Camp Gordon Johnston and Apalachicola

      The day started with a special breakfast in Bailey and Lois's RV, the Chateau. Lois showed us how to make omelets by boiling them in a plastic bag. Came out quite well!

     We decided to visit the Camp Gordon Johnston in Carrabelle, which was a huge amphibious training base during World War II. It is housed in a deserted school, and is 3 rooms of memorabelia with some very enthusiastic docents. Linda the docent, pictured above with Becky, was one who just couldn't share enough about the Camp, the museum, and the veterans. She gave Jim a wallet honoring Vietnam Veterans, and we enjoyed hearing the story of what happened here during WWII.

       We drove over to Apalachicola, a historic town, shrimping center, and the home of a museum honoring J. Gorrie, the doctor who invented the machine that was the precursor of the modern air conditioner. A photo of the story is above with Lois reading about it.

       It's a quaint old city, lots of historic buildings and a few modern ones. They even have a Vietnam Veteran's memorial, with a bronze casting of the 3 military men that is at the Washington "wall". Lunch was at a local seafood grill, and we topped it off with ice cream at an old fashion ice cream parlor.

     Becky's allergies have been getting to her, and Benedryl was the order of the day (and night!) to combat the pine pollen that is so prevalent at this time of year.

     When we got back to the campsite, we washed the RV which was filthy, took care of the dogs (who had been terribly neglected, as usual!!), and spent the evening reading (Becky) and working on the computer (Jim).

Jim did take a few pictures around sunset, and the one above showing several campers will give one the idea of the great spot we had overlooking the beach and the water.