St. Augustine -- our last stop of the RV road trip before heading "home"

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.  – Martin Luther King, Jr

Yesterday we arrived in St. Augustine (FL).  We lucked out and were able to get a walkup site for the whole week.  We actually had 2 different reservations – one for 2 nights and one for 3 nights (it’s VERY hard to get reservations here at Anastasia State Park, especially for big rigs; we’ve been trying for months).  Anyway, our good friends, Debbie and Bill, are coming up in their camper on Wednesday night, but we were going to have to leave and go to a different campground on Friday morning because we couldn’t get a reservation for the weekend.  So we were ecstatic when they had a walkup site yesterday.  Now we can stay until 10/31, which is when I have to be back in Titusville to be “tattooed and molded” before the start of radiation.  I’m not looking forward to the radiation at all, but I’m VERY much looking forward to being done with all the treatment. 

We had a nice stay in Appling, Georgia at a Corps of Engineers park on J. Strom Thurmond Lake.  Our site was overlooking the lake, which was really nice.  We weren’t able to spend too much time sitting outside at our site because the weather was quite windy and cold.  The lake is huge and beautiful – totally undeveloped.  We took a drive around the lower half of the lake – quite remote but very pretty countryside. 

I’ve been feeling pretty good this past week.  My current “annoyances” are my really ugly and totally black and blue fingernails.  They’re quite gross really – they look like part of a Halloween costume!  Kenny thinks I’ll be losing them; I hope he’s wrong.  My eyes are still constantly watering, and my nose is constantly running – 2 huge annoyances that I hope will dissipate SOON.  At least I’m feeling better, and my taste buds are starting to return to normal – not sure if that’s a good thing or not….LOL….I hope I don’t gain weight.  Now that I’m feeling better, I hope to get back into exercising again – at least some good walking and bike riding – as much as my leg can handle anyway.

It’s time to get the day started.  Not sure what we’ll do today – maybe start with a walk on the beach (the beach here is absolutely gorgeous!).  My work will start coming in/piling up later this afternoon, so I need to take advantage of a little bit of free time this morning.

I’m posting a few pictures of various parts of our trip (and one photo of my very ugly fingernails).  HUGS TO EVERYBODY! 

You know you're a cancer patient.....when you think a half inch of hair on your head is a fantastic thing. Before breast cancer, if your hairdresser had accidentally cut you that short, you'd be ready to sue.

Grand Ole Opry House

North Carolina Mountains

Lakes End Diner (in the mountains, on a lake) -- we stopped for lunch, and they had the Grand Ole Opry station on the TV and were playing the show we had missed!! (when I was in the ER) -- very cool!

In the beautiful North Carolina Mountains -- on the Cherohala Skyway Drive

Waterfalls on one of our scenic drives (if you look closely, you can see people behind the falls)

Our campsite at Cardinal Ridge RV&B -- wonderful place!

At Cardinal Ridge RV&B

At Cardinal Ridge, the entrance gate says "Welcome Home" -- they want you to feel like you've just arrived home, and they make you feel that way.

Our campsite at J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Petersburg Campground).  The lake is behind me, but you can't see it in the photo.

The beautiful fingernails!  Aren't they lovely??!!