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Record reflecting on 03/07/2007 SUBJECT was cited by the Kingsland, Georgia Police Department for failing to stop at a stop/yield sign (Ticket # T00074531/Docket # 2007002598). On 05/09/2007, SUBJECT entered a plea of Nolo Contedre and paid a court fee of $165.00. Adjudication of the issue was withheld.
Gary Morrison met Shawn CERDA in 12/2005. Morrison lived next door to SUBJECT for 2 years and had contact with him 1 or 2 times a week. This contact consisted of neighborly chit chat.
SUBJECT was a good neighbor who took excellent care of his house and yard. He was a devoted father who loved spending time with his son. SUBJECT is a person of good character who conducts himself professionally and ethically. SUBJECT was a good role model for his son and seldom consumed any alcohol and never used obscene or inappropriate language. SUBJECT is honest and trustworthy and very loyal to the USA. SUBJECT had a good reputation in the neighborhood. Source never observed SUBJECT associate with or engage in any questionable individuals or behavior. Source recommends SUBJECT.
Rebecca Mizell lived across the street from Shawn CERDA and met him in 02/2007. Mizell’s relationship with CERDA was neighborly in nature and consisted of casual conversations and waving at one another. CERDA was in the Navy and seemed to spend a lot of time at sea. When at home, he took good care of his house and was a good neighbor. CERDA never engaged in any controversial behavior or associated with anyone that would make Mizell question his suitability to hold a position involving the public trust or impacting the national security. Mizell recommends CERDA.
After Waterton we spent 3 nights at the St. Marys, MT KOA. It is a real nice park. Glacier was beautiful, but the road over the pass wasn’t open. This forced us make a r/t around the South end of the park to get to the West side. It was worth the day long trip. Saw our only moose on this trip during that drive. It bounced out of the tree line onto the highway in front of us, stopped in the center of the road, looked at us for a second or two, and they scampered off. It was huge.
From Glacier we basically deadheaded home. Our daughter had come down with some medical problems that caused concern and prompted us to get home as soon as possible. The drive home from Glacier took us 4 nights and 5 days. We ran out of fuel in Colorado and had to use our Camper World Road Assistance Plan. It took the just under an hour to get to us. As the navigator, I constantly monitor the on board fuel computer. I checked it at 78 miles left and again at 58 miles. Seconds after checking at 58 the fuel warning signal went off. Coincidently, the nearest exit was like 20 miles away. My GPS reflected there was fuel service there and highway signs confirmed they sold diesel. As fate would have it the gas station was 5 miles off the Interstate.
You don’t know how it feels to pull up and find the gas station has run out of diesel. Not to worry…there is another station a mere “15” miles away. Err…make that 20 by time you get back to the Interstate. We made it back to and ¼ mile onto the Interstate before having to pull off. When your towing a 36 foot Monty, you don’t get much glide going up hill. Although we were able to pull over to the shoulder, we were dangerously close to the white line. Had a Good Samaritan in a Dodge van, pull over, yank out a tow strap and pull us over the hill and another ¼ mile to a safer location. He wouldn’t take any money. I bought a 5-gallon jerry can at Wally World that night.
Out last night on the road we decided to stay at an MWR FAMCAMP in Destin, FL. What a mistake that was. First of all the camp is like 30 miles off the Interstate, next the traffic on the coast highway linking Destin and other ocean side towns is more than heavy. It took us 45 minutes to drive the last 4-miles. And finally while the camp as 4 o5 sites that can easily handle big rigs, the others are very tight and parked TOADS & TVs creates added congestion. It took us over an hour to park and that was with help from experts in backing. After an hour we were satisfied with Monty position in the center of the pad. What the hell it was good enough for one night and we had plenty of clearance between the pedestal and slides. Oh, that crunch I heard was the dinning room slide smashing into the BBQ on a pedestal and cemented into the ground. Now we have 2 sheet metal panels that have to be replaced. The whole experience just exhausted us.
The last leg of the trip was uneventful and we got home at about 6:00 P.M. Our daughter and her boy friend were there to great us with a couple of bottles of champagne. We spent the next 2 days unloading, cleaning up, and reloading Monty with lines and things we keep in her at all times.
OBTW, fuel costs during the trip in the United States ranged from $3.79 to $4.99. We saw it posted at many stations for more than $5.00 per gallon. Here at home it was $3.79 when we left and 2 ½ months later $4.73 at the same station.
Sometime soon I’ll post a concise lessons learned report.
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