Dec 7, 2019 - Back to Flordia

We made it back home last night around 1 am Saturday morning we are glad to be back. It was another good flight and we had a good Uber driver to drive us home. We had a good time with Kathy(sister-in-law) running all over Texas. And if Living in Florida is a dream DON'T WAKE ME UP

Dec 6, 2019 - Florida

After a rest stop overnight in Tallahassee, we arrived back at Rainbow Chase RV in Davenport FL. Great to be back at our home base with friends. Visited Disney Studios to see the new Star Wars stuff, and also saw Nemo and Beauty and the Beast Shows. Then Animal Kingdom for the new Pandora Area. Got drenched on the Rapids Ride. Then the two Avatar rides. One you cant take photos because it's very interactive. Huge screen with individual motorcycle like seats. Sorta lime a flight simulator. Since Christmas time is approaching, it was time to...

Dec 2, 2019 - Port Charlotte FL, Harbor Lakes RV Resort

On the morning of December 2nd, we travelled to Harbor Lakes RV Resort which is located in El Jobean / Port Charlotte FL and will spend the winter here this year. We have a very nice site and folks are very friendly. Bentley has enjoyed meeting lots of new people and lots of new dogs! 2-ole-buddies

Nov 30, 2019 - Thanksgiving Weekend

We go to the annual bluegrass music festival over THANKSGIVING weekend, bring a side dish and you have a great time with food and music. Each year we get to talk with our friends that we get to see each year at this time. He had a water leak in his motorhome and I went to town to get a few parts for him, in the mean time we got to use it as a seat around the fire !!! WE had a great time talking around the fire and of course got to hear some good bluegrass music

Nov 30, 2019 - Salt Springs FL, Salt Springs Recreation Area

We arrived at the Salt Springs Recreation Area (located in the Ocala National Forest) in the early afternoon on Nov. 30. Our friends Jan and Carey spend winters at Salt Springs Village, which is located across route 19 from our camping area. Once we got all set up and settled, we drove over to their place for a nice visit and a wonderful home cooked meal!, and made some plans for Sunday. We returned to Jan & Carey’s place Sunday morning and Tom went 4 wheeling with Carey and a couple other friends that also live in Salt Springs Village....

Nov 28, 2019 - Thanksgiving feast!

I traveled across the state on scenic Route 41 on Tuesday to visit Jeanne & Laurie for the rest of the week. It was a pleasure to help Jeanne clean house and prepare the meal as much as I could. My knee gets in the way of things but she is a Nurse Practitioner who calls herself Nurse Ratchet. She had me ice it longer and more often than I ever did. She also gave me a pain pill when it got to me on Thursday. It worked! The meal had everything you could want on Thanksgiving and everything was delicious! Thank you Jeanne!

Nov 25, 2019 - Little Manatee State Park

We left on Sunday to go camping at Litte Manatee State Park for a few days before going up to Dade City for THANKSGIVING weekend bluegrass festival. We did some Geocaching in the state park and out side during those few days of fun. Going down the interstate we saw a CARVANA storage car unit hotel when you can buy a car on line and then can pick it up. It was cool how they storage the vehicle in units and you can put in the code to get your vehicle. The vehicles are stored and moved around by computers on tracks to bring them down where...

Nov 22, 2019 - Sun and oysters

We headed back to the beach and sat out in 74 degree weather and watched the ocean. A blue heron tried to snatch a fisherman's fish and got Tangled in the line. They were able to extract him and the heron flew back behind us and looked like he was sulking. We got a dozen oysters at the oyster bar and marina overlooking the intracoastal waterway. Great at of hanging out!

Nov 21, 2019 - Gulf Islands natl seashore

The weather today was beautiful so hiked part of the estuary trail in Big Lagoon and then drove over the bridge to Perdido Key. The Gulf Islands ns is near the bottom of the bridge and you can drive out several miles, park and walk over to the ocean. We sat in the sun and watched a surf fisherman catch nothing. A blue heron stood behind him hoping for handouts. We drove back to perdido and just saw high rise condos. Headed back to the campsite and are going to cook fresh tuna.

Nov 20, 2019 - Big Lagoon sp

We drove most of the day on I10 across the panhandle and you could see where the hurricane ripped through the forests and tore up trees. We're camping at Big Lagoon on the west side of Pensacola and found a spot with no trouble. Bought shrimp and fresh tuna at Perdido seafood market about 3 miles away and stopped at the Kroger next door. A little chilly but warmer than Georgia!

Nov 19, 2019 - Big Shoals sp

We decided at the last moment to head down to Florida for several days and stopped at Big Shoals state park. It's located within the Stephen Foster cultural park which seems to be a beautiful place. We got here after 5 so not a lot of time to explore. The sites in here are nice spaced and we got one of the last ones. Tomorrow we're heading on towards Pensacola.

Nov 13, 2019 - GARDEN TIME

It is that time of year when you get snow up north it is time to start the garden in Florida. We went to Lowe's to take a look at all the cool plants in the garden center. We wanted to get some tomatoes plants that had tomatoes on the plants to be able to get a good start. But we could not locate any plants that we big enough to have tomatoes on the plants. We got four small plants and some onion seeds and watermelon seeds just for starters. Maybe get more later on in the season.