Saturday, March 21, 2009

first day of spring- from Alabama








We entered Georgia a week ago on our way to Perry and the FMCA (family motor coach assoc) convention. We stopped overnight at this campground in Park City Georgia, the Spanish moss hung on all the trees. It was lovely although the sun never really came out. Lots of coaches were there on their way to Perry.




Ahh Perry Georgia where the first 2 days it rained and rained and rained. Check out the mud !! there were over 3000 coaches there and we really did have a good time and learned alot but those first 2 days of rain with wet clothes and 4 wet dogs- need i say more.


I attended many seminars from volunteering at a wildlife refuge to fire and safety on your motor home- a bit scary but good information. Of course we spent money on 2 safety features one of which will turn your generator on if you loss shore power- a good thing to have in the warm weather if you have dogs on board. These coaches can heat up really fast.




We left on Friday and headed to Alabama That is a picture of Talladega where we spent the day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, actually I have to admit it was interesting and I am not a race car fan. The super speed way is amazing, the in-field alone covers 212 acres. When they have races they put out 7,000 trash cans and serve over 12,000 hot dogs. I was impressed with the steepness of the track , it has a 33% bank ( don't know if I said that right) don't know how the cars stay on the track with that much slant but they do. It was a fun day.




Now tomorrow we head to Red Bay Alabama and the Tiffen factory where our coach was built. I have no idea how long we will be there as apparently you show up and they give you a number. However, near by we have the coon-dog cemetery( I kid you not) and Helen Keller's birthplace so it will give me something to do. Now if I can figure out what to do with the 4 dogs while they work on the coach ....... And they are predicting rain. PRAY FOR ME




More news to come, as we begin the ride home to my friends and that beautiful fenced in yard where the dogs can go out without a leash and

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