check!

Well...after our plumbing fiasco made us cut our trip short and come home...we had made a list of all the things we would change in the RV, so we have been working on that list...it was
1. Washer and dryer....when we lived aboard the boat we hardly ever wore clothes, when you live in a RV ....you have to wear them! lol..check
2. New radio... the one that was in the RV was so old school...it played cassettes...no....really...so that had to go!..check
3. New inverter...magnum...the best!..check
4. The hot water heater was needin work...check
5. Pressure gauge for the water...different places have different water pressure..and check
6. The towing package for the car was not working right ..so we had to change that...check
7. New windshield....awesome..check
 8. I think we are getting ready to get back on the road... check

Oh we are going to have so much fun!

Cherokee, North Carolina

Cherokee, North Carolina is a town on the reservation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, in  western North Carolina. Cherokee is located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Cherokee are a Native American People, originally indigenous to the Southeastern United States, currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, they are also in Oklahoma. We had a great time there and I got to hug a bear!

Bad Bear

We stopped at a few road side viewing and they told things about the area

spectacular!

Event Horizon

The following day we drove over to Brasstown Bald, Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the state of Georgia, located in northeast Georgia, the mountain is known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah. The name in English is derived from a mistaken translation of the term for a former Cherokee village nearby, located along the upper Brasstown Creek (named in English from the same error) feeding the Hiawassee River.
Across the North Carolina state line, immediately North of the mountain, are other places named in that error of English settlers: Brasstown, a community in the Brasstown township of Clay County, North Carolina.
Brasstown Bald is partly in both Towns and Union counties, the peak being divided by the county line. The mountain is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains(part of the Appalachian Mountains), and within the borders of the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The mountain consists mostly of soapstone and dunite.
On a clear day, it is possible to see the tall buildings of Atlanta, Georgia from the summit. We could not see that but, the view was quite breathtaking.

Pierre and I walked up the mountain, we didn't take the shuttle, it was a bit of a climb!
We went thru a cute little town named Helen so I wanted to go back there!
It looked like it came straight out of the alps. Helen was formerly a logging town that was in decline, so the city resurrected itself by becoming a replica of a Bavarian alpine town, in the Appalachians instead of the Alps. This design is mandated through zoning first adopted in 1969, so that the classic south-German style is present on every building.
Because of this, tourism is the main industry in Helen, catering mostly to weekend visitors from the Atlanta area and also motorcyclists who enjoy riding the beautiful roads of Helen and its surrounding areas during all seasons.

some of the buildings

lunch with the peeps

Adventure Abound

Started out early Saturday morning on our first long RV trip, we are going with our neighbors Dick and Jane (yes that is their names) to Sugar Mills Creek RV Park in Clarksville Ga to see the leaves change and just hang out. The first day we made it to Eufaula, and stayed in a Army Corps of engineers  camp grounds..it was right on the lake and quite beautiful. In 1963, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created Walter F. George Lake (unofficially named Lake Eufaula) behind the lock and dam of Fort Gaines, Georgia. Eufaula is a beautiful city and has a wonderful history and it is the largest city in Barbour County, Alabama. By the late 1850s, Eufaula's advantageous location on the Chattahoochee made it a major shipping center for cargo bound for the Port of Apalachicola and, from there, to major world markets such as Liverpool and New York City.
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge was established along Lake Walter F. George to serve and protect many endangered and threatened species such as the American bald eagle, the American alligator, the wood stork and the peregrine falcon. The refuge is a major tourist attraction for visitors from around the country.

View from the camping spot

The next night We stayed at a campsite called Country Boys.... After dinner Pierre and I went for a walk and we came across a playground so we seesawed and played on the swings..it was so much fun kinda like being a kid again!

.

The next morning we set out early and made it in to Sugar Mills campground.
The drive was breathtaking, at least it was for me, so many trees changing to such beautiful colors. The campgroundis quite nice and they have wifi..yea!
The next day we went to Goats on the roof it is just outside of Clayton Ga and it is a wonderful place. They have the cutest little goats and they live on and off the roof of the houses!🐐Loved it.

We then went to Tallulah, Home of Tallulah Gorge, an ancient, awesome 1000 foot chasm carved over millions of years by the Tallulah River, Tallulah Falls is actually a series of six waterfalls cascading down through Tallulah Gorge. Breathtaking they were! But let me tell you...the stairs! That's right...we did 374 stairs...my legs are twitching still as I write this. It was worth it. The suspension bridge over the gorge was quite fun too..I have never been on a bridge like that and it swayed as you walked on it!

What it means to me to be a Grandparent

I am now a grandma to 4 grandchildren … 2 girls and 2 boys, I am having trouble thinking of myself as a grandma. I never had a grandma growing up so the only images I have are of the television types and they are all old ladies in long cotton house-dresses and glasses with jiggly arms, white hair (ok, blue hair!), bent-over backs, pearl necklaces and earrings, sensible shoes, neat little hats with flowers.
I...on the other hand...love shiny things and pink stripes in my hair.. I wear funky clothes, play Pokemon go..  I have sailed to far away places...and we just bought a motorhome and we are going travel around the USA.
 My daughter is forever getting on to me about the fact that I only wear flip-flops....even when it is cold outside. I love to wear completely insensible shoes.  I love boots. I love to play games...build sand castles..I am easily entertained, I love to walk, skip and dance.
I want my grandchildren to remember LOVE, FUN and SILLY.. that is very important to me because I never had that as a child.
I do not cook, but I am thinking of learning how to bake, that  way I can make cookies, cupcakes and various good things to eat.
I never wear cotton house-dresses, sensible shoes or crooked glasses...(well sometimes my glasses are crooked) I do not want jiggly arms or snow-white hair.  I don’t.  Not yet, anyway.

The two beauties 

Kai

Sammy

The RV with a name!

Kevin from Mo's Graphics came by today with the new name for the RV...we named her Esprit....in French....Esprit means "free spirit." I think that sums it up for Pierre and I...we are real free spirits!
We also became grandparents again for the fourth time...but that does not change how special it is and how excited we are to see our new grandson Kai Orion Nauman. What a beautiful name~right. I am so proud of our daughter and our son in law..... they did good!

Selfie with Kai

What a sweet face!

waiting...post grip

Life continues to throw you curve balls doesn't it? I never thought i would still be here in Panama City this late in the year. Here it is July and we are waiting for the wee grandsons appearance...we had planned to be out of here seeing the country side.. by now, but the news that we are going to be grandparents again kinda stopped us from leaving and the fact that I get to see the birth of this one keeps me here

barn door 

After all the DIY. on the house....it is done now, well...as done as I am going to do!

the new light fixture for thee kitchen

vessel sink

new floor and rug