Last week of March...

A pair of House Wrens visited our 5er hitch building an elaborate nest.  Caught in time, I was fussed at by the birds as I removed their work.  A shiny CD was hung under the hitch to deter their return as we don't want to be hauling eggs or baby birds down the road.  Looks like they moved to our neighbor's hitch.  LOL  Once before they built a nest in the spare tire of our Cargo Trailer.  They went through the center rim hole building their nest behind in the wheel cover.  We did not find the nest until after all birds had hatched leaving their nest and egg shells behind. 
March 23rd we had drizzly rain until mid afternoon when the sun popped out and temps dropped.  Old Man Winter continues to hang around. 

One of the little House Wrens checked out the rug J had covering his firepit logs for bugs.

A Blue Heron daily visits the water's edge in search of something for dinner.




On Monday, March 23th, Wild Animal Safari near Pine Mountain, GA, was an unforgettable encounter spanning six continents.  This is a 500-acre park with hundreds of wild and exotic species of animals from around the world.  Most of these beautiful creatures roam freely coming up to your vehicle for some pellet food.  Watch your fingers!

Tuesday...an early morning peek out our back window produced 12 strange small orange objects floating not far from the bank of West Point Lake.  Curious...I waited and watched as one would occasionally turn up on end to bob along.  J finally said that one has a fish on it.  A trot line?  No.  Finally a small bass boat with two occupants came along retrieving their individual floating bobbing rigs with line and single hook.  Hmmm  A new way to fish.  Someone said they use to  fish the same way; but, used milk jugs instead of noodles.  They called it "jug" fishing.


Our camping neighbor pulled out leaving us as the sole campers on this point.  Then all heck broke loose.  The wind picked up blowing a 17-25mph gale.  The nearby pine tree decided to occasionally pelt us with pine cones and small twigs.  The sound as they hit the roof was LOUD.  J had to re-align his DTV dish as the wind knocked it out of adjustment twice.  We had to fix it for our hockey game. 

Wednesday...Our Michigan snowbird friends arrived to camp for 14 days as they slowly make their way towards home.  J and I made a Valley, Alabama, run to Walmart for gas ($3.35.9 per gal.) and a few groceries. 

On our way home J stopped for a photo shoot of the West Point RR Station (now a Visitor's Center) with Chattahoochee Caboose and West Point Textile boxcar.  As we neared our campground...the air was filled with smoke.  As per camp Host...the Rangers were burning some of the underbrush.  GRRRRR  The afternoon was spent inside until after the smoke subsided so we could piddle around our campsite. 
Sunshine and warming temps brought folk out on the lake.

J fixed a nice camp fire as the sun started to set.  I picked up pinecones & small twigs helping make a hot fire. 

There was a nice hue on the bay behind us.



New tent and pop-up campers arrived at the sites next door.






Thursday...Sunny, light breeze, warming temps, folk fishing, & kids playing.  A down day for us.  A call to our New Hampshire snowbird friends at Modoc CCC campground near Clarks Hill, SC.  Several sites available...so, we'll be heading that way March 30th.

Friday...Rain before daybreak with the predicted .25 inch turning into over 2 inches before it dwindled to none by 4:30 p.m. Saturday.  The tent campers beside us chose to leave their tents and drive 40 minutes home for the rain event.  The pop-up camper pulled out during the heavy rain for their nearby Alabama home. 

Glad the rain stopped as I have gotten tired of mopping water from the back big window trough from a couple leaks.  Going to have to figure this out and fix.

Saturday, March 29th, there were a few rain showers.  Then the wind picked up blowing a gale...18-24mph.  We were bombarded with hard pine cones and poplar balls.  Several pine cones sounded like they were going to come through our roof.

Hi winds forecast for Sunday with 35mph + gusts.  J woke me around 8 a.m. for us to hit the road.  OH DEAR!  I immediately sent up a request for the wind to be favorable.  Guess I was heard as we had a gentle 11-14 mph tailwind taking us I-85 to I-285 around Atlanta to I-20 and SC to Modoc CCC campground.  Thank

goodness we were on the outgoing lanes as inbound for Atlanta was bumper to bumper.  We drove under the airport runways as several big jets were taking flight.  

There also was roadside remnants of this winter's blast with the pea gravel.

Got lost.  A call to our NH snowbird friends got us to our destination; but, not before crossing the J. Strom Thurmond dam two times.  LOL 



Our NH snowbird friends are doing their work amp thing here and came by for a visit.  Lots of hugs and chat.  Their two dogs (Ruby and Sara) remembered me from when we all met in FL over a year ago.

Have a nice campsite...only ones on this point for a few days.  We were greeted by a pair of Chickadees building a nest in a knothole on the tree beside our slideout.  A squirrel lives in the pine behind us and our campsite is eat up with deer tracks.  WOW!  Below is our campsite and looking across the road and campground to the water on the other side of this point.  Until next time................

Travel safe.  See you by the campfire.  :)