Busy Year

 I cannot believe we are already into March and I have not posted since New Years. Since then we have gone to Florida twice, South Carolina, had our grandchildren for a week and I took a quick trip to NYC. Whew!! What a busy start.

New Year's Day

Every new year's day Clark and I hop in the car and look for an adventure. Looking back we seem to have a lot of cold wet new year's days. It was just that this year too. We had no real plan other than for me to take a picture. We headed West with the thoughts of finding an old barn or something. Instead we turned into the West Georgia Regional Airport. The gate was opened so we drove in and took a few shots of the small planes parked there. Although it wasn't much of an adventure, we enjoyed our little jaunt.

Ready to Roll!

Although the interior was not complete, we were ready to roll! We took a trip to St. Mary's so we could go to Cumberland Island. Scotty had a fresh new look on the inside and outside. At the time of this trip we only had the bed and dinette. All our cooking had to be done outside or we had to go out to eat. We stayed at Crooked River State Park which was pretty awesome. Our adventure to Cumberland Island exceeded all our expectations and we look forward to another trip to see more of the island.

Since we came home from this trip the sink and stove have been installed and we are in the process of selecting a refrigerator.

Restoration

While this has taken a while to restore, we are really moving along rather nicely. I use the word we loosely. I have not had nearly as much participation as John--oops, Clark! He is such a hard worker. I haven't had an opportunity to take more pictures but we are really much further along than this. Clark has already completed the trim, installed all the wiring and lights, installed the ceiling and sealed all the seams. He is about to paint the interior. I can hardly wait. Although we will not be entirely done, we plan to take another trip in Scotty sometime in November. We'll at least have the potty and bed in there. Since we'll be camping we do not need the store and sink nor the dinette complete as we can use all our  "outdoor" equipment for cooking, eating, and even cleaning up.

Our first trip with Scotty!

We bought our first camper less than a month ago (2 weeks to be exact) and we are really excited. We had been looking for a “Scotty” for more than a year. Although our Scotty is more than 40 years old he is in pretty good shape. Not really good enough to take on a trip, but certainly weekend worthy. We chose a state park not too far from home, Cloudland Canyon. There were many more parks close by but we had visited all of them and this was a special trip.

Worn out, tired and not really ready for a camping trip, Scotty trudged on behind us. We were so excited and so unprepared. Not that anything really went wrong. Scotty was good to us—even in the rain. No leaks that we are aware.

Scotty needs so much work and looks his age, but he was a true camper. We loaded everything up in Scotty. We arrived to discover that isn’t such a good idea. We didn’t put things where they belonged, nor did we tie things down for the bumpy ride. No, we pretty much threw things in thinking we would take care of things once we arrived. It took us about 5 ½ hours to make the 2 ½ hour trip. We stopped at 3 Wal-Marts, a Marvins, Freds, and Wendy’s. We kept remembering things we had forgotten. No problem—we are planning to have a standard check list for future ventures. By the way we still managed to forget some things. Oh well.

We arrived much later than planned only to discover we had a ton of rearranging to do just so we could get into the camper. We spent about an hour or so trying to get things more organized so we could at least find things and make the bed. We wanted to do some hiking before dinner and relaxation.

Our first night, though uneventful, was not as restful as we had hoped. This was not because of Scotty. We do not have an air-conditioner for Scotty, but we had a small fan. Not bad, but a little hot at first. Luckily we were high in the mountains and it cooled off quickly. Of course I didn’t think to bring sheets because we had sleeping bags. John got up several times during the night, which woke me. We ended up sleeping in until 8:51. OMG! In camper land, that is sinful.

Today we cleaned things up and organized things better. I think I am going to like Scotty once we clean him up and learn to organize things better. Tomorrow we head home and Scotty will most likely go back into the garage until he is ready for a “real” trip. I can’t wait.

Our Little Scotty Camper

Clark and I just bought our first camper--a vintage Serro Scotty. We are very excited about about restoring this camper and then heading out for some adventures. I will keep you all posted about our little excursions.

Naples, FL

We finally made it to Naples and this is what was waiting for us! Beautiful white beaches, calm blue water, sunny skies, more than I could have asked. It was just beautiful! Of course my family was there and that just made things so much better. We had a great time. John got to fish from the pier and he went out on a boat Sunday to go fishing. Of course the seas were too rough so he did not get to fish but he had a great time out at sea. I spent a couple of days with my family. Got to take some great pictures and off we went back home. Every time I go to Florida I want to move back. I know it will never happen, but I sure would love it!