May 5 - Tuesday

Well vacation 2015 has ended :( ...we had a great time, saw and did a lot even tho the weather wasn't exactly ideal "sunny Florida " weather. But Mother Nature is unpredictable. We started the last leg of our journey home on a clear, sunny day.....Funny, since we left Florida we haven't seen any rain!! After being gone 51 days, we arrived home safe & sound, thank God! Getting away on vacation is great,but there is a warm feeling when we turn onto our street and see our house again. It is true there is no place like home and family. So we will close up our vacation motorhome for awhile. Until Paupers Pride is back on the road again,we hope you enjoyed our pictures and following our journal. Rich & Audrey

May 4 - Monday

We got an early start to our last campsite on the last leg of our journey home. We wanted to get through Nashville not during rush hour, which can be very hectic. There was construction on the road which slowed traffic down a bit, but not that bad. We went through parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and finally crossed the Illinois state line  early afternoon. The campsite is called Gun Creek in Whittington, Illinois, very southern part of Illinois. It is a Core of Engineers park, which are very well maintained. It was  about a 5 hr drive, around 280 miles.  The weather was great, but a little windy. Our site is right by Rend Lake, the park was full. It was good we had reservations, because they had a "campsite full" sign posted. There is a golf course there also. Being that it was still early, after we got settled, we went to the course and Richard golfed 9 holes. I decided not to play because my ankle was a little sore. So I drove the cart. We had a good time, there were only a few other golfers that time of day, so were able to take our time. We ate supper outside on the picnic table and watched the sunset on the lake.  

May 3 - Sunday

CAnother warm,sunny day, We are having a lot of those days now that we have left Florida and the beach :(  Anyway, we got back on the Natchez Trace. Being Sunday, the trace was busy. Besides vehicles, there were a lot of bicycles. Since there is no bike path along the road, the bikes ride on the road and have the right of way. They slow up traffic and since there are a lot of hills and turns, especially in Tennessee, it is hard to get around them. There was no other way to get to Dickson,Tennessee where our next camp is without going quite a distance out of our way. We finally got to Tambark RV Park around 4:00. We unhooked our car and went into town and saw a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and had a good meal. We saw that gas was $2.29 so we filled up our car and will top off the motorhome in the morning.

May 2 Saturday

It was a really long travel day, about 7 hrs, 320 miles. At least the weather was nice. Actually it didn't seem like 7 hours. It is a comfortable ride in the motorhome. Of course it would be good if I could give Richard a break from driving, but even if I would drive, He wouldn't be able to rest, he would be a nervous wreck., (considering my driving record) ha-ha. We entered the Natchez Trace Parkway, which does not allow any commercial vehicles, has a speed limit of 50 and is 444 miles through Alabama, Mississippi & Tennessee. Our next site is in Tupelo,Mississippi at Tombigee State Park a short distance off the Trace. Luckily we had reservations because the campgrond was filled. There was a car show in town and being the weekend there were a lot of kids, a real family atmosphere. We made supper out on the grill and enjoyed a game of dominos Mexican Train out on the picnic table. 

May 1 Friday

Our next campsite is  Natchez St Prk in Natchez, Ms. About 218 miles &  4 hrs. Nice travel day. After we got the RV all settled, we decided to treat ourselves to a nice sit down restaurant. Easier said than done... We went into the town, which is small and did not see a decent restaurant. Finally saw a Ruby Tuesday. We had a good meal, in fact Richard had the thickest pork chop we ever saw. It was very good. Tomorrow will be a long travel day. There were quite a few people camping in tents at the park

April 29 & 30 Wednesday & Thursday

Well I accidentally deleted Wednesday & Thursday posts. Soooo I'm going to rewrite them so we have them for further reference. After  a month of being at St Rosa RV park and Navarre Beach we started our journey home. Although it will be great to see our  family, I sure will miss the beach :( . But with all the rain down here this month, we didn't get as much beach time as I would have liked. Our first campsite on our journey home was in Hattiesburg, MS about 200 miles, around 4 hours, at Paul B Johnson State Park. And of course it was a warm, sunny day (perfect for the beach!) our site was right by Geiger Lake. We had a welcome group.....a family of ducks! They were of course looking for food we also had a pesty squirrel who kept climbing on our door. Richard hooked up the TV and much to our surprise we got CBS, so he was able to watch his favorite show, survivor, and being that we are here for two nights, at least we got a god channel.

Thursday morning we started the day with a good breakfast of bacon & eggs Richard made outside on the griddle. We found a golf course nearby so we golfed 9 holes. I thought the course was hard, very hilly, but Richard liked it. We spent the evening relaxing by the lake.