08-28-08 Thursday (A Tale of 2 trees)

We departed Beaufort, SC and arrived at Canon, GA to "In The Woods", a themed campground. Of course, this didn't happen without some minor delays. I guess most of these campgrounds are off the beaten path. The GPS directed us to turn onto Casey Court but the street sign read Casey Court pvt. We saw a few houses up the street and decided not to take the road because it said "pvt". The GPS rerouted us and at the next street up was another "Casey Court pvt" with a road that looked even worse. We started up the generator so I could power up the laptop and router and then visit the campground website. Windows Vista wanted to check this and that on the laptop before I could do anything. It seemed like eternity. (not the cologne, but that would have been better). Jim and I barked out orders to one another, both being stubborn about taking suggestions. If there had been a "Fred's Mobile Divorce Service" van in the area, we would have been in line. Anyway, I pull up the website and read the instructions, Jim tries to follow them but they don't seem right. The directions include TAKE THE SECOND CASEY COURT. Turns out, long story short, I was reading them coming from the opposite direction, the road is a circle but one is RV inaccessible, etc, etc, etc. Geez, I look at this paragraph and think to myself, Garret, I often call myself that, should I break off into a new paragraph? Looks awfully wordy. Nahhhh. OK, so we arrive, SMOKE BREAK! then I start removing the hitch and the braking system for the Cherokee while Jim checks in.

A new paragraph just because I'm getting dizzy. Alright, so Jim ATTEMPTS to park the RV while I follow in the Cherokee. He drives up this short hill between 2 trees and gets a little too close to the tree on the left. The awning is an inch away from hitting the tree. The bumpy road causes the coach to sway side to side. He's only got a 1/5 of the coach to pass the tree and we realize it may be a bad idea. An employee comes over to offer his opinion. 3 of us discuss the options. I don't know about Jim but the DUH flag above my head waves, just begging for more people to crawl out of the woodwork and help us. Luckily, no one else came. Jim was able to back the RV up and retry the approach which worked better. A couple of guys who have stayed at our site in the past recommended coach positioning for minimum leveling. We now refer to the 2 trees as "Jim's Trees". I know, so darn crafty, what will we think of next. (Keep reading the blog and you'll find out).

After the setup of the RV, the 2 guys (Steve and Rich) came back and invited us up to their porch party. They had a brand new 40 something foot diesel pusher. I was fortunate to see the inside and it was amazing. Marble, tile, etc. 1.5 baths. They have a large wooden deck (they leave it parked here all the time and use it as a weekend getaway) complete with up lighting built in, landscaping around and a flat screen TV that slide out from the RV itself. Way cool. I drooled. Jim declined the tour, he didn't want to be tainted and further jealous than he already was.

Sorry, no pictures, it was too dark and I'm too busy with work and, oh nevermind.