A Perfect Georgia Destination for RV's and Dogs

My parents and I just returned from a week in Georgia.  It was perfect!  If you are ever planning a stop over or longer trip to Savannah, Georgia, take time to look up the Red Gate Plantation.  My furry parents and I saw and did more than anywhere we've ever been.
First off, it was a straight 10 hour drive from our home in the Florida Keys.  That was fun.  I rode on the dashboard most of the time.  I slept a lot.  We stopped for walks along the way.  My human parents were impressed with the "Welcome to Georgia" rest stop and information center.  It was far away from I-95 and had lots of trees and grass.  My furry parents and I got to sniff around for a long time.  Again, my human parents were glad it was such a safe place for dogs with lots of room to explore.
Before we knew it, my human Mom was going in to register at the Red Gate Plantation in Savannah, Ga., and in no time we were all set up in our beautiful new surroundings.  Our first night was in a temporary site.  The next day we moved to our lakeside spot and called this place home for the next few days.  Our coach opens in the back and has a screen enclosure, so my human Dad backed up to the lake.  My furry parents and I had never seen so many cool things.  On just our first walk around the Plantation, we saw horses, squrles and ducks.  This place is 250 acres, so it took several days to see it all on our walks.  It was so much fun to explore something new every day.  On another day, we woke up to go for our morning walk, and to our surprise, all the ducks were right at our back door!  They started their quacking, which was really loud.  They looked broken because they didn't walk straight.  My human Mom laughed at them a lot and thought their waddle walk was funny.
During the trip, we saw many different horses, several lakes and tons of grass.  They also had a petting zoo area that our human parents took us to see.  It was nice and small and had farm type animals.  We saw black and white goats, chickens and a rooster and a pony.
Their were different areas all over the property that you could go and find something neat.  Like one day we were out for a walk and we found a building my human Dad called a gazebo that was built over a lake.  It was fun and had a swing in it that we got to get in.
My human parents also found a club house that had a new pool table, big TV and a few other games.  They also used the laundry in the office building, which was complementary to the guests.  That area also had full baths and a sitting area with books and videos.
This was the first RV trip that my human parents rented a car.  Remember I told you that my human Dad set up a computer program in our RV so that they could keep an eye on us when they were out?  Well, it worked out very well for them.  They were able to go into Savannah (which they said was only 8-10 minutes away) every day!
Dad said the drive was so easy and fast.  And because they could watch us on their IPhones, they didn't worry as much about us.  You know how parents are about their kids, they worry ALL THE TIME!
Savannah gave my human parents so much to do.  In fact, we're going back because they want to do more there.  Yay!!!
They also spent a day on Tybee Island, which Dad said was only about 20 minutes from Savannah.  Mom talked about their bike ride on the beach, climbing the lighthouse and breakfast at the Breakfast Club.  It was the first time Dad had ordered shrimp and grits.  He loved it so much and made me hungry talking about how good it was.  Gosh, now I'm hungry just thinking about it!
They also went to Cockspur Island and did a tour of Fort Poluski.  Mom and Dad both loved the history of the entire area.  They both talked about how nice it was to be in an area so full of Southern Hospitality.  Everyone was so nice, even to me and my furry parents.  In fact, we loved it so much that my human parents cancelled our mountain reservations.  We were supposed to go spend 3 nights in the Carolina mountains, but were all having so much fun that we stayed at the Red Gate Plantation.  Now that should tell you something about the place.
I can't wait to go back.  Oh yeah, Mom made reservations for us to go again in the summer.  She says it will be a little hot, but thats OK, our Newmar RV has 3 air conditioners... ha... and 3 dogs travel in it!  Go figure.
Now this was one tail wagging fun trip.  Let me know if you get to visit Trey and Laura at the Red Gate Plantation.

Multi Climate road trip

Have you ever thought about all of the planning that goes into a multi climate road trip?  My human Mom sure has.  Thank goodness the Newmar Canyon Star has so much storage in and under it.  We are first heading from the Florida Keys to Savannah, Georgia.  This will be a temperature change of about 10 degrees cooler in the day and 15 degrees or cooler drop at night.  From our warm tropical breezes in the high 80's low 90's... Mom says this will be COLD!  From Savannah, Georgia we are heading up to the Carolina mountains.  Yippee, I've never seen mountains, or Georgia or, well, anywhere north of Palm Beach, Florida.  From the mountains we are going to spend some time at Flagler Beach in Florida. 

My human parents are planning all sorts of things to take.  Especially, me and my furry parents beds and blankets... oh, and my toys and food and medicine.  My human parents talked to our vet. and have different medicines that he suggested.  Some things they were able to get at the local store.  Pepto Bismol is good for my tummy when I get nervous, so is canned pumpkin.  Tea bags are also good in case I find an unfriendly bee or wasp.  My human parents just make a cup of warm tea and hold the warm bag against the stinger.  In no time, it works it's way out and I feel much better.

We are renting a car at one point, so my human parents are packing an extra blanket.  This way, me and my furry parents can go for rides to the beach and sight seeing with them (and not leave the "sand between our toes" in the rental car).  Of course, all human parents know... when you head out in a car with furry pets, we need water!  Mom always brings our "doggy bag".  She has a water bowl, a gallon of water, a couple of towels... and usually, if we are really, really good (which we always are), she will have a surprise treat for us.  Yummy!  She's the best. 

I'm so excited, I just can't wait.  I will get my human parents to share pictures when we get back.  I hear we might see grass fields, lakes, the ocean, a marsh, a pumpkin patch, an apple orchard, mountains, water falls and all sorts of wildlife.  I just hope it's not big scary wildlife.  That's a lot of things to see.  I'd like to just stick to playing ball in the grass fields, get a patch for the pumpkin and watch water fall (I think).

Until next time...
Yappy Tails to you.