End of Our First Long Term Adventure

Our RV adventure started on April 27, 2011 until August 12, 2011.  We have had a great adventure but now it is time to go back home for a short time, I hope.

We left our daughter's house Thursday morning, Aug 11, 2011.  We really enjoyed our visit and hated to leave.  We spent our last night at a Corps of Engineers campground on Allatoona Lake near Atlanta.  McKinney Campground is a beautiful campground and with Glenn's golden pass, we got a lake front site for only $14.00.  Here are a few pictures.  We are sad to have to go home, but hopefully soon we can hitch up the 5th wheel again.



Checking In



We had a nice long site.

Out our back window.

Settled In
(Even got to use my rope lights)

The sites are nicely spaced out.

 So long until next time.

 

Land Between The Lakes

Yesterday we went to the Land Between the Lakes not too far from our daughter's house.  They have many attractions to see and do.  We decided to go to the planetarium and then to the Nature Center.  Here are a few pictures of our day.

Mother and babies along the drive.

Exploring the Nature Center



Hiding from the big bad wolf.



Not my favorite part of the exhibits, but the children enjoyed it.

The Land Between the Lakes is beautiful and have campgrounds throughout the park.  Some have full hookups but some are for dry docking.  The Trace parkway  is beautiful and we saw numerous deer and other wild life.

Happy Birthday to The Little Man

We are having a fun time at our daughter's.  Yesterday we celebrated our grandson's birthday.  He was excited and had a fun time.



He turns 6 years old!!

The Little Miss enjoying cake and ice cream.
She is sweeter than cake and ice cream!!

The Little Gentleman Yummmmy!

The sweetest Little Lady.

Birthday Boy!

Amazing 6 year old!!

After cake he opened presents.

Everyone is excited.

Waiting for crumbs.

Fun time was had by all!!



Onward to Ft. Campbell

Going through St. Louis, I did catch a glimpse of the Gateway to the West Arch.  We had been to the top several years ago so a stop was not planned.  As we passed by, I did get this picture out of the truck window.

We started having trouble with the truck; the dreaded fuel filter problem continues.  Going at a snails speed at 25 mph through St. Louis is nerve wracking. Glenn found a truck stop so that he could change the fuel filter.  He had bought a few spares and had watched a mechanic change it so he was able to get us going again.

We stopped in IL at Rend Lake for the night.  They have several state campgrounds and Corps of Engineers campgrounds on our way.  We chose the Corps of Engineers campground and found a great spot.  We will keep this one in mind when we go that way again.  With the Golden Pass card, we got the spot for half price, $12.00 for full hook-ups!!  We drove around the park just to see other camping spots.  There were beautiful flowers growing along the drive.  This one looks to me like a hibiscus. Sidney, correct me if I'm wrong.



They were just growing wild along the road.

The butterfly liked them all but landed on the little lavender flower for a quick shot.

Here we are going over the Ohio this morning.

We made it to our daughter's house around 2:30 pm.  It sure was good to see everyone. Just sorry our military hero is away for awhile.

GiGi's boy is getting so big.

Sweet Little Miss

Everyone plays so well together.

Our Birthday Boy will be 6 tomorrow.



Fastest way to pick up toys is to just get out the old broom and pile them up.
Makes for quicker pick-up

We plan to have a great time tomorrow for our Birthday Boy.

Wishing Daddy could be with us.

(picture borrowed)