What a wonderful day. Once again we awoke to bright sunshine and blue skies. We had our breakfast and showers and then the furballs and I went on a short walk. By late morning, we decided to head into the little town of Rogersville and pick up a few groceries. When we came out of the grocery, I noticed a little BBQ Shop across the street. It is called Wick’s BBQ and DH and I decided to check it out for lunch. It is carry out only, but they did have some picnic tables set up outside. We ordered their lunch box specials.....pork sandwich, potato salad, baked beans and a medium drink for $5.95 plus tax. We thought that was an excellent deal. I won’t say it was the best BBQ I have every had, but it was dang close! In fact, we ended up taking a pound of the pork BBQ home with us.

Back at the fiver, we decided to take one of the trails around the lake. It was a nice little hike. We saw several deer along the way and the furballs even managed to do a little wading in the lake. I’d say we hiked along for about 2 hours or so and now we are back in our easy chairs settling in for the night. We can watch the sunset over the water from our recliners.......what a life!

Our first morning here in Joe Wheeler state Park. We were up by 6am. Yeah, that is a little early for us, especially DH. The furballs and I went out and it is a beautiful morning here amongst the tall pines. The fragrance of the pine needles is wondrous....feels like Christmas. I’m a peace, completely and totally. God has to be smiling today....at least in my little corner of the world.

I broke out the griddle for breakfast.....bacon and pancakes. After breakfast, the furballs and I took a walk around the campsites. It is pretty quiet now, but I have a feeling this weekend will be a busy one. This morning we ran across a small dog who was unleashed. The owner seemed to be in the process of cleaning out her car. As we walked by, the dog approached and started growling. This caused the owner to look up and she shouted out to me that the dog wouldn’t harm us. Me and mine.....we just keep walking....her dog starts after us. Next thing I hear, is the owner shouting (!@#***!) at the dog as she falls out of the car with the loud clammer of what I can only describe as pots and pans. Me and mine......keep walking.....I don’t even look back. She is still giving the dog ‘heck’ when I hear her (I assume) DH stick his head out the door, “Honey, did you call me?” Me and mine......we just keep walking......as my Daddy says. “Troubles bout to start.” He! He!

No troubles here......the skies above are blue, there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees, and yeah....life is ‘Goode’........I think we will stay awhile.....

One last note, those of you that leave comments, you will notice I have started moderating my comments. I got spammed the other day, so I felt I had no choice. Sorry for the inconvenience, but better safe than sorry.

We left O'bannon Woods somewhere between 10:30 and 11:00am. We decided to take 135 S which turns into 79 to cross the Ohio River. That worked out very well.....much less traffic.....just a few small towns to go through before jumping on 65 S. We stopped around 12:30 at a rest stop for lunch. Hot dogs all around.....yeah, even the furballs. Of course, their hot dogs are low fat...LOL! Back on the road and our next stop was the Bluegrass Music RV Park. This used to be a KOA. It is a pleasant enough overnight stop, but I would not want to spend a lot of time here. You are very close to the interstate and a truck stop is practically next door. We had full hook ups and a nice level pull through. They also honor Camp Club so we paid $23.27 that included tax. I certainly would not want to pay the full rate of $38.00 plus tax. The park looks to be under renovation and the new owners are very nice and helpful. I also used the laundry while we were here and it was acceptable. I'm guessing the higher rates reflect the close proximity to attractions in both Kentucky and Nashville.

We headed down to Bowling Green for dinner. We were both hungry for Mexican and the RV Park recommended "Peppers". It was about a 20 minute drive, but the food and the service were excellent.

Back at the fiver, we settled in our easy chairs and watched a little tv before bed.

Today is another travel day as we are heading to Joe Wheeler State Park in Alabama. We stayed there on our way back from Florida the year before and really enjoyed the park. We plan on spending a few days there before continuing our journey south. I have no idea if our verizon air card will work there........but we are close enough to town that I should still be able to get a blog post or two in while we are there. Till then.....safe journeys

Here we are at our campsite #B95 in O'bannon Woods. I don't recommend this one. As you can see it runs down hill and it is on the busiest camp road. Traffic runs in and out all the time. We made the mistake of relying on the entrance park ranger to locate us. We were unfamiliar with this park and with our 40 foot trailer we did not want to spend the evening trying to find a spot we would fit in. As you can see this is a pull through.....all I can say is it sounded good on paper...LOL! The park was not that crowded, but they have a horse camp area and they were full. For most of the weekend, we had trucks and horse trailers running up and down the road. Then there was the shower incident. Since we only have electric here we opted to shower in the bath house. In I go on my girlie side and there are 3 shower stalls. Nicely done with an area for dressing and drying and then you pass into the shower area. All individual and private. So, I take the first stall. Get undressed and situate my towel and toiletries. Enter the shower and '?!@#!' no handle to turn on the water....no way at all to turn on the water. Ok, I'm the only one in here so I slide my toiletries under to the next stall. Grab my clothes and towel and slip over to the next shower area. Hang everything up AGAIN and enter the shower. Well, '?!@#!!!!!!', there is a shower knob, but no matter which way I turn it.......no water. Did I mention I'm naked here! Finally upon entering the 3rd shower....I was rewarded with a working knob and somewhat warm water.......ahhh....clean at last!

This is the road the horse trailers like to 'race' on, but as you can see the place is pretty empty. Once the traffic settled it was very peaceful and we had great weather.

Here is Triston's mom and Grandpa relaxing at the campsite.

Triston and Grandpa with his (Triston's) favorite Batman Helicopter.
All in all it was a pleasant enough stay. We have been here since Friday evening and will leave tomorrow (Tuesday 10th). Last evening we had dinner at a Japanese Steak House. Ya know the kind where they cook the food at your table....lots of razzel dazzel complete with a burning onion volcano. My Grandson loved that one!

By the way, is anyone else being overrun with Ladybugs. They are everywhere here and we can't keep them out of the fiver. We keep sucking them up with our vacumn, but they just keep coming. Ok, well best get a going on dinner......tomorrow we travel....so, see ya down the road.

As promised, here are some photos of the Terre Haute KOA

The donkeys are very friendly and you can by food to feed them

Cute little covered bridge leads to play ground and dog play area

And of course, this is where the donkeys....hang their tails!

Today we are in O'bannon Woods . I will have some photos to share tomorrow. Overall a very nice park. They only have electric sites, but water is widely available throughout the park. Lots of trees so forget your satellite dishes. Our antenna pulled in some Louisville stations and our Verizon air card is working well. We have ATT cell phones and have a decent signal on them as well. I'll give some more details in the next post after we have some time today to take a closer look at everything. Right now it is time to kick back and enjoy this beautiful day. Our five year old grandson is coming to visit today......so I'm sure Grandpa and I will be plum tuckered out this evening....LOL, but that is a "Goode" thing.......

After a grueling 2 1/2 hour drive......we made it to Terre Haute.....yeah, we are still in Indiana. We didn't leave the river till almost 3pm, but the important thing is we are finally on our way. We spent the night at a KOA and I'll post more on that later with some photos.

Poor little Belle had to have 3 teeth pulled at the vet. She was very unhappy with us when we picked her up after her surgery. She wouldn't eat or wag her tail......basically she just went straight to her bed. The next morning she was feeling better and is now back to her old self.

DH just went out the door.....it is time to hitch-er up and get on down the road. Next stop.....Obannon Woods in Corydon Indiana. We will be spending a few days visiting our grandson and his Mom. It is so good to be 'back on the road', even the furballs seem to have an added 'pep' in their steps.

I’m spending today and tomorrow here at the river getting things ready to travel. Our internet connection comes and goes here.....but hopefully I can get this posted today.

A few of you have asked ‘where in the south’ we are headed? Well, right now our plans are to head to Florida. We will be staying in a park in Riverview, which is very close to the Tampa area. We will be there through December. Come January, we are heading toward Texas. DH would like to spend some time in the Rio Grande Valley. So, let us know if any of you will be nearby.....we would love to see you.

Now, the temps here have taken a nose dive into the 30’s at night and 40’s to low 50’s during the day. A while back I mentioned the troubles we were having at times with our furnace. We thought we might need a new thermostat, but we received a comment that it might be due to ‘flame out’ protection with the furnace. He suggested the next time it happened we simply try turning the furnace off than on. If that works, than it is more likely the furnace that has the problem and not the thermostat. Well, we tried it and sure enough when we turned the furnace back on it fired right up. So......mister anonymous......if you are reading this.....where do we go from here?