Jeanne Robertson and The Texas Tenors

March 17 thru 22,2014.
Jesse here. We attended the FMCA, Family Motor Coach Association, at the Georgia State Fairgrounds and enjoyed the activities as well as friends and events.  The grounds are beautiful with large barns, conference and meeting rooms.  We had Georgia peach cobbler with ice cream and other goodies.

Well, after a few days of sitting in seminars and learning more about the maintenance of the MH , traveling in the MH (Boomer Bus) and general permanent living in it , we were entertained by the FMCA each evening. In addition, our RV club cooked steaks the second  evening and hamburgers the next. There was no entertainment on Monday but the Tuesday evening entertainment was:

"Jeanne Robertson". She is a former "Miss North Carolina", stand up comedian and she spent 90 minutes talking about her life and her husband, whom she called "Left Brain". She remarked about her height which happens to be 6'2" and her age which is 70. All in all, she was entertaining  and kept us laughing.

Wednesday it was "The Texas Tenors". They are a trio of singers who won the "America's Got Talent" contest back in 2009. I remember watching their first and a few other shows  they were on. They were on tour from their Branson, MO  show palace and they sang a mixture of songs that included Italian, western, pop, classical and whatever, plus the Lee Greenwood song "Proud to be an American" which got a really fantastic audience reaction. Everyone stood while they sang. Such a heartwarming feeling being among so many patriotic.people. we could see how and why they won the competition.they were really good.

All good things must end and so it did. We got a late start leaving there Thursday and headed North toward Virginia. We got as far as Lexington, SC and spent the night in the Walmart Parking lot. While there, Nita's grand daughter Valerie,  met us at the "Buffalo Wings Grill " for a bite and a  wonderful visit. Others in the family, we will see at Darlington. SC Speedway in a couple weeks.

We arrived in Chesapeake late Friday afternoon and were able to get a lot in the same RV/Modular Home park (R&H) we were in last time.  It's centrally located to everything we want so we are happy. Went to see Darlene  and really enjoyed our visit.   Boomer napped on the bed with her and as usual, he was welcomed by all.

Bye til next time

FMCA Rally, Perry, GA

Anita here, after a few weeks home at Cliffs Landing, we are on the move  again.  It was good be home and to see everyone, well almost everyone.  Our time was limited because we spent so much of it moving back into the house I moved out of two years ago.  We did get most of the "stuff" moved and left the furniture for Jake to move later.  Speaking of Jake, we spent a good deal of time with him, he's still in Army Reserve, but he's home. Yea.

After slowly moving all (most) of our loose home "stuff" we drove to Pace, FL and took in a "Gene Watson" concert at the Farmers' O'pry in Chumuckla, FL (just North of Pace). We took Jesse's nephew, Jimmy and his wife, Denise and had a good ole country dinner  of catfish, butter beans, potatoes, fried okra   with peach cobbler and ice tea. Yum!. Sorry, we didn't have the camera, so, no photos.

We had a wet and windy drive from Pensacola yesterday and it's still raining.  I had my third driving lesson and it was so different from the first two.  They were easy, nice, etc.  Yesterday, I could hardly keep the big bus on the road.  The wind was gusty and so strong.  I only drove less than two hours but it felt like  all day.  I was exhausted.  The traffic was heavy and that didn't help.  I do think I'll be able to face "whatever", now. Well, I don't know about mountains, maybe.  Jesse drove most of the way and in all the heavy down pouring rain we encountered. Was a task, it was. At least just about all 303 miles was either interstate or four lane roads.We lost the water pump (coach, not engine) somewhere along the way. Must have gotten a short or lost it's ground. Tiffin had a crew here and they fixed it today. Plus the axle  on the front awning motor broke and they tied in in for now.They "duck taped" it to the side of the motor home. Now, everyone can laugh and say" there goes the Alabama Rednecks in a fancy bus. LOL  They also worked on a water leak we developed and Carpenters in Pensacola failed (couldn't/didn't) to fix. they had repaired the water pump problem as well and it somehow shorted? again. Thank goodness one of our new friends loaned us a five gallon camping container of water to help out. New friends are great. Thank you Lord.

We were welcomed by our FMCA local chapter, the BATS, (the Bay Area Travelers) with a spaghetti supper.  We joined the group in Atlanta when we were parked across from them.  Members are from Southern Miss. and AL, and North West Fla.  A great group of new friends.  We will see them again in Branson, MO in late April.

Jack (Jesse's son) called. His mom is in the hospital in Portsmouth, VA. He doesn't know what is wrong, so if you will, put her in your prayers that it's nothing too serious.

Tomorrow the learning and meeting of new friends will start us on a new journey. Keep the Faith. We love all ya'll's