Seeing Our Country

Seeing Our Country
Famous pancake house in Brookline, NY

Friday, August 20, 2004


Another photo from our recent trip to Lake Seminole State Park. Captured here are my special gals. Lucy (in front) is navigating through Jet Ski/Ski boat laden lake towards the main river. Really a very fun day. Ithink we already have our next trip planned, a trip to some middle of the state (Georgia) parks. Maybe next week. Can't wait,I'm ready to go now.

Tuesday, August 17, 2004


A picture of my rig, the 2004 F250 and the 2004 Keystone Cougar travel trailer. We were set up at Lake Seminole State Park while Hurricane Charley was raging to the south east of us. The weather here was beautiful, though it rained on us when we started to leave Thomasville on Friday. This State Park is a really nice park with stuff for everyone: boating, skiing, paddling, swimming, hiking and wildlife viewing in general. We'll be back.
Photo by Marlin

Thursday, August 05, 2004

The why and what for...

As new folks to the RV (thats Recreational Vehicle) theater, we jumped in with both feet. We bought our first trailer, a 1998 28' Timberland bunkhouse model in January of 2004. The first tow vehicle was a white Dodge 2001 1500 4WD. That relationship didn't last long as the trailer pushed the truck to its limit. So, upgraded to an F250 PSD. This proved to be the ticket as the Ford provides plenty of power. The next problem was that the trailer had a bunk setup which we realized took up a lot of space for a purpose we did not need (kids are grown). So we traded that in on a 2004 Keystone Cougar in April 2004. Been happy ever since.

Since then have been putting the rig to some use going lots of places. From Port Aransas, TX to Gulfport, Mississippi around the coastline to Milton, FL and further around andd down to Clearwater, FL on the West Coast of Florida. After a short rest at home, we then took off for Perry, GA, for a Disabled Veterans Conventionfor a short week. We then continued onto Chattanooga, TN over to Ashville, NC and a short trip to Richmond, VA and a nice visit with some old friends. Then on the road again to Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA and finally home. Met some good people along the way, ate some really good food and racked up the miles on rig. We'll give it a rest now for a bit, maybe 3 weeks or so, but we already have a short trip to Jekle Island, GA planned for the near future.

Until the next time "A fair wind and following seas" to you.

This is a pic of my first trailer and my second tow vehicle. Taken on the beach at St. George Island in Florida. It was a good day though a bit brisk in February.
Photo by Marlin