Thursday, January 21, 2016

Georgia & Florida - 2015

 

My first stop in GA was at Jekyll Island to attend the South East Lazy Daze Get together.  In addition to spending time with the Lazy Daze folks, I also biked and walked most days.

My favorite beach – Driftwood Beachme_ga_jekyll_driftwood_beach

Other pictures from my rides and walks -- me_ga_jekyll_biketrailme_ga_jekyll_woodstorks

After Jekyll, I went to Fort Yargo State Park in Winder where I normally stay this time of year.  I also took my RV to the shop and found out I had a bigger problem than I had hoped.  I had planned on going to the Lazy Daze plant in California early next year to get my roof redone.  But after talking with the RV shop and several other people I decided to let the Apalachee RV shop reseal my roof seams.  Previously I have had a leak in the cab of the RV.  The carpet would be slightly damp.  Since the reseal I have not had the problem.  I hope that fixes the issue, but am concerned that it may have done more damage than wet carpet.  The shop did not find any.  They also fixed a problem with my black tank.

Since my original visit was supposed to be a day or 2 they needed more time to fix my issues and had to squeeze me in.  I ended up leaving my RV with them for 2 weeks and went down to Sanibel Island.  It ended up being rather hot (at least for me), with several of the days being in the mid-80’s and a “feels like” temp in the low 90’s.  I would walk and ride my bike in the morning and then sit in the shade or in the condo during the afternoon on these hot days.

Spoonbills-

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Yellow Crowned Night Heron -

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Night Heron eatting lunch -

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Same heron swallowing crab -

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One day while biking, I watched this Otter come out of the lake, go down the road and back into the lake.

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After Sanibel, I went back and picked my RV up and headed to Dillard, GA for the holidays. 

I had been planning on going out west in 2016, but since I no longer needed to visit the Lazy Daze plant and I had waited to long to get reservations at some of the parks I wanted to stay out I changed my plans.  I decided to spend my winter in northern Florida and southern Alabama and georgia.  After that, I would head back up to Michigan and Wisconsin.  I am still working on those plans.  I hope to head west in 2017.

2 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you got your roof taken care iff. Roof leaks can make a real mess for sure. A week on Sanibel sounds grand! We had those same too hot Temps in the Keys in early December, now it's too cold on Central FL. LOL

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  2. I'm glad Jim put Eternabond on our roof back in 2013. It was sooner than recommended but at least we've never had any leaks. Sure hope your problem is fixed!

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