Talbot Islands Area.....Thursday 25th February...

Much colder overnight last night and guess who swapped out the thick winter duvet for lighter covers yesterday !!!!!
Our day out today mainly following the A1A scenic coastal route initially takes us past the Mayport Naval Station....interesting to spot a stealth boat...thought they were not meant to be seen !!

Great for us Brits to see that BAE Systems are involved in the work in the naval yard...one for you Jennifer...

Spanish Moss dripping from the trees, very reminiscent of Daufuskie Island and The Charleston/Savannah areas......Fort George Island on route to The Ribault Club and The Kingsley Plantation....
The Ribault Club....a former 1920's wintertime resort golf and country club for the very rich....now an historic building it was abandoned in the late 1940's and left to rot and vandalism then renovated in the late 1980's and now a museum and venue for weddings and gatherings.....

Salt marshes a characteristic of this area......

A perfect view of the Fort George River from The Kingsley Plantation.....

The Kingsley Plantation House....
Built by Zephaniah Kingsley in 1798 on Fort George Island at the time only accessible by boat and the oldest plantation house still standing in Florida....
The cash crop was Sea Island cotton......

The remains of the slave quarters....the buildings were made from a material called tabby,  a "concrete" mixture made from oyster shells, sand and lime...

A tabby wall with the oyster shells clearly embedded in it....

Little Talbot Island State Park...
Sand dunes and Yorkieman.....although it's a beautiful sunny day there is a chilly wind....but not complaining we are just so pleased to be enjoying the sunshine...

Little Talbot Island State Park....time for lunch sandwich....

Next stop after driving through Amelia Island is Fernandina Beach a neat little historic town.....

We've had a really good day out looking at the local area......
Loving the sunshine and blue skies, down to freezing again tonight so winter duvet back on the bed which is ok....
More soon from
The Sunny campers....

Perry, GA to Jacksonville, FL 20th February 2016

We are all supplied up and ready to be "on the road again" cue song......39 degrees when we left Perry this morning 65F when we get to Jacksonville, we can live with that !!

I-75 rest area and comfort break, coffee and cookie time....

We love roads like this.....and thanks to Bill for his advise to cut across country rather than stick with the interstate..... 

Sorry folks about the water-towers but just getting back into the swing of  blog entries and hey ho I'm not sorry at all !!!!

Well let's hope it is The Sunshine State and not like it was for Kelly, JP and Phoebe last year....
Arrived at Pecan Park RV Resort, Jacksonville early enough for a good walk around the park. It's one of the biggest we have stayed at with 550 sites but all easy pull-thru and good concrete pads.....we'll be here for just over a week before heading south again....
Fantastic sighting of the International Space Station this evening.....
More soon....

8th to 16th February 2016....Back in the USA......

Hello blog followers and welcome to more tales from this side of the pond  with Yorkieman and Mrs Blogger....we are hoping to snatch some rays and warm the old  bones (along with the snowbirds) in Florida, maybe Yorkieman might even get a round or two of golf...
We had a very good flight with BA to Atlanta, so often it comes down to having a good In Flight Director and now enjoying a few days visiting with our good friends in Georgia....
This photo is of the State Capitol Building in Atlanta....I was lucky enough to go with Myra and Leaders of Habersham Chamber of Commerce on an organised trip to the Capitol......

Built in1889 in the style of the US Capitol in Washington. and quite easy to loose a sense of direction inside !!.....

A really good and very interesting day seeing the Senate and House of Representatives in action.....very cold, below freezing this morning when we left Cornelia at 07.30 but so good to see the sun after our rainy winter.....

Sunday 14th and a brisk (temps still at freezing) walk uphill (about a mile) to the Chenocetah Historic Fire Lookout Tower.....
We had planned to head south yesterday but a mechanical problem with our truck meant partaking of Myra and Bill's southern hospitality for an extra few days....

A view of Lake Russell taken from the tower.....

The King and Queen buildings....
Tuesday 16th February, truck fixed (good news the work was under warranty) fond farewells Bill and Myra and on our way south through Atlanta after picking up the trailer from storage on route....as it had been so cold the hydraulics to raise the legs were a bit sticky but managed to get hitched and on the road without incident...

The financial district of Atlanta and traffic quite light....

What would my blog be without a few water-towers !!!!!
It's a beautiful blue sky sunny day and lovely warm 64F by the time we get to Perry 200 miles south of Cornelia....

We are all set for a couple of days here in Perry to restock the fridge/freezer and store cupboards and get ourselves once again settled into life on the road...
At the moment we are mainly relishing having the windows and door open and enjoying the warm sunshine after a grey and wet winter in UK.....
More soon from The Trainee Snowbirds....