The name for the pre-rally was "Macon it to Georgia" and pigs were the theme. Above is on our rally pin. 
The pigs were on the buffet table above.
We even had flying pigs in the dining room!.JPG)
We not only had our dinner in the activity building, we had meetings, bingo, ice cream socials, and played the Newlywed Game. (Frank and I lost. We only got one or two questions right!)
As you can see by the sign below this part of the walk is dedicated to the memory of Otis Redding, Jr.
This is a very nice statue of him playing the guitar. You can see the river in the background.
It was a beautiful spring day, and I just couldn't help myself I had to take a picture of the little pansy that was blooming and enjoying the sunshine.
The next day a whole group of us went on a tour of one of the oldest plantations in the area. This is called the Jarred Plantation and it was built before the Civil war. During the Civil War all the buildings were burned by the advancing Union Army. 
Above is the first house that was rebuilt after the Civil War. There is even some of the home made furniture still in the house. Check out the old fashioned rain gutter over the steps!
This is still a working "farm" with a few animals gracing the barnyard.
Sugar cane was raised on the plantation and this is where the cane was cooked down to get out the juice for making sugar. (A double oven!)
The Jarred's cut their own lumber as well as processing their sugar cane. They also used these motors to bale the cotton and run the cotton gin.
Just so you can see how beautiful the sunrise was (I didn't take these pictures!!!), I included a couple that were taken before the caravan left at the unrealistic hour of 7:30 a.m. We left about 10:00 a.m. Much better!
We are here, and so is Gidget, in Macon, GA for the Holiday Rambler Pre-Rally. We stayed at the Macon Shriner's RV Park, which is in back of the hall on 15 acres.
There were three different sites for RV's to hook up to elec and water. All of them were walking distance to the activity building where we ate and had our meetings. 
We not only had our dinner in the activity building, we had meetings, bingo, ice cream socials, and played the Newlywed Game. (Frank and I lost. We only got one or two questions right!)
We met another nice couple, Lamont and Georgann, while we were registering and ended up hanging around with them most of the week. They are also full timers and do some workkamping.
The four of us decided one day to take a walk on the river walk in Macon. The picture below is the beginning of the really short walk on the upper side of the river.
As you can see by the sign below this part of the walk is dedicated to the memory of Otis Redding, Jr.This is a very nice statue of him playing the guitar. You can see the river in the background.It was a beautiful spring day, and I just couldn't help myself I had to take a picture of the little pansy that was blooming and enjoying the sunshine.The next day a whole group of us went on a tour of one of the oldest plantations in the area. This is called the Jarred Plantation and it was built before the Civil war. During the Civil War all the buildings were burned by the advancing Union Army. Above is the first house that was rebuilt after the Civil War. There is even some of the home made furniture still in the house. Check out the old fashioned rain gutter over the steps!
This is still a working "farm" with a few animals gracing the barnyard.
Sugar cane was raised on the plantation and this is where the cane was cooked down to get out the juice for making sugar. (A double oven!)The Jarred's cut their own lumber as well as processing their sugar cane. They also used these motors to bale the cotton and run the cotton gin.The big house is still owned by the family. A nephew runs it now and you can stay there in the bed and breakfast during the summer season.
Just so you can see how beautiful the sunrise was (I didn't take these pictures!!!), I included a couple that were taken before the caravan left at the unrealistic hour of 7:30 a.m. We left about 10:00 a.m. Much better!A nice farewell sign from the Shriners. Very pleasant people and place.
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