Nov 15, 2012 - Gainesville II

It is Thursday. I thought it was Thursday yesterday too. Is that a sign of a good vacation when you lose sense of time? We have been spending as much time as we can with Hollin. With him working and going to school some days that is just dinner-but that's ok. I have met some of his friends and I like them. I have yet to meet his roommate tho...he did walk by one night but he was carrying an arm load of books with a phone to his ear as he walked into his room and shut the door behind him. I guess this is a good roommate to have. He works...

Nov 11, 2012 - Gainesville...Finally

Well, here we are in Gaineville. Alachua actually. a latch u a. ?! We found when we got close there are not many campgrounds close to Gville. One 25 miles n and one 25 miles ne. There is a state park 10 miles from Hollin but Tom doesn't want to stay there because they lack sevices-that's ok with me. So we are about 20 N. It is a rather large park and still full of Gator flags and Rvs from people that went to the game because it also happens to be Homecoming. Our son did not tell us. If he even knew. It will clear out soon I'm sure as the...

Dec 8, 2011 - Lake City, FL

We woke up to 32 degrees this morning. Brrrr.....Luckily, Jackie decided to unhook the water and sewer yesterday afternoon so he wouldn't have to handle all that this morning. Major frost on the Jeep and motorhome, so the defrosters got a workout. We were on the road by 9:00am. Traffic was okay all day, and I-10 in Florida is the smoothest I have driven on in many a year. We arrived in Lake City about 4:30pm eastern time, so we lost an hour somewhere around Tallahassee. Oh, and gas is only $3.19 down here. We have plenty to eat here in the...

Mar 10, 2011 - NHRA Gator Nationals

Raymond and I made our ninth consecutive trip to Gainesville the weekend of March 10 - 13. Well, that's not completely correct. Last year, Raymond was in the Alabama Police Academy and could not make the father-son trip so Jo Ann who was with me in Jacksonville, FL at the time took his place. I had a great time taking Jo Ann to the races but Raymond told her not to get used to it :) This year, we both got off and resumed our annual trip. The trip was great and a great rememberance of years gone by. Our first trip in 2002 was the maiden...

Jan 19, 2011 - Lunch in Gainesville

We have been so busy visiting with family and friends, making new friends, and keeping up with the wildlife in the park that I haven’t had time to write this blog. Yesterday, we finally got back to our walking. It really wasn’t anything special, just making laps around the campground, but at least our feet were moving. We made the first lap just the two of us, then we were joined by Ron and his dog. During the next lap, Tony joined the group. During the fourth lap, Diana joined in, then she and I went on our own for a little girl time and...

Aug 11, 2010 - Getting Ready

Tomorrow I leave for my first European trip. I am quite nervous and excited. It's really important for me to keep contact with my family & friends so I have spent some time this afternoon setting up this amazing web site where I can share my travels as I go. Now that it's all set up I need to get busy packing! Yay!

Jul 28, 2010 - Before I leave...

Hi all! Even though I still have a little over a week before I go, I decided to write an entry before I leave, because I'm not sure how much internet access we will have. I'm going to try to update as often as possible, hopefully with pictures too. So Me, Alan, Leah, and Sean leave from Orlando August 6th. Then we fly from Orlando to JFK August 7th and then on August 8th we fly to Israel!!!!!! Then August 18th we return to the USA :) and stay in New York till August 21st when we go back to school. I'm so excited!!!

Jul 19, 2010 - Gainesville, Fl

We got up this morning and the first thing I did was check on the window installation status. At first she had trouble finding the order and when she did she told me that they had purchased the rear window from a vendor and that it won’t be in Orlando until 9:30am today. After that news we thought this wasn’t going to happen today, but a miracle happened and they called at 1pm and Safelite was down stairs looking at the car. So the window was installed today and we’ll be leaving in the morning. We have enjoyed our visit with Josh.

Jul 18, 2010 - Gainesville, Fl

Today we didn’t do too much. Bo & I got up and walked to Krispy Kreme and had donuts for breakfast. For lunch we had Jimmie Johns deliver subs and ended the day eating at the Pita Pit which is in walking distance of Josh’s apt. Around 4pm we went over to the college and Josh went to the Studio to do work while Bo & I walked to the Gator Store there. We shopped there until they closed at 5pm. All we bought was a Gator Grandma T-shirt. After that we walked back to the Studio watched & waited while Josh finished his project. It was interesting.

Jul 17, 2010 - Gainesville, Fl

Our plan today is to move the camper to another site and then find some fishing holes, so we headed to the campground first. We are now on site# 12 and it was not as easy to get on as site# 10. After that we searched for a fishing spot there but there is no access to Lake Wauburg from the land. You need a boat to get on the lake. Next we went to a UF recreation area just down the road from the State Park. There with Josh’s Gator One card we got a canoe for free and took it out on the same lake. We only canoed around the lake, didn’t fish,...

Jul 16, 2010 - Gainesville, Fl

Today we got up at 7:30am and took Josh to school then came back to his apartment and called Safelite to find out how much the rear window for his car was going to cost. They quoted for heated $274.95 and for non-heated $425.00, so Josh is going with the cheapest with the earliest date to install it is Monday. His insurance won’t pay as he only has Liability. We checked with the campground where our camper is parked and someone is coming in on our site on Monday so we are going to move to another site tomorrow that way we can be here when...

Jul 15, 2010 - Gainesville, Fl

Up early today at 6am as we have over 300 miles to travel. Our route is Hwy 221, I-16, Hwy 441 then to I-75 and exiting at 382. We are staying at Paynes Prairie State Park on site# 10 for $10 per night for water & electric. We really like this site as it is easy to get into and will try to stay on it for our future stays in Gainesville. We made it to Josh’s apartment at 5:30am and decided to eat supper at David’s BBQ. On the way over in Josh’s car he noticed that it was hard to see out the back window and thought it was water because it had...