October 23, 2015

October 22, 2015

On the 19th we drove over to Plains, GA to visit the President Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.  We began our tour at the old high school where the President and Roslyn went to school.  After that, we drove out to his boyhood home.  On the way out there, we actually passed by his home that he the President and Mrs. Carter built in the 1960’s and where they still live.  Of course, you couldn’t see the house for all the trees, the Secret Service fence and gate.

 The President does some painting.

This is the store or commissary that the Carter's owned.

 These signs are all over town.

After that we drove back into Plains and stopped at the Plains Historic Inn and Antique Mall.  Miss Jan, who is the owner, once worked for the Carter’s and spent time with them in the White House.  She also plays the organ at the Maranatha Baptist Church where the Carter’s are members and where the President Carter teaches a Sunday school class on selected Sunday’s.

After talking to Miss Jan a little while, she told us that lasts Sundays class had over 400 visitors.    The President’s classes are so popular, folks line up at 5:30 in the morning to get a good seat.  However, if you stay at the inn, you are guests of Miss Jan and she saves preferred seats.  Joyce and I thought it would be cool to do that so we made reservations for January 30th.

Next on the agenda was to check out Billy Carter’s service station.  Miss Jan told us that the station was closed but guess what?  She gave us a key to the place.  And yes, there are several cans of Billy Beer on the shelves.

After all that sight-seeing we were hungry so we had lunch at the Buffalo Grill at the Old Bank.  We didn’t see anything on the menu that would help you maintain your diet but the food was great.

We left Americas about 10AM and made the short run up to the Honeysuckle Farm RV Park in Dublin, GA.  This was just a stop to break up the drive over to Charleston, SC.  Nothing fancy here but with our Passport America discount we got a full-hookup, 50-amp site for twenty bucks.

Yesterday we made the drive to the Foster Creek RV Park and Villas on the Naval Weapons Station, Joint Base Charleston.  We’ll be staying here until the end of the month before heading down to Florida.  While we are here Joyce and I will be flying up to New Haven, CT to visit Justin and Adrian and to meet Travis, our brand new grandson.

More later!

Barry & Joyce