The Road Goes On…

Category: Georgia

  • Southern US Trip Summary

    This morning at home we feel as though we are living between two worlds. Before we enter back into our everyday life with all its responsibilities we look back on six and a half weeks of excitement and adventure. We’re happy we did write the blog so that we don’t forget all the things we saw and experienced. It definitely is a trip to remember and does rival our Route 66 trip from two years ago.

    What worked well:

    WIND Mobile’s Unlimited US Roaming. We’ve been WIND Mobile customers for a number of years now and their price just can’t be beat. For $15 a month we had unlimited voice calling, texting and 1GB of data while in the US. This allowed us to keep in touch and look up things on the road.

    Good Sam Membership: This RV club membership cost $25 a year and give you 10% discount at member campsites.  It definitely paid for itself.

    America the Beautiful Pass: This $80/year pass gives you free entrance to US Parks and other recreation sites. It paid for itself as well.

    Garmin GPS: We love our Garmin GPS system. At the start of the trip we had the RV/Trucking dezl 760 model but it was stolen in Albuquerque so we bought a nuvi 2689LMT to replace it. These GPS units have campground locations pre-installed and provide lots of information on arrival times, traffic conditions, etc.

    Allstays Camp and RV App: We use this app on our iPads all the time to look for campgrounds. It shows the location of campgrounds and gives information about their rating, facilities and distance from your current location.

    NOAA Weather Pro App: This app for the iPad and iPhone shows a map with weather conditions. It also has the ability to send alerts to your phone when severe weather is nearby.

    Visitor Centres, Park Rangers and Bureau of Land Management offices: These are always a source of great information and have invaluable knowledge of local conditions and opportunities.

    Frugal RV Travel Guides: These guides have great route information as well as tips on inexpensive places to stay overnight.

    Here’s a map of the entire trip. This is an image grab from Google Maps as it wasn’t possible to use the entire GPS track on a live map, probably because of its size.

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  • Colleton State Park, South Carolina to St. Augustine, Florida

    We had a pretty good sleep and the air conditioner kept is nice and cool although it does make a lot of noise. When we woke up in the morning the outside temperature was quite pleasant.

    The park had a very good internet connection and we were able to upload the last four days of blog entries.

    We left in good time, returning to I-95 and quickly found ourselves at the Georgia Visitor Centre. There the agent persuaded us to visit Savannah and we were glad we did! We left I-95 and took I-16 into the historic part of Savannah.  A visitor center there had inexpensive RV parking and helped us narrow down what to see.

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    Savannah has many squares which are the heart of the different districts. The squares often have a monument of a famous figure from Savannah or Georgia’s history. The benches and mature trees provide a lovely shade from the heat.

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    We saw a number of small exquisite art and clothing stores as well as cafes and restaurants.

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    We walked to the Savannah river promenade where we admired the beautiful Talmadge memorial bridge and Ruth got to eat the Southern fried chicken she had talked about all morning.

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    After lunch, we happened upon the Savannah Candy Kitchen where we saw taffy being made. Taffy was not all that was available there – a whole wall of candy, sure to delight any candy lover. We sampled extensively.

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    It was now time to move on – Florida awaited. We drove non-stop to St. Augustine where we are staying the the Anastasia State Park right at the Atlantic ocean.

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    After settling in, we went for a sunset stroll along the beach. Tomorrow we hope to go for a swim before leaving.

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