March 19, 2015 Just a Travel Day

After saying our “see you laters” to Bob and Donna and doing the paperwork to be on the lot list, we continued our journey north.

This is the Florida we remember – lots of businesses and traffic:

Once we came thru the Orlando area and off the main roads, we continued north.  One of the many bridge crossings – this one is over a creek:

It amazes me what each area of the country calls a body of water.  Each area has its own definition of a lake, pond, river, creek, etc..

Our journey took us thru one of the National Forests – beautiful:

Past some power plants:

And small towns:

Notice the clouds – it started to rain right after this picture and followed us all the way to the Elks in Jacksonville.

We set up, stopped into the Lodge (nice folks and nice lodge) for a bit and relaxed the rest of the evening.  Tomorrow we continue north so stay tuned and enjoy today.

Miles Traveled: 218 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Florida:  SR-64; US-27; SR-19; US-17; I-295; Collins Road

 

March 16–18, 2015 Wauchula

On Monday, 16th, we said our see you laters and hope to see you later this year to Shelly and Bill.  We are so blessed with such good friends.

We headed north to Wauchula to The Resort, an Escapees CO-OP and got settled in our site. This is really a very nice park:

We were met by Bob and Donna who got a lot here a few years ago.  Great to see them again.  Once we were settled, we headed off to Lake Manatee State Park to visit with Andy’s brother Bill and Marcia.  We have not seen them in a while and when we realized we were so close, we just had to get together.  So we spent the day with them and they treated us to a great cookout! (Thank you, Bill and Marcia.)

Miles Traveled: 44 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Florida:  US-17; SR-64

I spent Tuesday morning at the laundry and the clubhouse, meeting folks and checking the place out.  This is really a nice place but we had lots of questions so this afternoon we spent some time with Bob and Donna in getting those questions answered.

That evening we went to the St. Paddy’s day dinner and dance – another great time.

Donna, me, Bob:

On Wednesday, we did some shopping, some visiting, and went to Happy Hour in the Clubhouse where we met more folks from the Co-op.  And we decided to put our name on the list for a lot here.  (Before you know it, we will be lot barons – HAHAHA!)  It will be a few years so we have time to decide what we are going to do.

Tomorrow we continue our journey north so stay tuned and enjoy today.