HEATHER'S BLOG.

HELLO ALL, CHARLIE ALREADY DID A BLOG. BUT I LIKE TO DO THE TWO CENTS OF MINE. SO HERE WE GO. TODAY WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. THE MORNING WAS CHILLY, BUT EVENTUALLY IT DID WARM UP ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET IN SHORT'S AND SUN FOR ABIT. MMMMM... LOVE SUNBATHING. MY NAIL COLOR FOR HALLOWEEN  IS THIS AWESOME ORANGE. I HAD A YOUNG MAN FLIRT WITH ME TODAY AT THE LIQUOR STORE. IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT I STILL HAVE IT! :) HEEHEE. WEL THEN WE WENT TO A REALLY NICE SPAGHETTI DINNER. HOSTED BY SOME WORK CAMPERS AND THE OWNERS OF OKATOMA PARK. MMM IT WAS REALLY GOOD. DON'T GET ME WRONG CHARLIE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND ALWAYS WILL BE.  WELL TTFN LOVE 2 ALL.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi 10-30-10

Well hello there !! We were up early today and cooked a breafast using farm fresh eggs that are produced right here at the campground. They've got Rhode Island Reds out back in a coop and sell them 'by the honor system' out of the fridge at the clubhouse. Man those are good !! The rest of the morning was filled with workamping and we quit early and made a run to the store..all of us are getting together at 5PM for a spaghetti dinner. Sure is a friendly place. We made a big error in judgement today when we ran into town this afternoon...Hattiesburg is home to Southern Mississippi University and their football game was just getting out as we passed the colliseum, it was a wave of people coming from every direction...OH what fun !!! When we got back to camp after escapeing the madness it was definately beer time :) After dinner we sat outside and just stargazed..( what a different mode than in town !!) The old mouse for our computer crapped out so we bought a new wireless mouse, it works much better and is a lot faster. ( I love technology) We think we may pull outa here on Wed or Thurs so we'll be making up a plan and will be watching the weather too. Hope you all are doing fine and remember ..LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY...
........CHARLIE & HEATHER

Hattiesburg, Mississippi 10-29-10

I know this kinda gets redundant but we're still here...we put up paneling and various other stuff today and basically breezed thru a couple hours of work..then we decided to have a powerhouse 5 o'clock somewhere hour or 2 or 3....ha-ha  ....we will talk to the owners tomorrow to see if they want us to do anymore workamper days...if we can, we'll "bank" a couple days of free camping for our return trip in the spring. We plan on moving further south soon as the nights are getting in that 45 DEG mode at night..Yesterday we  took a tour of the zoo in Hattiesburg, small but entertaining and at $3 it was worth it.  Hope the next few posts are more exciteing but for now...REMEMBER, TIME GOES BY QUICKLY SO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

Hattiesburg Mississippi 10-27-10

We're still work camping at Okatoma RV & Resort, wrapping up our 1st week of this new kind  of adventure.
Actually, if it wasn't for the 90Deg weather, this could be a lot of fun. We're helping to build 2 bathrooms in a resort cottage. It started out with nothing and now we're about 80% done. Not bad for a week!! No work tomorrow while the floor guy does his thing then we'll finish it up in a day or two. We're only working about 4 hrs a day and then we do our usual things at 5 o'clock :).. It's been fun cooking outside with shorts on and watching beautiful sunsets every evening...Tonight we watched a lightning storm right after sunset and had a spot of rain but it was great watching it..it actually cooled it down to about 80Deg so, campared to 90 today, it was a break..We haven't even thought about moving this week and the other workcampers we're with are very nice, knowledgeable people. We all click as we work..We might take a tour of the zoo, in Hattiesburg, tomorrow, if the weather will let us. I haven't mentioned that last night and the night before, about 9PM,during our star gazing hour, we thought we saw a 'gator in the pond. The owners of this place said  " no 'gators"  but we saw what we think is a 4 ft 'gator, maybe 2, swimming and when it started our way the yard lights showed it's silver eyes and we've never seen turtle eyes like that !! I thought I might take a swim in the pond but not now..nosiree !! The old Tioga motorhome has been behaveing so far and other than our new exhaust coming apart ( I was able to fix it) nothing alse has been a headache..Hope everyone is happy and stress free and remember........FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY TOO QUICKLY.....CHARLIE & HEATHER

Heathers blog

Hello all, I'am haveing a great time in hattiesburg. We r workcamping, and I love it. It's great to be busy again. We are working on a house here. Tools, Saws and Wood, plumbing, electrical, and maybe painting. Yeehaw.!!! The weather has kept up well. The satelitte is no good here. But really who needs tv.

OCT 24 2010 HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI

IF YOU CONSIDER THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF TRAVELING IS TO RELAX AND HAVE A GOOD TIME THEN WE'RE DOING GREAT!!THE WEATHER HAS JUST BEEN WAYYYY  BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. 75 TO 85 AND SUNNNYYY!!We decided to stay here at Okatoma RV Campground in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and do a work camper gig...20hrs of light work for a free week of rent..the place is in the country, no noise or trains, nice ponds and nice people. We've been kicking around the idea of fulltimeing next year and part of the overall plan is to workcamp and eliminate any rent fees, that definitely is attractive..if we gave up our Houghton Lake domicile and camped for free it'd save a lot of bucks per year, not to mention no utility bills either!!! We can see why so many thousands of people are doing this..The choices are immense at State Parks, Corp of Engineer parks, National Parks and private parks. We joined Workampers a year ago and from what we've seen and the campers we've talked to, it's a great way to SEE THE USA..One of the adjustments to our Normal way of life is being able to come up with a different plan anytime we want to...kind of a "OK, let's just do it" way of life..We got caught up today on all the domestic chores (YUK) but it's gotta get done..We're getting real good at eliminating extra trips to town for shopping like we did last year and manage to keep it down to once a week. Got a few things planned for touring this week and we'll report on that as it happens..Would love to hear from ya..comment here or email us at cmhl09@passportamerica.com  Remember  FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME PASSES QUICKLY  ....Charlie & Heather

Oct 21,2010 Okatoma Resort Hattiesburg Miss.

So now we're signed up for a week and we were asked if we'd like a week for free..all we gotta do is give a little labor helping to fix up a rental cabin..hhmmmm!!..well, ok..the owners use workampers & thru some talk we seem to have talked ourselves into our first "job"..let's see, free rent for a few hours work...well, sure..more money for a casino next week or so..we really don't have anywhere we gotta be at any certain time..we'vr been thinking about doing this sort of thing anyway so what the heck, go for it..so, we'll be here for awhile and the temps haven't been getting anywhere near 45F so .........now we gotta settle out early tonite cause we go to work at the early hour of 9AM tomorrow til 2PM with 1 1/2 hour lunch hour..aawwww geee..got a great bike ride in today and a nap...didn't feel like cooking so we chowed on leftovers..hope y'all have a great day and remember LIVE YOUR DREAMS CAUSE TIME GOES BY TOO FAST..........CHARLIE&HEATHER

Wed Oct 20,2010 Ocotoma RV Park Hattiesburg, Miss.

WOW..were we suprised when we pulled into this RV park,,it's beautiful..the gal that answered the phone had a tremendous down south drawl, friendly and inviting...this park is so awesome from the minute you pull in..the pond has signs that say "catch. kiss, and release"...Mary Ellen, one of the owners, said they've on;y been here a year, you'da thought forever !!...we'll be here for a week so we can get our mail and just to take a break...had a great personal Happy Hour and will be exploring the area this week..Afternoon temps were about 80 and had to run the AC again (dangit)...we decided to eat leftovers tonite so NO COOKING (awww geee)...hope y'all are enjoying the posts and REMEMBER.......FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS CAUSE TIME GOES BY TOO FAST......CHARLIE&HEATHER

TUES 10-19-10 PLANNING

It's evening here in Philidelphia ( Mississippi ) Now that laundry and all the domestic stuff is caught up we're planning on making a move further South..Lot's of things to check..free camping, Passport America campgrounds, State Parks, then we have park reviews, and call ahead..We like to NOT do reservations and just show up so we can drive around a camp before checking in, checking out bathrooms and general character of the camp..We usually have an alternative or two nearby in case the camp doesn't meet our standards. Normally we only drive 2 or 3 hours max, about 120 to 150 miles, sometimes less..if we stay 2 days and still have stuff to see we'll extend for a few days..we stay longer, about once a month ,to let our mail catch up with us. So as you follow our plans don't be suprised if we change plans sporadically. It's a tough life :) Remember FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME PASSES TOO QUICKLY.love y'all..
CHARLIE AND HEATHER

HEATHERS THOUGHTS

Hello, This is me. heehee, I hope this finds all of you well.  We are having a great time here in mississippi. The BB. King museum, was spectacular. Lot's of info. And u all know how we like info. :)  We saw our first gator in Hollandale SP. He was huge!!  I have pics.    Hey Shannon I hope your doing good.  Well I;m sure Charley can explain more. So i will go for now. Love to u.

THURSDAY OCT 14, 2010

Hi all..We're in Memphis, TN for a few days just about 2 miles from Graceland..at the T.O. Fuller State Park..got beautiful weather all week in the high 70's..the trees are big here and we've noticed the fauna change at this Latitude..starting to see a bit of Spanish Moss in the trees too..as usual, this far south, the ranger station has "snake info" notices...lots of dogs walking their people every morning and night..met a lot of fulltimers so far, very interesting to talk to them..We're discussing doing that, so we listen to them intently to see if we can learn anything ( don't tell me you can't teach an old dog new tricks)..we've stuck to small roads for the most part and have seen some great country..hope everyone is well and we miss y'all..til next time..SEE THE USA

Heather's Blog

Hello all. we r in kentucky visiting my son josh. i haven't seen him since july.  The scenery is beautiful here. Pretty much like michigan.  Just alot warmer.  Next stop, tennesse. Then off to mississippi to see the B.B. King museum.  It's been a very easy ride so far. Dry counties suck!!!!  Lot's of religion down here.  K gotta go. TTFN

10-10-10 Paducha, Kentucky

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