Escape to Paulk RV CG with Friends Plus

   We all left Jekyll on Wednesday morning at 9:00 am to head for Paulk RV CG in Fitzgerald, GA.  I called Dad on the way to let him know what we were doing, so he and Mom wouldn't worry about our safety.  We arrived at the CG about 12 noon.  It was beautiful!  All grass, pull through sites with full hook-ups and 50 amp service!  And...it overlooked a lake!!  The gal Josephine talked to gave us every other site so we could spread out, too.

There's Harvey all safe and sound in his new spot.

 


The gang's all here!!

This is what we saw out our front window.

  We got all set up and then walked up to Jack and Lyn's RV to check on the weather report.  (we didn't get ANY TV reception)  Everyone gathered outside John and Marie's RV and we sat and chatted until supper time.  John grilled shrimp and then we all gathered again outside for the evening.  Most of the talk was about the hurricane and when it was going to hit where. 
   Thursday morning John and I went to the Walmart just down the road with Paul and Vicki to pick up a few groceries.  When we got back we had some lunch and then I went to Lyn's RV to help peel apples.  She brings about 2 big baskets in a huge cooler every year to use to make desserts while at Jekyll.  She invited John and I and Paul and Vicki for BLT's for supper.  I went back to Harvey and worked on some of my magnetic pins to get ready for the Hershey show on Nov 5th right after we go back home.  We had supper complete with applesauce, apple crisp that Vicki made, and apple pie that Josephine made.  Oh YUM!!!  We watched more weather reports and then Vicki and Paul came back to Harvey.  We taught them "Pass the Pigs" and "9 Hole Golf" (with Skip-O cards). 
   Friday 4 of us girls went to downtown Fitzgerald to check out the antique shops.  We found a few treasures.  We were only gone a couple of hours and it started to rain and get windy.  Hurricane Matthew was making a small appearance even 140 miles inland!  And this small CG was filling up.  There were rigs pulling in all the spaces between us.  John and I went in town again later just to check it out and look for roaming chickens and then back to Walmart.  The chickens I mentioned are flocks of Burmese chickens that were originally released several miles from Fitzgerald at the Ocmulgee River back in the 1960's as game birds to be hunted.  Populations of the bird never took hold and for some reason, they left the river and made their way to downtown Fitzgerald, where they have propagated and prospered ever since.  Fitzgerald residents have a love/hate relationship with these wild birds.  Some feed them while others chase them out of their yards with a broom and a few choice words.  Right next to the CG is a peanut storage business.  You can smell them as you drive by.

These "nuisance" chickens are beautiful! 

 

 

 

A "stately" Southern building.

 

 

WOW...that's a lot of peanuts!

 

 

This was the covered storage area for all the wagon
loads like the one above.  They were all full!

  

The calm before the storm...how beautiful!!

  That evening John and I discussed what we were going to do next as far as our travels and we decided to leave here on Sunday, bypass Jekyll and head straight to Royal Coachman in Venice, FL.  The weather reports showed Jekyll being hit hard on Friday night into Saturday and we had no desire to go back there even if that WAS an option.  The rest of the group wasn't sure what their plans were yet.  And, guess what...the CG is FULL!!  I talked with Heather that evening, too.  She is VERY busy with the boys!  The rain and wind picked up quite a bit by 8:00.  The gusts of 25 MPH had Harvey "shakin' and bakin'".  We even brought our slides in 2/3's of the way to try to help with the sway.  It was a bit hard to get to sleep, but all was well by morning.
   Lyn approached me on Saturday morning to tell me that she found the Thrift Store downtown that we were looking for yesterday and asked if I wanted go.  Do bees like honey???  Of course, I wanted to go.  She didn't think any of the other girls would be interested, but by the time we left 5 of us piled into Lyn's truck!  Josephine stayed behind to take her sick 14 yr old Scotty dog, Lizzie, to the vet.  We ended up going to 2 stores and had a fun time.  Right after we got back, Josephine and Tom pulled in from the vet...Lizzie has pneumonia!  Hopefully, the antibiotics should fix her right up.  Right after lunch, Alexandra called from Texas where she was visiting her new husband, Todd, for the long Columbus Day weekend.  He will be done with his Air Force fire fighter training at the end of this month.  Then they will be moving to a base in Langley, VA.  She sounded very happy!!  It was a beautiful day outside, so a bunch of us grabbed our chairs and gathered outside John and Marie's rig.  The gnats were really bad, but bug spray seemed to help.

What a difference between last evening and today!!

  A resident goose came to visit and seemed to take a rather romantic liking to Tom and Josephine's 5th wheel.  It was pretty funny.  It stood there all day and bit at the wheel and trim around the wheel well.  We think it might have been because of the color of their 5th wheel and the orange stabilizer pads they use.

There's Mr. Goose.  We called him, "Donald" because
he kept saying nasty things to us just like Trump does.

We broke for supper and I talked with Bonnie and Cooper.  Bonnie was telling about the beauty of the balloon launches she and Ken were witnessing at the Albuquerque, NM balloonfest.  There was even a froggie balloon they took a picture of for me.  What a special time they are having!!  Cooper was excited to tell me about plans for cousin, Bennett's, birthday party tomorrow.  After supper some of us sat outside again, but the mosquitos got bad.  Then we were all invited to Tom and Josephine's rig for apple pie, apple crisp and ice cream.  Here's the gang...

Jay and Linda

John and Marie (John and Jay are twins)

Tom and Josephine

Paul and Vicki

Jack and Lyn

We feel so fortunate to have met this wonderful group of people and how they have welcomed us into their group!  We headed back to Harvey to get ready for leaving tomorrow.  It will be sad to leave the group, but exciting to experience a new CG, Royal Coachman in Nokomis, FL.