RV and other travels around the World
A short post today to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Some photos below from the last few days around Anna Maria Island, Florida.
We are in Cortez Florida for one more week before relocating to the east coast of Florida. Hopefully, I’ll have the blog caught up by then! I have the last three weeks that include a visit from our kids and many visits with local family and friends!
Take care and God Bless.
Yes, the word winter can become a verb! It is the location that we choose to spend the winter months, since our home has wheels. One of our full time RV goals is to target good weather with 75 degrees the goal. So, with that in mind, we plan to go somewhere south for the winter and then move into the northern states during the summer months. So, now the question is, where to winter next year (2020-21)?
Next up on our planned travel schedule is St. Augustine, Florida. The oldest city in the US. Technically, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States. Our week-long stay here was nearly perfect with many sunrises/sunsets, walks about the old historic city, and a meeting with some RV friends.
Continue reading “St. Augustine, Florida – The Oldest City!”
Our month-long stay at the Orchid Lake RV Resort is now over and we have traveled the 320 or so miles north to Savannah, GA. The month of February just flew by like crazy. I thought time went slowly while working. But now, it is like a hyperdrive. Kind of scary. The highlights of our month there were meeting many friendly people and making some new friends. We also enjoyed the warmest February on record for the Tampa, FL area. Very nice. Continue reading “Last Week at Orchid Lake RV Resort (FL) and Travel Days to Savannah, GA”
Camp Reservations, Truck Upgrades, The Blue Parrot, Parade & Day Trip
This last week was filled with us planning our spring and summer travels, researching routes and campgrounds, and then finally calling the parks to make reservations. We have found this part to be quite tedious and time consuming. But necessary to be get into the area and into the RV parks that we want. There have been so many new RVs produced in the last few years that any RV park in desired locations are getting booked up well into the future. Continue reading “Orchid Lake RV Resort Week #3”
This last week, we took a day trip to meet up with Lois and Bob, another RV full-timing couple that we met in Louisiana. They are wintering just south of us in the town of Clearwater Fl. We drove down there to meet them at their RV park, about 45 minutes from here. Then it was off for a day of sightseeing. Continue reading “Dunedin FL, Clearwater Beach, & Birthday”
I can’t believe how quickly time flies by. Good grief, half of our stay here is already over. This has been a great place to spend a month at the Orchid Lake RV Resort. The weather has been perfect with temps in the mid seventies up to low eighties. Even with the warm weather there is always a light breeze, so under our awning has been a great place to chill. A few times we have ventured out into the real world and one of those ventures was to a small Greek village of Tarpon Springs. Continue reading “Two Weeks at Orchid Lake RV Resort & Tarpon Springs Trip”
The area along central Florida’s east coast from Titusville down to Cocoa Beach is known as the Space Coast, due to the long history they have tied to the US space industry. We stayed in the area for almost two months before moving over to the west coast of Florida and were able to see many sights, but not as much as we wanted. So, it will require another visit at some future date. Continue reading “Space Coast of Florida – Wrap Up”
No, it was not on a supersonic jet! On this last Thursday, Feb 1st, we made the 3.5 hour trip westbound from Cocoa, Florida to the area just north of Tampa, Florida. The coast to coast drive was about 150 miles, leaving the JOY park at 9:30 am and making our goodbyes. We made just one rest stop arriving at the new campground at 1:00 pm and ready to eat lunch!
We have now stayed at this park for almost two months – the longest anywhere. While I usually do not provide much in the way of campground reviews, I wanted to provide this quick update for others who may wish to stay here. Continue reading “J.O.Y. RV Park Review”
