There and Back again......

Happy Thursday morning everyone.  It's Rob here today blogging to you from the coolness (58 degrees) of the North Carolina High Country.   (I do have permission from Miss Anne to write this post!!!)

As most of my Facebook family knows by now, my Cousin Sharon and I have been on  a little adventure the past 3 days.  Cousin Sharon purchased an Oliver Travel Trailer for her seasonal site up here at The Holler, and this was the week we went to take delivery of Miss Mollie and bring her home to North Carolina.  If you want to know more about Oliver Trailers, just click on the link above. 

We rolled out of a foggy Holler about 7:30 am Monday morning, and we all arrived safely back here about 6:00 pm Wednesday evening.   In between those two points in time, we had cheese cracker lunches, traveled 970 miles, was served by Davy the waiter, went on information overload, endured mid-July central Tennessee temps, visited a historical site, laughed hysterically (to be honest, it generally involved my laughing at Cousin Sharon), ate at a local cafe, made at least one wrong turn, circled (all the way around) a county courthouse, and generally had an action packed once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Now, I'm not going to tell you much more, I will tell you the name of Cousin Sharon's new Oliver is Miss Mollie.  You'll have to scoot on over to her Postcards Blog and her Coffee Cup Blog if you don't already know to read up on how she got her name and Cousin Sharon's recount of the entire adventure.  BUT, give Sharon a day or two to get her self all combobulated, because she was a bit dis-combobulated yesterday evening. 

I'll send a few pics of our recent adventure.  And I want to say THANKS to the entire crew at Oliver Travel Trailers for helping both Cousin Sharon and I through this process.

As I have before, I encourage each of you to get it out there on the open road and take a trip as often as possible, life's an adventure, don't spend it at home.  

Until next time, stay safe out there.....-Rob

Ladies' Sleep Over......

Happy Friday everyone.  It's Miss Anne here and with the help of my technology, I'm excited to bring you another remote blog post.  You see, the Mr. and Mrs. packed up and headed out early this morning.  Well, they actually headed over to Cousin Sharon's site up here at The Holler to pick up her cute little Scotty known as The Coffee Cup.

It didn't take long and everything was made ready, The Cup was hooked to Levi, and down the road we all went.  Levi leading the way pulling The Cup, and Cousin Sharon in her truck Splish not far behind.

But, a plan had been hatched a few days earlier.  The Mr. and Mrs. were going to take The Cup home with them, so the Mr. could wash her outside really, really, well, and then check for any leaks.  Those of you that have followed along on The Cup's trips know that she has had a few water leak issues around her windows.  

Once she was washed, the Mr. would check for any leaks.  The Mr. had also ordered some special RV type caulk all the way from South America (you know, The Amazon,) to seal any leaks he found.

As soon as the Mr. and Mrs. got home this morning, they parked The Cup in my house.  So you see, us campers can have sleep overs too.  Sometimes the logistics can be hard to workout, but we still have a lot of fun.  

Now The Cup was some dirty, but the Mr. was soon out at my house with a bucket, water hose, long handled brush, etc., to get her all shiny once again.

I hope she doesn't get too lonely underneath my big shelter, but I'm sure the Mr. will spend some time with her every day so she won't.

You can see below that she needed a good washing.

And a good washing she got, the entire top, the sides, the front, the back, her A/C cover, tongue, and finally her wheels and tires.  

In no time at all, the Mr. had scrubbed every square inch of her clean and she just looks so happy now!!!

Now, for the important stuff.  The Mr. told me he tried extra hard using the nozzle on the water hose to make anywhere that would leak to do just that, leak.   He's happy to report that there are only two spots he will need to check.  Those are one point on the rear window, and one point on the window next to the door.   Most importantly, what he saw was the tiniest bit of a place so the plan is to touch up the top seams with that special RV caulk, then to use some other special RV caulk to the windows first thing in the morning.   The Mr. plans on letting that all set up, water test it again, and if all is good, The Cup will be going home on Wednesday morning.  

The Mr. told me he was very happy with what he found, and he didn't actually think a bad rain would cause any issues at all now, considering the way he water tested The Cup.

Well I think it's almost my nap time here, so I'm going to let y'all go for now.  The Mr. promised more pictures as he did some caulking tomorrow, so if he sends me some, I'll be sure to shoot you another blog post.

Until next time, stay safe out there.....Miss Anne and The Cup......

These People Sure do Eat a LOT......

Happy Thursday evening all.  It's Miss Anne here once again to tell you what been going on this week.  Oh before I start, I sure hope everyone had a great Fourth!! That being said,  I can mostly sum up quite a few of the activities here with one word, "FOOD".   

I've seen all kinds of food cooked and eaten right here at site 23H (the H standing for hill, you know, the one I'm perched on top of!!)

And when they weren't eating here, they were eating somewhere else, like on the top of Pond Mountain at nearly 5,000 feet in elevation!!

But in between all that eating, I happen to know there was visiting, riding all over the campground in Miss Scarlett, Mr. R working on Cousin Sharon's golf cart Miss Mollie, riding the back roads in Levi, trips to Wal-Mart, Food Lion, Ingles, Auto Zone, (just to name a few), and an almost daily afternoon nap.

My peeps sure did have a busy, lazy, fun-filled week.  In the morning they're up and out of here kinda early to take Cousin Sharon's Coffee Cup (her little Scotty camper) back home in preparation for the arrival of her brand new Oliver.  

I'm going to be by myself for about a week or so, then the Mr. and Mrs. will be back.  I was looking at their schedules for the next few weeks until my tires started to hurt, so I just know I'll see them when I see them.

Today, Cousin Sharon, the Mr. and Mrs., Jackson, and Gracie all loaded up and took a trip in Levi to Pond Mountain Game Lands.  They had a great time, it is way out in the middle of no-where in particular, and the views were just awesome.  I'll leave you with a few pictures of the day's adventure.

Well I best wrap it all up here this evening.  The Mr. and Mrs. are going to be up early in the morning to go hook up The Cup, and head back down the mountain.  Thanks for checking by today, and as always......

Until next time, stay safe out there.....Miss Anne and Crew