On the road heading to Georgia

We were up and on the road at 8 AM  .. we stopped shortly at Pilot’s to fuel up .. Ouch with our 3 cents cash discount and our Pilots card diesel was $3.21 a gallon!  We may need a loan to get home at these prices.

 

the dogs all chilling out going down the road

   

lots of traffic on the North bound .. several RV’s on the road .. i think the snow birds are all moving North

     

We have arrived in Georgia!  This is the first time i have been in Georgia .. Yeppie i get to add another state to my list finally ..it’s been too long since I've been to a new state!!

 

very nice welcome center and the dogs were happy to get a potty break and stretch their legs .. so was i :))

     

Oh my the rolling hills .. am i in Arkansas?

beautiful area and we are making really good time .. don’t think we will be staying in a truck stop or at Wal-mart after all

getting closer were on I-185

   

We arrived at West Point, Ga around 4.30 PM and i called ahead to see if they had an opening in the park we have reservations at tomorrow and they did

we got checked in and got lucky our site is open so we won’t have to move tomorrow after all .. Yeppie .. we had to dump the tanks from our last stop (no sewer there) and we saw these turkeys one was a gobbler and he was strutting his stuff.

We got nestled in and did the basic setup for tonight and we were starving so i got dinner on the grill. 

grilled Pork Steaks and baked tators .. yummy .. we still had some day light left so we took a small walk after dinner

 

the dog woods are in bloom .. i just love em

 

We walked down to the lake .. we are not right on the lake but around the corner from it

 

the lake looks a bit on the dry side as the lakes were in Florida

   

We came home and called it a night .. were both exhausted from a long day of travel.  Were glad we bit the bullet and drove the extra to get here as we can now chill out and just relax for the next 6 days! 

Our Last Day at the Cowboy Church

Leesburg, FL

The outside of the Cook Shack

 

Here is the inside of the Cook Shack .. here is where lots of great meals are prepared

 

it’s very cute and has lots of seating

 

The sanctuary is inside of a barn but it’s beautiful

 

This place was standing room only on sunday .. what an awesome ministry they have going

 

I packed and did a few loads of laundry to have everything cleaned and done up before hitting the road tomorrow

 

lots of work has gone into this to make it unique and beautiful

The building with the 4 windows is a Cowboy and Cowgirls bathroom and behind it is a the washer and dryer

 

I spent lots of time sitting in the shade at this patio relaxing and reading

Here we are still nestled in

  

The pond

  

lots of fenced areas for the horses

this is going to be the new youth center when it’s finished

 

the play ground for the kids

Isn’t my front yard huge?  I love it!

these are cute trash cans .. they have them everywhere here

all around the property is either a swing or chairs to sit and relax

This is the barn the church is in

 

The White horse is Moon Dancer, the next one is Paco and i do not know the other horse but they are the greeters as you see them before entering the church.

  

front of the church inside the barn

  

the horses love me as i bring them carrots for a treat every morning and evening .. now when they see me they come running

 

Here is the entrance to the property

   

this poor horse has a eye missing but he is a lover .. His name is paco too and then below is honkey donkey .. he screams at me when i run out of carrots to feed him

  

Friends Pete and Linda .. they are dear friends of ours and we have so enjoyed this time with them .. Thanks Pete and Linda we love you

 

This kitty cat was doing some major sun bathing

 

new friends Chuck and Mindy

For dinner we went to Cracker Barrel with Pete and Linda .. every one had breakfast and the multi grain pancakes are awesome .. after dinner we returned and went to church services .. another awesome service and then came the dreaded event of saying good bye .. it’s the worst part of leaving.   We came home and finished up .. we are hooked up and just a few last minute things to do in the morning and we will be ready to hit the road.  Were going to be heading to Georgia tomorrow.  Look out Georgia that bad Pennie is coming your way.

spending the day with friends

It’s been 3 weeks ago today that we lost our beloved LuLu.  We are still missing her very much and life is just not the same without her here with us.  We have such a huge hole in heart that still hurts very much.

Got up and picked up a bit and around 10 AM friends Pete and Linda showed up.  Had a great day spending it with Linda.  Our time is coming to an end and it’s hard to believe our week is almost up.

We decided to have dinner at their favorite Chinese place and it was delicious and i pigged out big time .. oops there went my eating healthy.  Oh well it was worth it.   After dinner we said our good byes as we were all exhausted.  We came home and just relaxed.

Tomorrow will be spent packing up to head out on Thursday. 

Cleaning and Koda gets a bath

 

Leesburg, FL

Today was cleaning day.  Since we were invaded last night i wanted to do a good cleaning.  I also got a couple loads of laundry done.

After i finished with my work i went outside to see what was going on.  Koda was being worked

 

Poco was wanting some attention

Pastor Mark was sawing a board

 

A bit later i went to check on my laundry and poor Koda was chained up and on my way back through i saw this ..

 

After Koda gets a work out he then gets a bath

  

I’m not so sure he was enjoying it .. but he sure looked pretty afterwards.  He was so soft

 

Here is Honkey Donkey and Paco is his room mate.  They share the same stall and fenced area.  Honkey Donkey will let you know he is around.

  

Dinner tonight was taco salad and it was very yummy .. i know it’s not that healthy but every once in awhile you have to splurge and eat something good.  Actually hubby has been wanting this for some time. 

 

Later in the evening i went and feed the animals some carrots and they loved them.  The rest of the evening was spent relaxing and recouping from too much work today.

Relaxing Sunday

Leesburg, FL

We went to church this morning and enjoyed a nice Cowboy service.  After service they were having a fund raiser.  Smoked Chicken, macaroni salad, baked beans and a roll for $5.  We met Pete’s son and his family today.  We enjoyed our meal and visiting with friends.  Later on they all went home and we came inside to just rest. 

I spent the rest of the afternoon laying in bed watching the Hallmark channel.  I haven’t done that for some time.  It felt good to just relax.  Nothing really exciting going on today.  Well until after dark.  Hubby went to open the door to let the dogs out and a swarm of skeeters invaded our home.  I bet there were hundreds of them that got in before he could shut the door.  Luckily i had some flying insect spray and i quickly found it and we started spraying.  We had disabled skeeters everywhere.  We had to get the vacuum out and suck them up as they would gain their bearings and start flying again.  After we got the most of them cleaned off the counters, and off the floor we had to use the fly swatter to get the rest of them.  These pest were everywhere it was unreal.  In a matter of a few seconds our home was invaded by hundreds.  It took a couple of hours to get them all out.  We even had to strip our bed and shake our covers out as they were in them.  Needless to say we didn’t put the dogs outside to potty last night.  I put puppy pads down for them use. 

It wasn’t long after that we called it a night.  I think I'm ready leave Florida and i know hubby is.  He says he’s had enough of Florida. Hubby didn’t care for Florida the first year we visited and now losing his best friend in Florida he really has a bad taste for Florida.  We will be pulling out on Thursday and heading toward Georgia.