Agrirama!

We see lots of interesting sights in our travels and yesterday was such a time. There were several antique cars traveling together. This is the best shot I got. We left Rainbow Country Campground yesterday morning intending to spend the night in a campground in Quitman, Georgia. When we got close to the road that turns off to the campground, we realized too late we had passed right by it. So much for "look for the sign" according to our campground book. There was no sign from either direction. We were on a red road and a very good one, but limited places to turn a big rig around. So I called the campground to see if they had spaces available and got no answer. Not a good sign as we have found a few campgrounds have disappeared even though they are in the current campground books. So we decided to continue on our way and look for something else. Our criteria includes being fairly close to Perry, Georgia, within the next few days in order to stage our departure for the Big Rally starting next week. We also want a place where our friends, Pat and Ward, can come camp with us and caravan to the rally. We ended up stopping at the Agrirama at Tifton, Georgia. It is right on I-75 about 60 miles south of Perry. It is a farm museum and a "period" village and in the parking lot are 40 full hookup sites with 50 amp service. Wow! All for $20 a night and with that, you get free admission to the museum and village.

Once we got set up we settled in for the night as there was rain forecast and lots of it. Flood warnings abounded, but no severe weather. Before the rain started, we took the dogs for a walk, Neal in his stroller, and let them browse on the grass at the end of the parking lot. By that time the museum had closed and we had the place all to ourselves. No other campers in here. The security guard stopped by at one point to visit and to see the dogs and she said we would be very safe. They lock the gate on the road back here, but there is a cell number to call if one needs out.

The rain started sometime during the night and continued until about 9:30 a.m. They weren't kidding about getting a lot of rain. Fortunately, the parking lot is well drained, although we had a lot of water running in sheets toward us and on by to the drains. But at least there is no mud to contend with.

Ward and Patty are planning on joining us on Monday, so we have decided to wait till they get here to go through the museum. It will be more fun to tour that with friends. It has been so long since we have been with friends, other than to eat out, and I am looking forward to seeing them. We last saw Ward and Patty in Chattanooga in the fall.

Terry is off to the mall at the moment to walk. I stayed back to sit out with the dogs for a bit and to start some laundry. I have a few mending projects as well. The sitting out didn't last long as it started to mist, so I had to bring the boyz back inside.

Till next time. . .

Dale