METTER AND CLAXTON , GEORGIA

THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE OVER TO METTER, GEORGIA, NOT FAR FROM THE PARK.
AND WERE PLEASED TO LEARN "EVERYTHING IS BETTER IN METTER".

WE FOUND A GROCERY STORE, A FARMER'S MARKET AND AN "OLD TIMEY" ACE HARDWARE STORE. ALSO,  WENT TO A GARAGE SALE AND BOUGHT A FEW ITEMS.

THEN WE DROVE OVER TO CLAXTON, GEORGIA..........THE FRUITCAKE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD!

AND OF COURSE BOUGHT FRUITCAKE!

IT WAS SO MUCH  FRESHER THAN WHAT WE GET AT CHRISTMAS.

I STOPPED AT THE RV RESORT OFFICE TO SEE IF I HAD ANY MORE PACKAGES BEFORE GOING HOME AND NOTICED THEY HAD A SIGN UP YOU COULD ORDER HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS TO BE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. I ORDERED SOME FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING........

THEY WERE DELICIOUS!! I LOVE THIS PLACE! I WAS WALKING IN THE MORNINGS  AND SAW THESE PLANTS GROWING IN THIS FIELD ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RV PARK.

I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO ASK SOME LOCALS WHAT IT IS.......TOBACCO!!!

WE HAD PLANNED ON FLOATING ON THIS LAKE WITH INNERTUBES, BUT THE DAY WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, IT RAINED!!

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WE FOUND AN RV PARK IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THAT HAD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WHERE WE COULD RIDE  FOR 75 CENTS EACH AND THEN TAKE A FREE TROLLY TO ALL THE HISTORICAL SITES.  EVEN THOUGH THE REVIEWS WEREN'T THAT GREAT, WE BOOKED IT ANYWAY.

NOT SAVANNAH!!!

I WAS EXCITED TO BE GOING TO GEORGIA!  I HAVE  NEVER BEEN IN  GEORGIA!!  WE HAD RESERVATIONS AT BEAVER RUN RV PARK.......JUST MINUTES FROM HISTORIC SAVANNAH. IT SOUNDED LIKE SUCH A UNIQUE  PLACE THIS WASN'T A PASSPORT AMERICA PARK, IT IS A  FAMILY OWNED PARK  AND ALL THE REVIEWS WERE EXCELLENT. WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS HOME BAKED  COOKIES WHEN YOU ARRIVE!!  I  FOUND OUT I COULD HAVE MAIL SENT THERE, SO I ORDERED A FEW THINGS BEFORE LEAVING JACKSONVILLE.  SAVANNAH WASN'T FAR .

WE STOPPED AT THE VISITOR CENTER AND I PICKED UP SOME BROCHURES.

WOW! GEORGIA IS PRETTY COUNTRY!

WHEN WE LEFT JACKSONVILLE, I  PUT THE ADDRESS OF THE RV PARK  IN MRS. GARMIN. WE CAME TO THE EXIT FOR SAVANNAH......AND MRS. GARMIN SAID TO KEEP GOING.

WE DROVE AND DROVE.......UNTIL FINALLY CAME TO THE RV PARK.

ONE OF MY PACKAGES HAD ALREADY ARRIVED. WE ASKED THE DISTANCE TO SAVANNAH.....WE WERE MINUTES.....45 MINUTES!! WE LOVE THE RV PARK....LOOKS LIKE CAMPING AT DEERFIELD LAKE IN SOUTH DAKOTA....EXCEPT WE HAVE FULL HOOKUPS. I WAS DISAPPOINTED WE WERE SO FAR FROM SAVANNAH, BUT WE LOVE OUR SITE AND IT IS SOOOOOO QUIET HERE!!

IT WASN'T LONG AND THEY BROUGHT  THE HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!  YUM!!!WARM FROM THE OVEN!!

I HAD ALREADY EATEN MINE, THIS ONE IS DARRELL'S .....THEY WERE DELICIOUS.
MAGGIE AND MARLEE LOVE IT HERE,  LOTS OF ELBOW ROOM.

MORE OF JACKSONVILLE

BEFORE GETTING MY HAIR DONE I WENT FOR MY THREE MILE WALK. THIS LAKE IS RIGHT IN THE RV PARK.

I WALKED NEXT DOOR TO THE FLEA MARKET.....THEY HAVE AN OUTDOOR BAR THERE, COMPLETE WITH AN ALLIGATOR. I GUESS FEEDING THE ALLIGATOR IS THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. HE'S A BIG ONE!! I WAS GLAD THERE WERE TWO FENCES BETWEEN US!

WHILE I WAS GETTING MY HAIR DONE, DARRELL FOUND A LAUNDROMAT AND WASHED CLOTHES.  I WAS AT THE BEAUTY SHOP FROM 11:00 TO 4:00. I HAD MY HAIR CUT, FOILED, AND EYEBROWS THREADED. IT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT I LOVE MY HAIR! THIS IS A "BEFORE" PICTURE.

AND AFTER!

IT IS NOW A MORE MANAGEABLE LENGTH.

AND THE FOILING AND COLOR EVENED OUT THE GRAY.

I WAS STARVED BY THE TIME I WAS DONE, DARRELL TOOK ME TO OLIVE GARDEN.

THE NEXT MORNING  WE TOOK MAGGIE AND MARLEE TO PET SMART TO HAVE THEIR NAILS TRIMMED. IN THE AFTERNOON WE FOUND THE BIGGEST FARMER'S MARKET WE HAVE EVER BEEN TO.

HUGE VARIETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

BEFORE LEAVING FLORIDA I WANTED A "FLORIDA" SOUVENIR. I FOUND ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR THE GIRLS.

WE LEFT THE NEXT MORNING FOR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

JACKSONVILLE

THIS WOULD BE THE LAST LEG OF INTERSTATE 10, WE HAD BEEN ON IT SINCE  LEAVING ARIZONA.

WE DIDN'T HAVE FAR TO DRIVE....JACKSONVILLE WAS  CLOSE.

 WE WERE GLAD TO GET OFF THE ROAD...LOTS OF TRAFFIC .....THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

 WE ARRIVED AT PECAN PARK  BY NOON AND GOT ALL SET UP. IT IS A PASSPORT AMERICA PARK.

ANOTHER NICE LARGE, PULL THRU SITE.

WE WERE GLAD TO FIND A SHOPPING CENTER THAT WAS  CLOSE TO THE PARK. WALMART HAD FLORIDA ORANGES, THE FIRST ONES  WE'VE  FOUND IN FLORIDA.

THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT TO THE PECAN PARK  FLEA MARKET THAT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE RV PARK.

WE ONLY BOUGHT BOILED PEANUTS.....IT WAS ALL PRETTY MUCH  JUNK.
THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE OVER  TO JACKSONVILLE LANDING. JACKSONVILLE IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

JACKSONVILLE IS ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

JACKSONVILLE LANDING IS ON THE RIVERWALK WITH LOTS OF LITTLE SHOPS AND MUSIC TODAY.

WE WALKED ON THE RIVERWALK A WHILE AND WERE LOOKING INTO THE WATER WHEN DARRELL NOTICED SOMETHING IN THE WATER....... 

IT WAS A DOLPHIN!

 I WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHY A DOLPHIN WOULD BE IN A RIVER.....I ASKED SOME NICE FOLKS AND THEY SAID THEY WILL COME UP RIVER A WAYS LOOKING FOR FOOD. THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAVE BEEN COMING TO JACKSONVILLE LANDING RIVERWALK FOR 40 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A DOLPHIN HERE.  WOW!!

 WE FELT FORTUNATE!! 

 WE DECIDED TO GO CHECK OUT THE SHOPS AND MUSIC.

WE BOUGHT AN ICE CREAM CONE AND LISTENED TO THE MUSIC FOR A WHILE.

IT WAS FUN JUST SITTING OUTSIDE " PEOPLE WATCHING!"  HAD TO GET HOME....BIG DAY TOMORROW....I  FOUND A BEAUTY SCHOOL ONLINE AND WAS GETTING MY HAIR DONE.....FINALLY!!!