We pulled out of Topsail Hill State Park at about 8:40, earlier than we had anticipated. We had excellent traveling weather for the longest haul of our trip thus far. The winds were high, but the sun was shining and the air had a pretty good chill to it.
No mishaps on the road and we arrived at Kelly’s Countryside RV Park about 3:30 in the afternoon. The sites are not paved here and the ground is very soft. We had to put out leveling blocks on the starboard side of the RV - I mistakenly put them on the opposite side to start, oops. My hubby is so patient. We put the blocks down for the front leveling and lifted the RV off the truck when the RV shifted on the blocks. I had Dennis sit with his foot on the break while I put the weight of the trailer back on the truck to reposition the blocks. So he couldn’t see what I was doing, he was just sitting there with his foot on the brake. So brave! So while I was lowing the RV back on the truck the blocks seemed to be slipping out from under one of the front leveling legs. I got more and lined them up behind the ones already there. That way, if it did completely slip off of the current ones it would slip onto the new ones, hopefully 🤞. It worked. I repositioned the blocks and lifted her back up. The tire blocks were not quite under the tires after the slip, but the trailer was perfectly level.
We decided to start watching a Netflix series called Schitt’s Creek. Well I was watching it and since I was laughing out loud Dennis decided to watch it with me. I first heard about this series when my nephew, Mitchell Morris, posted this photo on Facebook. He went to the up close and personal play where they even have the set you can wander through. He lives in New York now, so he gets to do all that fun stuff.
Initially, I was a little put off by the photo! Then I looked it up - It seemed pretty funny to me. It was not until now that I decided to give it a try. I cannot say it is right for everyone, but I find it pretty funny.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Happy Birthday to my dear friend Donna Galloway! I hope your day was fabulous.
We woke up to 34 degree temperatures here. WTH! We went into Jacksonville to run some errands today and with the cold air and high winds, wow! Florida is not supposed to be this cold. We got some stuff to make my little sand dollar into a necklace. We will see how that goes. Then we wanted to check out Amelia Island. So we headed that way, but somehow the GPS sent us right into Jackson and to a gas station. I guess it knew we were low. So, we were now miles away from Amelia Island. I was getting hungry, so I chose a restaurant that was on the water and had great reviews, Down Under. It took us almost an hour to get there after the GPS mishap and refueling in Jacksonville. This restaurant is in the middle of the Amelia River under a bridge. Google had no idea how to get there it just stopped on the bridge where the restaurant is. We had to drive back and forth across the bridge to find out how to get to it. Totally worth the wait. Food and service was awesome. The bottle of wine was pretty good too.
We left there and drove down the coast on A1A. The views of the water showed the waves were really high, so we decided to stop and check it out. We parked, not remembering you can drive on their beaches, and walked over a boardwalk. When we looked over and saw this little Toyota stuck in the sand in the entrance to the beach. This older lady was trying to dig out the front tires. So we went over to see if we could help. We pushed and that car was not moving an inch. Dennis went to get his shovel out of the truck and when we got back they were driving out. Apparently, 3 strong young men had come up and pushed them right out. Guess we aren’t as young as we think we are. Anyway, glad they were able to get free!
Going further down the beach we found another cool place, The Surf. I caught a wave there!
Sunday, February 23, 2020
After doing some chores around the house we went back out to the islands to see the Kingsley Plantation. The small size is because this plantation is on an small island and all supplies must come down the river by boat.
Interesting story attached here is that Mr. Kingsley, a wealthy white man, purchased the black Mrs. Kingsley as a slave when she was 13 and they married shortly thereafter. From that time on Mrs. Kingsley ran quite of bit of the operations around the plantation, even to the extent of running and disciplining their slaves. Hmmmm.
The drive to the plantation is amazing. Through the back woods and marshy areas of Florida.
We will be back on the road tomorrow as all the snow birds have so many of the parks booked we couldn’t get a full week in this area. But looking forward to staying at Silver Springs for a few days.
Signing off for now!
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