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& Wally's Travel Diary #3 |
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 We left off our last diary as we were barrelling across the country towards Atlanta, GA. We promised to meet my father at my cousin Celia's Bat Mitzvah the first weekend of June. On the way we spent a night at Lake Dardanelle State Park in Arkansas.  We stopped in Memphis, TN to visit Graceland. No offense to Memphis, but it's not somewhere to which we will be returning anytime soon. Although, we do feel good in the knowledge that we contributed to Lisa Marie's retirement fund, I guess. |
 We had a huge site with our own private deck right on the water. It wasn't until the next morning when we were taking a walk around the park, that we noticed the nuclear power plant, which you can view from every vantage point in the park. Oh well, nothing's perfect. Check out our postcard from Arkansas in the Postcard Gallery for another view .  Ate at a great BBQ restaurant downtown called Rendezvous. |
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 Stone Mountain Park, outside of Atlanta, GA, is famous for the giant relief carving of the heroes of the Confederacy - Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis. |
 Enjoying ourselves with Dad at Celia's Bat Mitzvah. |
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 Don and Helene Wilson are our new friends that we met at Stone Mountain Park Campground, |
 A birds eye view of Stone Mountain Park from the aerial tram. |
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 They don't have Cracker Barrels out west, which is why we had never heard of them before. Cracker Barrels are all over the country and have parking for RV's, which is very enticing when you are driving such a large machine. When you're doing lots of highway driving, it's nice to have a non-fast food alternative, as well. They are always, and we mean always, packed. Go figure. |
 From Atlanta we headed to Savannah and stayed on Tybee Island, which is about 20 minutes from downtown Savannah. Tybee Island is fantastic. We loved it. It's kind of like Cape Cod with beautiful beaches, great restaurants and we could walk from the RV park to many places, which is unusual and extremely convenient. |
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 Being moody on the North Shore of Tybee Island. |
 The famous Tybee Island lighthouse, which was recently commemorated on a US postage stamp. |
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 We had to have some repairs done at the Monaco facility in Central Florida, so we spent a day in Orlando and happened upon the Holyland Experience. Check out my short film if you dare. |
 It's a definitely a different kind of amusement park. After chowing down on a turkey leg, you can always cool off with a refreshing Camel Cooler. |
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 From Central Florida we headed down to Key West for 10 days. We fell in love with it here. This is the view from our front window. That's our own private dock and tiki hut. |
 Me working in Key West. Even though it was really hot and humid, there was a constant breeze off the water. |
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 One of the famous fine feathered fowl that roam the floor of the Blue Heaven restaurant in Key West. |
 Yes, we took our picture next to this monument. |
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 On our way up to Washington, DC we spent a night in St. Augustine, FL. Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States. |
 There's a very cute old section of town with lots of tourist shops, beautiful Spanish-style houses and cobblestone streets. A bit touristy for our taste, but worth a look. |
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 We stayed at the KOA in St. Augustine, which is just over the Intercoastal Waterway on Anastasia Island. |
 There's a wacky wax museum downtown, which we, unfortunately, did not get to go into. That's a wax hippie guy working on a wax Tiger Woods. |
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 We stopped at a luxury RV resort on Hilton Head Island, SC on our way up the coast. |
 Another view of our luxury spot. We ate a a great restaurant called Red Fish nearby. |
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 Made it to Washington, DC to pick up Henry in mid-July. He'll be with us for about one month. Here he is in front of the White House! |
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