CuRVWander

Being a fulltimer (we live in our RV) we have a lifestyle of freedom that most can only dream of.  We volunteer for various national and state parks, picking them based on where we want to be for a winter or summer.  Every place we visit gives us new things to do and learn but each place also has its challenges.  Two national parks we volunteered for required a four hour, one way drive to get groceries.  Of course basic supplies were closer but very expensive - at least $4 for a half gallon of milk.  Fresh foods were equally expensive, when available, and were not in that great of shape.  So we evolved into once a month shopping trips and had to develop a way to store and preserve large quantities of supplies.  Luckily, the parks helped their volunteers with this and provided residential refrigerators and chest freezers.  The same was true with basic needs such as water and power, although not always plentiful or reliable.  It was just anothe...

It may be mid-September but we are still having peak summertime heat.  We have come to the realization that we are behaving the same as the people that are not coming to Chattahoochee Bend State Park.  There may be ample things to do and places to go in this part of Georgia but it is just too miserably hot to get out to do something.  We have just been going through the routine of camp host duties and trips to town for groceries, supplies, and the occasional ice cream.  Our favorite being a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.  Bad for the diet, good for the soul. But cabin fever is setting in and we are determined to get out and do something, heat be damned.  Just by coincidence we were watching a local PBS station and they were doing the history of Columbus, Georgia with a focus on the development of the river that passes through the historic district.  It looked interesting and there was no rain forecast for the next day so we made plans to go. The route ...