Sweet Home Alabama

Thanksgiving morning, we left Stone Mountain for our winter destination.  Traffic was very light which was nice since we had to drive in the Atlanta area.  Atlanta traffic can be bad and in a motor home it is stressful.

We arrived at our campground around 2 p.m.  Mom immediately put our Thanksgiving dinner in the oven.  She fixed Cornish hens, green bean casserole, rolls and pumpkin pie.

The sites here are large and sandy.  Scout and I are loving laying in the sand.  We are in the country.  I get up with the roosters here.  BOL!  I can hear them, but I haven't seen them.  The campground is owned by an RV club that we belong to and there are tons of activities to do.  We will tell you more about that at a later time.

Our site

We are about 20 miles from Gulf Shores, AL. The folks drove there on Saturday.

Do you see the jellyfish?

Mom said the beach is beautiful! 

The weather has been great here so far.  It has been in the 70's.  We are running our air conditioning instead of our heat.  It sure doesn't seem like December.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Prefers Sand Over Mud

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

While we were staying at Stone Mountain, the folks visited the Jimmy Carter Library/Museum.  They are wanting to visit all the presidential libraries.  This was the 6th library that they have visited.

Mom said the museum was nice and she learned a lot about the family.  She thought Amy was an only child, but she has three brothers.  They are older than Amy and didn't live in the White House.

Rosalynn was very active in being a close advisor to Jimmy while he was the President.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been extremely busy helping people since leaving the White House.

Mom said the neat thing about visiting the Presidential Libraries is that you learn about the President as a person. 

Replica of what Rosalynn and Jimmy wore on their wedding day.

Jimmy, Amy and Rosalynn after the inauguration.

A replica of what Jimmy's Oval Office looked like.

Margaret Truman gave Jimmy "The Buck Stops Here" for his desk.

The Presidents signed their photo and the baseball in the lower part of the photo.

Amy and John Travolta

Jimmy and Willie Nelson

This is a nut cracker.

This painting is very interesting in person.  It is made up of buildings, flags, ships, buildings, vehicles, etc.

Medals of Freedom given to The Carters in 1999.

Noble Peace Prize was given to Jimmy in 2002

After visiting the museum, the folks returned to the campground for more fun and walks with us.

We showed you the picture of our campground site yesterday, but they also have sites that are not in the woods as much.  Some of the sites have decks and propane BBQ grills.  It is a nice place.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy To Be Away From The Campground With The Book Of Rules

It Is Not Cold In The South - Stone Mountain, GA

We left the Baltimore area on November 23rd.   It took us a little while to get out our site since the motor home would not start.  We had to jump it with the Jeep.  Then, the leveling jack was stuck again.  Dad had to push it to make it go up.  Lastly, the air brakes didn't want to stay aired up.  Mom wasn't too worried because we had a week to get to our Alabama destination.

Dad was on vacation last week, so we decided to have some fun.  We stopped at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. We didn't expect many people to be there since it was Thanksgiving week. We didn't actually make our reservations until Sunday night and we were lucky to get in.  The campground was packed.  When we pulled next to our site, Mom was nervous.  It looked like it was going to be tough backing the motor home into it.  There were trees all around.  Campers love to watch other campers back into their spots and this place was full of spectators.  There was a family of five sitting in their chairs watching.  The people across the street had their eyes glued on us too. There was no less than 10 people watching, hoping for a problem.  Mom got out and directed Dad in like a pro.  She used the BIG hand signals that she learned in boot camp and Dad made it in one try!  The lady across the street was definitely disappointed.  BOL!

Our site.

Stone Mountain has a nice Christmas camping package going on.  The package the folks chose included two 2-day unlimited passes to the activities.  The activities included shows, touring houses, riding the train, riding the tram to the top of the mountain and touring museums.  There is a village that is all decorated for Christmas and there is a parade held at night with Santa.  Rudolph and his friends are also there.  Mama really enjoyed the lights. We also received firewood and s'more making supplies with our package.

S'more making supplies. I am waiting for the marshmallows to be opened.

We enjoyed walking around the park and meeting people.  We met another greyhound named Zippy. He must have been a good racer because he was not adopted until he was five.  He is from Tampa.

The folks visited Stone Mountain twenty plus years ago. It has changed since that time.  They were told it is now owned by Dollywood and there is a lot more to do there now.

Mom wasn't really fond of going to the top of the mountain on their last visit, but Dad wanted to do it again.

This is what you ride to the top.

The carving as seen from the tram aka Summit Skyway.

Dad on the mountain.

Trees can grow anywhere, I guess.

View from the mountain.

Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis

 The folks visited a museum and also watched a film about the carving.  They found it very interesting.

View from the ground.

The park offers visitors a chance to place in the snow.  It is man-made snow.

Snow tubing

View from tram.

Ready to see the lights?

We highly recommend visiting Stone Mountain for the holidays.  We had a lot of fun!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy To Be Using The AC Again