On Thursday we all enjoyed a delightful Thanksgiving dinner with our favorites (Green Bean Casserole & Corn Casserole) and some other tasty stuff. We also kept sneaking away during hte day to pack up the RV. So that come Friday we could leave at 8AM and be on the road by 9:30AM heading to Georgia for a little stop to break up the trip.
It was my first time really going in the RV and it was fun. Though there is QUITE a bit of work involved in packing everything in and down for the long haul. Dad is the only one up to driving such a beast (37 foot RV) so he took the whole 8 hours or so. We did stop at a Flying J in South Caroline for gas and food and I got to browse the store looking at lovely shirts all about hunting and beer and McCain/Palin '08! Woo! Dad enjoyed the buffet and Sweet Tea while Mom had a pork tenderloin. I always love how the pork is about three times the size of the bun they serve it on. I made do with an off menu grilled cheese. Rebel that I am. The Flying J did have a lot of lovely three CD box set tin things for Elvis and Dolly and John Denver, but I decided to save my bucks for Wally World.
We finally got to our RV park (Eagle Hammock on the Sub Base in Kings Bay, GA) around 6PM and got set up. Dad still doesn't allow pooping in the RV so luckily the park had nice facilities. And Free Coffee! Georgia was fun, mostly. The weather was delightful and the RV Park is right on a lake with lots of birds (we got a blue heron photo for you, Vader!) and apparently gators. Though we did roll our eyes when the dining directory listed all the Asian restaurants under "Oriental."
Saturday we ran some errands, hit the commissary and did a bit of sight seeing in St. Mary's Georgia. The weather was lovely and we enjoyed some walking along the water as well as some of the pretty buildings there, including an old and darling Presbyterian Church. And that night we went to a teppanyaki restaurant, which I haven't done in ages. The majority of the staff was Filipino rather than Japanese, but it was fun and tasty. Though more customers seemed to want the chipotle ranch dip over the ginger dip. Both dips were good but it tasted a little off dipping my vegetable tempura into a creamy dip.
We also got to meet some RV folks at the park. Roland from Maine and Jean from Ohio who nicely pointed out one of the Blue Herons when I was out for a walk around the lake. And one friendly lady who made a "Kitty Porn" joke when I was on the camp computer looking at a photo of DKE that Vader sent me. :) I also got some ideas on what to get the folks for Christmas. See, RV people put a TON of crap out when they set up camp. In the GA park there wasn't much but there were some flags and a few lights and someone even had a gnome out front. My parents have nothing. Well, almost nothing. They do own a string of flip flop lights but haven't put them out yet. So, I have to get them some crap, so they can fit in with their fellow RVers.
Anyway, today we got up early, packed everything up and hit the road again. The road was okay for the first two or three hours and then the skies just opened. Dad did a great job, but it wasn't pretty.
At around 2PM we finally arrived at Wally World!!!!! Check in was a hoot with four long lines of RVs waiting to get their campsite assignments. But, we got through, got a nice spot, got set up and then went off to get my 8 day park pass for the parks. Woo! After which Dad and I toured Fort Wilderness looking at the different sites and all the crap they have.
Now, RV folks have lots of stuff. Sometimes it's just crap, sometimes it's themed to go with their favorite sports team or something like that. Disney people also have lots of crap (as my friends and family can attest). And Christmas folks have lots of crap. Knowing all this you still can't imagine the crap all throughout this park. Some sites have thousands of dollars worth of Disney Christmas lights and inflatable character decorations and candy canes. One RV had a TV in one of the bottom compartments, open and playing the Christmas Rudolph movie. Another RV had a speaker out amongst the crap with Christmas Music blasting. So fabulous.
And... after all that we headed off to the Magic Kingdom to start our Disney Adventure.
