Pecans, Peaches, and Rockets

From Pensacola we headed to the Macon, Georgia, area to visit with Keith and his wife, Carol. Keith is a co-worker of Harold's. To break the trip up, we overnighted at Hidden Hollow RV Park in Dothan, Alabama, using our Passport America discount. The next day we arrived at Crossroads Travel Park in Perry, Georgia, which is about 30 minutes below Macon. We used a combination of Passport America and military discounts to get a decent rate. 

We met Keith and Carol a couple of times throughout the weekend for some food and conversation.

This is the Carol that Ben Folds sings about.

While the weather was cool and rainy, making outdoor dining a challenge, it was nothing like what most of the country was facing. We stopped by a farm store and bought some yummy peach preserves and pecans for snacking. 

Rainy day in the pecan grove

Leaving Georgia, we headed almost directly west, back to I-65, for our journey northward. We spent a couple of nights at Maxwell AFB Famcamp in Montgomery, Alabama, before continuing to Redstone Arsenal Famcamp in Huntsville, Alabama. Redstone Arsenal was definitely the better campground between the two. 

You cannot miss the Saturn V rocket in Huntsville. It dominates the sky. We spent a few hours at The US Space and Rocket Center. The museum not only has an upright replica of the Saturn V in the yard, it has a real one laying on its side in the Rocket Hall. The displays run you through the beginnings of rocketry and the space race through current happenings. I found it interesting that they actively promoted Spacecamp by highlighting graduates who have gone on to careers in rockets, space, and other related industries. There were lots of fee-based experiences and simulators you could choose to add to your museum admission. We decided against those. We don't need a multi-axis trainer or G-force accelerator at this point in our lives.

Saturn V

Second stage

Apollo 16 Command Module

♫We all live in a yellow submarine♫
The Army's first submarine based out of Kwajalein Atoll
Used to locate and recover missile debris

It was still on the cold side as we left Huntsville, headed toward Nashville. For the second time within a week, we had to break the ice on the tow bar in order to hook up the Jeep.

Well, we will be a little later in leaving the campsite.

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