been neglecting.

I also spent several hours working on jewelry for Polly’s Mississippi shops.  Actually, the shops belong to her sister.  Before leaving Brent’s I had sorted the supplies she had given me.  Today I finished two necklaces and started another.  They are rather simple, using medals and crosses she brought back from Paris.  Most of the things are very old.  I think I will probably end up doing them assembly line style.  I will get as many made as I can before we go back to Brent’s in mid April.

We watched the NASCAR race from Bristol.  There were two rain delays, so we watched other things in between.

We had more rain tonight!

March 15, 2014---FMCA Convention, Perry, Georgia

It was not as cold as it was yesterday.  57° and overcast.  Not really warm, but no frost on the Honda.

We ventured out on the yard sale trail again this morning.  I think there were more shoppers out today than yesterday.  We spent two hours out tramping around, much to Bill’s chagrin.  Yes, Sara, he sometimes used his grumpy Pa voice.

The information tent was in the downtown area where tents were set up all around the courthouse.  We learned that this was the 10th Peaches to the Beaches Annual Yard Sale.  The route starts in Barnesville and ends 220 miles in the area of Brunswick.  Needless to say, we didn’t go that far.  Maybe some year I will be able to talk my faorite Old Grouch into starting at the beach end of the sale.

After eating lunch at Burger King, we returned to the fairgrounds.  We met some people from Rhode Island, and visited for over an hour.  JP probably doesn’t remember, but the first time he was in Rhode Island, he slept across the entire state.  Keep in mind that it’s a really small state, and the little fellow was plumb tuckered!

I rested while Bill roamed around talking to other RVers.  And he makes rude comments about my talking.  When he got back home, he was dog tired from wagging his tongue.

The weather station’s “best guess” was for rain tomorrow, maybe as much as an inch.  I hope they missed this forecast by a whole bunch.