MEANDERING MOOSE

     During our working years, when Nancy and I took vacations in the southeast, we would either stay along the ocean or hit the mountains and head down the Appalachians as far south as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Since we always ignored north Georgia we decided to give it a try and, HOLY COW, we loved it!  The countryside here is very much like New England with mountains towering above 4,000', waterfalls, gorgeous streams, massive lakes, and cool towns. Springtime in North Georgia      Our first stop was Carter's Lake Corp of Engineers campground in Elijay, Georgia.  Our campsite overlooked the water and we took the opportunity to chill in this beautiful setting.  Nancy even took a plunge into the chilly lake water and floated around for an hour or 2. Carter's Lake Nancy taking a dip in Carter's Lake      We used the campground as a jumping off point to visit some of the local highlights.  One evening we toured Elijay which turned out to

A Great Blue Heron overlooks its domain in Titusville, FL.      After 6 months, we are finally out of "the compound" and back on the road again.  Our time in the gated resort known as The Great Outdoors (a.k.a. "the compound" or "TGO") can best be defined as medical.  We had medical appointments virtually every week, including one week were we had 6 appointments.  Not to mention 3 surgeries and 4 emergency rooms adventures.  At this point all seems a lot better and improving enough to get our travels underway. This was super scary!  At 4 o'clock one morning this 5th wheel caught on fire 7 sites away from our rig.  It burned to the ground in a couple of minutes with flames rising over 100 feet into the air.  Fortunately, all 6 residents escaped without harm.  Yikes!!! This is the launch of Space X's super heavy rocket on February 6, 2018. The rocket was the most powerful in the world by a factor of 2. It featured 2 reusable booster s