Sep 4, 2021 - We made it home

After just under two months, we are home. It has been a great trip in spite of the Covid-19 issue. We had the opportunity to see so many great things in this country. Our trip total was 8122 miles on the coach and 1800 miles on the scooter. We traveled through countless national and state parks, an unbelievable number of national and state forests, and were successful pretty much in avoiding the cities. Several people have asked what parks were our favorites. This is how I would classify. Best park overall is Yellowstone. Second best...

Nov 23, 2020 - The Great Outdoors

The first time we came to The Great Outdoors, the resort where we are spending the winter, we did not fully understand where we were even though we ended up spending six weeks and buying a lot here. The first things that caught our eye were features that are common to many geezer resorts in FL: huge swimming pool, golf course, restaurant, tennis and pickle ball courts, bingo, card games movies, exercise classes, music performances. The name of our resort seemed a bit pretentious, in keeping with the massive entrance gate and the lodge which...

Nov 16, 2020 - taking the census

We usually don't come to The Great Outdoors until after the holidays. In 2020 "usually" is not a relevant word. We wondered how many other people are here this time of year, how many other COVID refugees are here escaping the high disease counts in the north. It is very quiet where we are camped. The site on one side of us is up for sale; our neighbor is moving to a much nicer one down the road. Our other neighbor is from Canada. Unless the vaccine works some miracles, they won't be here at all this year. Lots of Canadians normally come for...

Nov 14, 2020 - Veterans Day Munzees Event

We went up to Punta Gorda , Florida for a MUNZEE Event at the Vietnam wall park last weekend. It is a very nice park as you can see. We got to see the wall up close and you get to see all the names of the men who died during that long war running down the long wall. It is a place that you feel down deep that you hope that it would never happen again for are young people to go to war.

Nov 13, 2020 - blast off

The area code in Titusville is 321 - apropos when you remember that our space program began here. After some hard times when the government cut back on the space program and little was happening here, private investments have stimulated the growth of a new phase in space exploration. Eleon Musk plans to launch 8,000 satellites that will cover the globe so that everyone everywhere can have access to the internet. So far his network has begun to serve the northern US and Canada and enthusiastic beta users are writing encouraging reviews. All...

Nov 12, 2020 - Into November already

The old saying Time flies if your having fun. I've decided it flies no matter what your doing. I'm not to sure about people that are sick or going through difficulties in life. We thank the Lord everyday for watching over us and families. October was a good month lots of bike riding on the beach. The ocean temperature was 80 degrees just right for a cleansing and Linda had here pool time. SpaceX had 2 rocket launches in October and 1 in November they were all during daylight hours not very exciting. They have been launching satellites We...

Nov 11, 2020 - wet

When I looked in the mirror today, I scared myself. When you are an old lady especially a lady who often forgets how old she really is, this happens fairly often, but it is unusual to see that my hair is 2" shorter than it was at home. I put a stick of gum in my mouth and it felt like someone else had already chewed it for me. It is incredibly humid here. We have been keeping an eye on Hurricane Eta, which continues to wander around aimlessly, but it looked like it was going to cut us off from our home away from home here in Titusville, if...

Nov 4, 2020 - Letterboxing for 2 days

While "camping" out at Horner's RV repair shop, I spent the days finding letterboxes from Punta Gorda down to Lehigh Acres and today in Sanibel. 11 were found, but 4 were not. Sanibel/Captiva has lots more letterboxes to search for! I am sharing some pictures from the walks that I did. Yesterday, I stopped at Fort Myers Shores Trail Park because of the name. I have no idea what shores are there because it is way east of the Gulf! The trail was 68 steps on a boardwalk! I ended the day at one of my favorite places - Six Mile Cypress Slough. I...

Nov 1, 2020 - attempted bike ride

I found that I was very close to the Withlacootchee State Trail - a rails to trails paved trail that runs north and south for 46 miles! I found a good park to use as a starting point and planned to ride north for about 7 miles to Floral City. I put air in the tires and got ready to go. I quickly discovered that the pedals wouldn't turn and I might have messed up at least the gear cover, causing the problem. I couldn't fix it, so the bike went back onto the car. The bike rack I bought last Spring was a waste of money! I lost one of the tire...

Oct 31, 2020 - travel day

I kind of like not having to hurry in the morning to get ready to leave - gives a chance for the day to warm up a bit, too. After getting gas, I only had a 3 hour drive, so I stopped in a favorite rest area just south of Gainesville to have lunch and walk the snake walk to see the Paynes Prairie State Park. Once I got to my site, I had an audience watch me drive into it and remark that I did very well - hardly have to adjust the rig (front tire was touching the cement pad). I like seeing people, but not having them see every move I make! I...

Oct 28, 2020 - Associates In Digestive Health

It is that time again to have a garden hose up my back side or as you can call it "COLON CHECK" for anything that may have grown during the last five years. This time I had 2- 64 oz bottles of Gatorade with 2 8 oz bottles of Miralax power to drink with in two hours. I started at 4:30 p.m. and it was over at 12:00a.m. This split dose bowel preparation consists of splitting your colon cleanse over about eight hour period of cleaning me out in the bathroom. Had to be at Cape Coral Surgery center at 7 a.m. and the procedure was at 8:14 a.m.. I...

Oct 20, 2020 - Gary Working Around The House

Today is my day to do a few things around the house,last night the kitchen faucet was leaking and I was going to take off the handle and replace the washer. Simple thing to do, "RIGHT", "NO WRONG". I could not get loose the screw that was holding the handle in place The screw was so tight that even D W-40 did not work. So off to LOWE'S for a new faucet and some thread tape, I knew this was not going to be a quick fix. What shall be a half an hour work turns out to be a three hour thing, you know the water hose is tight and it takes more...