RV travels around the USA
This is the 5th day that we have mostly stayed within our small footprint at our RV site within Pioneer Creek RV Resort. There is still much activity going on at this park. Daily meetings, horseshoes, shuffleboard, wood shop and many more. My day yesterday was a quick, very early trip to Walmart and then some chores around here, with a hike thrown in for exercise!
The worldwide China Virus pandemic is certainly the top news story of the last few days. The news keeps getting exponentially worse. I almost do not want to watch the news, but I do. Kind of like watching a train wreck. Speaking of train wrecks, the stock market has spiralled to a completely panicked state with several days of record drops in Dow. Some crazy times!
Clermont, Florida – Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The second Disney park that we visited during our stay in Clermont, Florida was the Animal Kingdom (AK). And it was our favorite of the three! Since it has been years since we visited any of the Disney parks, the Animal Kingdom was not built back then. If you have never been to the AK, just imagine being transported to an African safari complete with rustic villages, overland jeep type rides through wild animal’s habitats, and other up close displays!
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Clermont, Florida has been a great location to be very near Disney, have a Publix grocery within walking distance, many restaurants, and central to several quaint small towns. Our RV park is the Citrus Valley RV Resort and is one of the finest in our three years of travel. So, one of the goals of this location is to take in as much of Disney as we could with our good friends Calvin and Sue. Calvin, being a Disney retiree, continues to enjoy the perks and can share them with friends! In this update, we go to Epcot!
There is so much in the current news about the latest Coronavirus and most of it is probably the normal hype that is associated with these health issues. I’ve heard a wide variation as to how people are going to prepare and change their behavior during this time. As we are actively making our spring/summer/fall RV travel plans, I thought it would be prudent to do a little research and then make a decision if we need to modify our plans.
As we are about to embark on our 4th year of travels I thought it might make sense to write a blog update about the blog itself. Just my thoughts as they occur about the reasons to create and maintain this documentation of our retirement journey. I have often wondered myself…RV Travel Blog – Year 4
Clermont, Florida – The winter travel break is a time to kind of relax from the chores of being on the road. Don’t get me wrong. We still love the travels all over this great country, but there is a small downside in the stress of relocating the 41 foot beast of a fifth wheel trailer to new and unknown destinations. During the 3-4 month winter season, in the southern warm climates, we do get the chance to just relax, but we also tackle any annual maintenance, begin on the new spring/summer/fall travel plans, and some other stuff thrown in as well.
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After a great month of January, we packed up and left the JOY RV Park in Cocoa on Feb 1st for the short drive to the southwest of Orlando. Our new home location is the very fast growing town Clermont Florida, with a population of 37,000 people. This location is just a few minutes from the Disney theme parks and still has a small town feel even though it is just next door to Orlando. We recently had a trip to Disney for lunch and a few days later, I managed to hit the large amateur radio convention (hamfest) called the Hamcation.
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And so we have come to another full revolution around the sun and another birthday for me! I can remember back to when being another year older was pretty cool stuff. Being closer to driving. Being closer to age 21. After that there were some milestone birthdays for sure, such as each decade. Then came 50 years old with the sobering thoughts of having 2/3 of my life in the year view mirror. Well, at 66 coming up soon, here are my thoughts on the matter…
This will be my last post from our month long stay at Cocoa, Florida in the JOY RV Park. In this update, we visited with some family, met some new friends, visited the Kennedy Space Center, watched a rocket launch, and much more!
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