Cedar keys

OMG! We just came back from dinner at Steamers. I had fresh steamed clams, fresh shrimp and fresh grouper. My dinner was soooo good. We came to this CG today via 98 to 19 to 345 to 24. Realized afterward that we would have been better to come in the exit and ended up in site 7 instead of 8. Here until Sunday when we will move on to Davenport. Tomorrow going to Annie's for fresh mullet, eggs and bacon. Looking forward to enjoying seafood all weekend.

Carrabelle Florida

We are set up here for the 3 days overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. Another Bill and Nancy referral. Beautiful spot. To arrive at this CG, we took exit 174 off I-10 and drove north on 12 (going under 10) for about 2 miles then turned south on 65. Watch for 65 as it's not an intersection. We took 65 south to Telogia where we turned left onto 67. Just above Carrebelle, we turned left onto Lake Morality Rd which is the truck route. Then when we connected with 98, we turned left and Ho-Hum was right there on the right. Well worth the stop and we will go back.

Deer Run RV Park

Bill and Nancy recommended this park and it is an excellent choice. Will use again. $27 with Good Sam 50 amp/pull thru/cable/wifi/easy off and on. Approx half way between Red Bay and Ho-Hum CG,Carrabelle,Fl.

On the road again!

Today we are finishing our work in Red Bay and getting ready to leave tomorrow We had Chris change the valance on the kitchen window as well as the bathroom window, with very pleasing results. Once we get to Florida, we will change the mid tv for a large one. Then the coach is pretty much done the way I want. Fridge is still working great on the inverter. George did give us a hint that, because we did not upgrade to a stronger inverter, when we stop along the road to have lunch we will def want to put the generator on as the batteries will not handle the fridge and microwave at the same time. Good point. We’ll likely stop at Ho-Hum park in Carrabelle Fl for a few days on our way to Deer Creek. Bill and Nancy highly recommend it, it’s on the way and sounds like worth checking out. Will try to stop in and visit Jim and Sophie if they are in Brookside. This past week we’ve had a fun time with George and Sandi who have been at the Tiffin Service Site for the past two weeks. Met their friends, Mike and Mary Ann and look forward to fun times with them in the future. Both couples are coming to Florida this winter so will hook up with them at some point. We are going to use the site in Deer Creek as a home base and will take the rv on short trips throughout Florida. ie Cape Canaveral, Fort Myers, the Keyes etc. Bill and Nancy will arrive toward the end of Oct and Paul and Sylvia toward the end of Nov so looking forward to enjoying their friendships. We already bought tickets to the Singing Christmas Trees Concert in December. Lots of friends in Deer Creek who we’ll enjoy seeing again We’ll travel to the rv parks where some of our friends are staying and get in some fun visiting in. John and Suz are planning on coming to Deer Creek for a month in the Spring again. Then next winter we will look at going west again.

Friendships

After a great visit with Nat and Candy, we moved south to the Elkhart Fairgrounds in Goshen Indiana for a week to hang out with our friends, John and Paula (another Texas couple). It was so much fun. Paula has lost a lot of weight and looks FABULOUS! They were there for a SMART rally so the timing was great for us to hook up while we were heading south. While in Goshen, we got our Splendide washer/driver combo fixed. It kept stalling out when we were drying clothes. Turns out the hose in back was plugged with lint. Westland serviced it and taught us how to keep that cleaned out in future. I have always liked the combo so glad it was an easy fix.

Southward Ho !

We stayed to see the kids return to school including Sarah's first day. Then we met Dione and Sarah at the Flying J parking lot to say a final goodbye and began our trip south for the winter .We left Ontario Sept 5th and headed for Haas Lake RV Park, New Hudson, Michigan. Full hook up/50 amp/pull thru for a few days while we visit with Nat and Candy. This is our third stay at this park. Candy and I got started on our plans for our trip to Italy next Sept. We’re all getting excited now that the time is getting closer. Their new home in Ontario will be finished soon and they will start to move in. Nat will stay in Michigan to continue working as Candy enjoys being closer to Mandy and Sawyer.

Summer with the kids

We have had a great summer with the kids on board although didn’t take a road trip this year. We all missed going on the road with the kids so will think of a plan for next summer. Spent most of the summer at Willow Lake Campground in Woodstock. It is halfway between both daughters’ homes so easy for enjoying the grandkids. We have full hook up/50 amp pull thru which is not common in Canada. And the owners, Ron and Jane are really nice. Skip and Lana, who we met in Texas three years ago, came to Willow Lake for a few days and we had lots of fun hanging out. While they were there we drove to John and Diane’s (another Texas couple) new home in Port Burwell. In a really nice senior community. We enjoyed our two weeks at Woodland CG, Sauble Beach with our friends Bill and Gail and Bill and Ange. Skip and Lana have reserved Woodland for two weeks next summer. They’ll enjoy touring the area with us. Continued to take One to One classes at Apple in Waterloo and London and got more work done on my family photo project. Did take the kids shopping for their back to school outfit and had a great time. The store, Justice, is in London, Ontario as well as the U.S. so it was fun to take the girls shopping there. Jack and John sat in the mall outside the store for an hour and Jack stated that next year the two of them would go to a movie while us girls shopped for girl stuff.