Bailey

Have to share our exciting day!

Bailey’s new wipers arrived yesterday, thank you Wipers123, making today,  Installation Day!

The tools!                                                   The man!

Here we go

Allan comes in, seemingly only a few minutes after I took the last photo.  “What do you need” I ask.  “All done” is the reply.

Well that was 

Just hope the next rain we’ll be able to see out the windshield.

 

This is by far, our least favourite KOA, but we’ll get used to it.  The good thing is there is, within a 2 minute walk, Gold Hill Discount Spirits and Publix  Neither one of us has been in a grocery or “spirit” store for about 5 weeks, we now have the need.

We decide to divide and conquer; Allan will do the spirit store.  He doesn’t want to wear a bandanna but as it’s good enough for Matthew McConaughey it’s a must for Allan.  Good thing we have coffee filters. He’s so cute!

             Mission Accomplished! 

Tomorrow I get to go to Publix; we’ll be out of eggs again.  I say out loud if I sniffle tomorrow it’s likely because I have a slight sniffle today.  It’s colder than we are accustomed to.

There are sites with fire rings, not ours.  We ask the dude if he could get us one.  No need, you just have a fire on the gravel.  We have some wood left over for when were stayed at the HitchinPost.  Let’s see how this goes.

Mr Squirrel stopped by!

04/15:  Eggs all gone.  My turn to suit up   

This is outside Publix; sign says seating area is closed.  They “close” it using string.                       

The shopping was a better experience than anticipated.  It wasn’t too peopley.  Most had masks, only one other had a fancy bandanna mask like mine!  People respected the social distancing.  Floors were marked where to stand and a plexi shield was at checkout.  I wondered what they looked like, now I know.

I got the eggs, some veggies, meat but NO masks, hand sanitizer, wipes.  Didn’t check the TP supply as we’re good for now.  I’ve checked Amazon several times for masks but none, before leaving for the store I looked again and they have 2 masks for 49.95.  Allan thinks I’m nuts but I want us to have masks especially for our drive home trip.

I had on jeans, turtleneck, jacket – walking back was pretty warm.  I put the stuff away, then we head out for a walk.  Allan wearing shorts.  I swapped out my turtleneck for a T-shirt.  Fortunately, it’s a small park because we were freezing           

We hightailed it back and had a snack

We are here until the 25th; we haven’t figured out our next destination yet, stay tuned.  I don’t think anything worthwhile chatting about will happen till.

We’ll  work, do the occasional trip to the food & spirit store, have multiple fires, play crib, check social media, our stocks (likely make more bad decisions, grrrr), check in with family/friends and EAT & DRINK.

Until then be safe, be positive and

 

 

 

 

Up early 530 perhaps in anticipation of today’s travel day to Charlotte, SC.  We want to get close enough to the border that we could cross in one day.  From Charlotte it would be an 11h drive.  Way longer than we’d like but doable.

We are missing Pinellas Park’s weather.  Richmond Hill, where we are, is a suburb of Savannah, it’s also of Toronto – not where we are.

Thunder and lightning storm going on, haven’t heard either in eons.

This is getting serious, not only pouring Rain so much we can’t hear the radio but our cells go off with the deafening Amber Alert.    This one is really a tornado warning.

The rain has subsided, we leave the park at 10a  km 64,158.  This is the road out

We cross into South Carolina.  A new state for us, Allan gets to update our US travel map.New signage every few miles     🙁This guy should have stayed home he rolled the car.

The tornado caused many downed trees.  Glad we didn’t come through any earlier.

Ours. or rather my, dreaded must stop for diesel fuel.  Seems truckers are immune, bless their hearts. I value each and everyone of them but I have yet to see one wearing a mask or gloves.  We are only down 1/4 tank but with these times better to fill.  Love, Love’s app – it allows Allan to select the location, the pump and activate it all from the comfort of his seat,

Out Allan goes humouring me by wearing his gloves and a bag over them

We called the KOA and asked if they have a no contact check in.  No, regular check in – are you f?<&#ing kidding me??    Guess they see the errors of their ways cause they call back and offer a no contact check in.  Call when we arrive and they will guide us to our site #72 Hello!! Are you there??     

We figured out they though we were “virus’ed” when we asked for a no contact check in.  This is where they put us and told us they were upgrading our site from a back in to a pull through. Looks nice until you see the other angleWorst site we got in all our travels so far!!

Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think???  Our last grocery order we asked for romaine lettuce, shopper communicated they were out should he sub iceberg.  Yes.  When it arrived it was cabbage not iceberg.  Tonight, we are out of all sub’ed lettuce.  He also sub’ed roma tomatoes for the vine ones I wanted. The cabbage salad tasted really good.

Anxiety, there is a grocery store a minutes walk away Publix Fort Mills, need groceries but can I do it???  I don’t want Allan to go, he can drive a sick me home – I can’t him.  Stay tuned 🙂

I should dress like this, no-one will come close, but still WISH we would have masks

Answer to riddle:  Corn on the cob, because you throw away the husk, cook and eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.

Today is explore day.  This is our view from our dining room.

There is a pond with swans.  They seem so regal, we come across this one on land                    This is their pond                      Turns out theirs and the alligators        Allan is happy about that, he really wants to see a gator!  With these numbers you’d think we would.

The park warns not to feed the swans, the park feeds them, or gators who must fend for themselves.  This fellow managed to for quite awhile.

I don’t know much about swans, OK perhaps all I know is they are white and fly. 

 

 

 

 

 

They must be friendly, here they come to see us.

Being ever cautious or you know, a chicken, I say let’s go.  Turns out they aren’t that friendly.

The poster posted by the pond,   

We find a trail, just get started when it begins to rain.  It’s crib time.

Bailey social distancing…

We’re playing crib, Allan is scanning the pond out the window.  “There’s a gater!!”  I see what Allan is referring to, it’s a rock – I say.  It’s gone!  I’m now a believer!!

The Savannah Easter Sunday cribbage champion!!  We each win one, 3rd game was a slaughter!! Guess who’s not smiling!

Rain on and off all day, we did get a few more walks in.

Tom, my brother in law, introduced us to (spoiler alert, don’t click if you are still watching) Tiger King,  the docuSeries about Joe Exotic.     Finished binge watching it tonight.

Tomorrow Charlotte, SC.

Let’s start the day with a brain teaser:   First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat?      Answer next post

We’re up early, 530.  Not unusual for me but it is for Allan.  Guess we’re anxious/excited to hit the road.  We have coffee, shower then decide to go for a walk because we don’t want to fire up Bailey till 8 to not disturb the neighbours too early.  We pull out at 835a; 63,626 km.

Goodbye Robert’s             

With a little luck we’ll be back next year!

Not knowing what to expect makes me anxious.  We called the KOA to determine their new check in process.  We stay in Bailey, they come to us hopefully wearing masks and gloves.  Bonus, they have eggs they will drop at our site and charge the credit card on file.  Suspect it will be a fortune.

On the road I don’t know what is sadder, the lack of traffic, most places closed or the groups of people not social distancing.  Every Dollar General we pass has tons of cars.  We see several groups of people fishing.

I’m so nervous about our fuel stops.  I’m trying to keep a sunny disposition,  but some times, with no notice, my eyes leak.

Back over the really long bridge           

You wouldn’t catch me out there!  Tampa in the background.  Been trying to take a photo of the Florida citrus sign since we first entered the state.  This is the best I  managed to get.

Quiet highways                                     

Want this gone!

Heading towards Jacksonville

Yep this is our exit

 

Savannah here we come                   

We are leaving Florida, entering you must pass through a check point, all lanes reduced to one. Relatively quiet Saturday of Easter weekend.

Sad to leave…

But hey!  Say HI!                           

Anxiety kicking in, this is our fuel stop

Allan, my total sweetie agrees to wear a bag over the gloves he always wears to get fuel.  Pre authorizing the purchaseand he’s out filling

Who is that gloved wonder!!

Pass side of the road take down,trunk  emptied

Arrived at Savannah South KOA at 230.

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Being lead to our site, no mask 🙁       

Remember they have eggs. Now they have our $

Allan’s liking this temp a bit better   

2 loads of laundry done!

Chinese for dinner then….

3rd IndyCar race.  Michigan International Speedway!  We were there, for the real race, many years ago.

Tomorrow tour the resort.

A little rainy out there this morning.  Fortunately it didn’t rain for long.

Our month here is over on the 11th, strange to say but, “do we go or do we stay?” has been our hardest question.  Wednesday evening a medical supply truck dropped stuff off at the infected neighbours camper.  He still continues to walk the grounds with no mask.  Better the devil we know?

We have been attempting to place another Aldi grocery order for over a week, several times per day.  Out of eggs again 🙁  These are the messages we get…

Sometimes they tease us with

but the times are not clickable!

We have been self-quarantined since March 26th, we wouldn’t mind continuing, but things are getting worse daily.

         We go!

We will take all possible precautions, I wish we had masks.

We book at Savannah South KOA, we’ll stop at a Love’s to top off fuel.  Tomorrow’s trip, hoping it’s totally uneventful.           

 

People need to #StayTheFuckHome  The neighbour the ambulance took out on the stretcher on the 31st returned on the 4th.  He’s walking his dog around the grounds & coughing away.  The first time I saw him out was the 5th.  He couldn’t make it around the short block without resting.

We are using the “MacGyver” method today to get the speakers up.

First up we use a piece of string, put it through the screw holes of both pieces in opposite corners.         

Not so successful.  After several tries we give up.

Second method – glue the wooden ring in place making it easier to line up the holes. 

Whoops, glue may be older than thought.  The ring almost hits Allan’s head, I save his noggin!

Next we chalk the holes and the base.  It isn’t easy having your arms overhead, the screwdriver slips and puts a hole in the membrane.

We get them both up.         

Start time 1140a; both up 205p, a few breaks included.

Allan is already talking about how we will do it differently when we get a replacement speaker.  I vote NO replacement.  This one still sounds great.

Coffee is finally back in her look out spot.

We deserve a delicious dinner; not that they aren’t all delicious.

We’re sitting & chatting when Allan asks “Why didn’t we just remount the speakers without the wood ring like the other 2 in the middle Bailey”??Night all!

 

Today’s IndyCar race in Barber MotorSports Park, features 29 drivers including Robert Wickens.  Robert had a horrific crash in 2018 that left him with a spinal cord injury and paralysis after his car was launched into a debris fence.  We’re happy he’s back and hopefully he’ll do well.

Side note:  This was our first ever race in Bailey in 2019.  It rained and rained but was nice on race day.  We were parked on grass – the end result we got stuck.  See April 08, 2019 page for the gruesome details.

Enough reminiscing, back to today’s race.   Track layout and analysis

The commentators, @leighdiffey  @paultracy3  @townsendbell ‏

 

 

 

 

Pace Lap, oh no spin on first lap

Results       

Which means Felix is beating Karam.  BIG smile from me!

NASCAR tomorrow.

Had to come back and post this exchange between @ClintBowyer and Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr.  We love Clint, he is a driver commentator.  He’s very amusing, he keeps us watching.

We are just not feeling the attempted speaker re-installation.  The difficulty is there is the speaker and a wooden ring.  These 2 must hate each other because they just don’t line up.

We don’t have the ac on and it is too warm to keep trying.  Maybe tomorrow.

Today’s giggle.

Action packed day in store, back to the blinds and the Aldi delivery!

Covid-19 numbers keep growing, no end in sight yet.

Because humour is needed now more than ever 

Here we go. E clip installed, motor inserted in blind         

Here’s our food delivery, no bags.  We’re receiving as “no contact” meaning the Instacart Shopper leaves the goodies on the picnic table and we retrieve when he’s gone.

Up they go

     Voila!!               

That was       or was it??

Start time 1010a; almost complete time 236p.  Almost because we are done, like totally fed up for today.  For another time, speaker installation.