April 27,2017 - Thursday

The weather was very overcast & cold, so we decided to continue on home. It was gloomy and cold all the way. We drove about 250 miles, 6 hrs & arrived home early afternoon, safe & healthy, thank God! Once again we thank you for "being with us" via our blog. These past 32  days went by quickly. We enjoyed every day. Had a lot of beach time, golf time & visiting with good friends! 😊 so until Pauper's Pride is on the road again, so long, and safe travels! 

P.S. Our grandson Zach left us the welcome home note which was heartwarming when we walked in our door....there is no place like home & family!! 😄

April 26,2017 - Wednesday

We drove through TN and  crossed the state line into KY. Our plans were to stay in Paducah,KY. When I called to make sure there was an opening at the Çampground we stayed at on our way down. But I was told they were completely filled! We were told there was a " National Quilt Fest" in town and all Çampgrounds in the area were filled! That is the first time ever that we could not find a Çampground. We found out on the news that night that this quilt fest is a really big deal there.so we decided to keep on driving. We crossed the state line into our home state...Illinois. We had already been driving for 6 hrs  , and being that Richard does all the driving, he needed a break. It's a lot different driving a 30' RV pulling a car,  than driving a car. We drove to Whittingham, IL to Gun Creek Park where we also stayed before. There is a golf course near, so Richard wanted to unwind with a round of golf. We got the motorhome hooked up and were just about to leave for the golf course when all of a sudden it got very dark and extremely windy and a very hard rain. It was so windy that tents in the Çampground blew down! We found out that this area was under a severe weather warning. After it eased up, we went to dinner at a little diner nearby. We got back to the RV just in time ... It started pouring with lightning and thunder. On the news it stated that Paducah,KY (where we couldn't get a site) was hit with a really bad storm! I guess faith was on our side!! We are going to let the weather in the morning  decide whether we stay here another night  and go golfing or get on the road for the last about 250 miles home.

April 25,2017 - Tuesday

We got an early start and drove the northern half of Georgia. It was a beautiful travel day & light traffic. Our next stop was in Manchester, TN at Old Stone Fort St Pk. We drove about 350 miles, about 7 hrs, and arrived early afternoon. We found out that there was a golf course nearby, so after we hooked up the motorhome....we went golfing. Richard golfed 9 holes and I was the cart driver. It was a really hard course because it was recently purchased by a private owner after it had been unused for over 4years. It just opened recently and still needs a lot of work. But it was refreshing to be outside after the long drive. 

April 24 - Monday

We said our goodbyes to Jack & Jan and thanked them for their hospitality once again, and for making us feel very welcome in their home 😊. This trip went by really fast. Hard to believe we are on our way home,  As we started out the weather was overcast and the temp was dropping as we headed north. We drove for about 51/2  hours,  left Florida and crossed the state line into Geotgia. We spent the night at Southern Gates RV Campgeround in Arabi,GA. A very nice family owned Çampground which we stayed in on our way down. In the motorhome we went from air conditioning to heater in a matter of 12 hrs!

Saturday

In the morning Jan & Richard went to  neighborhood garage sales.( they like doing that...I don't) then Jan & I did some "real" shopping in stores! Later in the afternoon we went to church and then came back for a delicious Italian dinner prepared by Chef Jan. We ended the evening playing cards. A full day!                     

Sunday we started the morning with a good breakfast cooked by Chef Richard outside on the griddle, sausage & eggs. Then we enjoyed a fun afternoon of golf. It was a beautiful weather day. We turned in early because tomorrow we will start our journey home!

April 21,22,23 - Friday,Saturday & Sunday

SarSpent a fun weekend at the " J &J Resort" with Friends Jack & Jan. Friday we got there early afternoon, so we got a tee time for later that afternoon and had a fun time golfing.

April 20,2017 - Thursday

Not a great beach day, very windy, super strong waves that were bringing more brown seeweed on to shore. But it was our last chance to enjoy the beach this trip, so we spent the day there  at Jensen Beach anyway. At least it was warm. Tomorrow we will leave this site at Port St.Luci in Stuart,FL and head to our next stop, in Orlando back  at the J & J Resort (aka Jack & Jans) we will spend the weekend with them. Then we will began our journey home! Hard to believe we are on the back side of this trip already. Oh by the way this morning we saw an alligator in the water along the campsite! Tried to get a picture, but it didn't turn out too good.