Evans County PFA (County) 6/16/26 - 6/19/26 (#32)

We went to Evans County again (been twice before). Our last trip before taking the camper in for warranty work & a couple of minor issues & one major (levelling).

We had been a couple of times before, you can read about the CG here Evans County PFA. They have added several new FHU sites & we opted to stay in one of those (#27) which backed up to #9 where we stayed previously.

We arrived on Tuesday & were very worried about it being too hot, but lucked out on Tues. & Wed. with only passing light showers, plenty of clouds & a good breeze. The wind helped tremendously with both the temp as well as keeping the gnats away.

Greg fished a little one day, otherwise we just relaxed. It rained off & on all day Thursday & were woken up by thunderstorms around 3:00a on Friday morning.

Our purpose for headed to that area of Georgia was to stop by the cemetery where Greg's sister & Dad are laid to rest. We had ordered a VA plaque to be placed on the gravesite & wanted to take a picture for Greg's Mom.

We had to wait out the remaining showers but were able to leave around noon on Friday. We were a bit worried about finding the cemetery because it is literally in the middle of nowhere & there isn't an actual address. But, I contacted the funeral home director & he told us the road it was on & once we got to the turn off, it was easy to find. After a brief visit we headed home.

We'll get the camper cleaned out & cleaned in the next couple of weeks before taking it to a dealer about 3 hours away. I'll wait to get an estimate of how long they will have it in service before making any fall reservations. Until then, we'll be fighting the heat & gnats here, for the rest of the summer.

I Visited a Cemetery & Saw an Elephant

While at the Expo last month I had some business "in town" to attend to. On the way back I stopped at a cemetery.

It was loaded with many Civil War graves.Some elaborate & well maintained ...

Others, not so much ...

But what made me go there in the first place was this ...

It is a memorial for a man named William F. Duggan who was born in the town. He ran away from home as a boy & joined the circus where he fed & watered elephants. It was his life long dream to be a circus owner. He finally got the chance a few years later. He bought an animal exhibit & was in the processs of turning it into a 3 ring circus when he died of a heart attack while wintering in Florida.

His son had this monument made to go on his grave. It is a replica of his favorite baby elephant - Nancy. Legend has it (according to a granddaughter) that the elephant followed him to the hospital the day he died. The detail is exquisite.

You can see it from the road. The cemetery is behind a church that sits almost directly across from a funeral home where I have attended many viewings but never looked across the street. Who knew?

I can't tell you how eerie it was to be in that cemetery all alone, especially standing right in front of that elephant. I kept expecting it to made that elephant sound. I didn't stay long ....