Ready to Roll

Ready to Roll

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Ohio, United States
Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Monday, February 1, 2016

JANUARY 20 - BACK IN FLORIDA!

Eagles Landing RV Park in Holt, Florida. They have about sixty sites, so just nice size and kept very neat.

Some flowers are blooming!
Of course we were hoping for warmer weather! Sometimes it is and sometimes not! The nights, especially, are colder and days are good for jacket wear. Except today, I have been running in shirt sleeves back and forth to the laundry. I love it when the laundry is close and neat!
First things out of the way were my annual mammogram and the visit with my new oncologist. Reports were all very good, so glad to move on for another year.
We then got back into Olive Baptist Church here and with our SS Class that we enjoy so much. We went out to eat at Cheddar's with 8 from our class after church. Love the fellowship and comraderie! We called one of the couples, Dennis and Joanne,


and met up with them at Steak & Shake for a good visit after one of my appointments. Dennis gets such a kick out of trying to make us true southerners! They have a small boat and love fishing here in the Black Water River. They also love going on cruises. So we soak it all in!
The following Sunday 11 of us went to Chet's Seafood in Pace and were introduced to Mullet and deep fried Mullet backbones. ???  Don't think that we will order that again, but I saw some good baked Cod that I will try another time. Now Dennis wants us to try cheesy grits and collard greens. I think that I could handle the grits, but know that I do not like the greens.  What's next?  We need to make a date with Lana and Howard also.
I called two other friends in the area and hope to meet with them soon. Karen's husband is in the hospital and seems to have recurring pneumonia, so she is busy with him.She is our former Ohio friend and renter of one of our apartments. And Miki, my brother's neighbor here, was getting ready for a trip to Tallahassee to visit with some of her kids. She will call when she gets back.
We found out yesterday that we are going to miss our Ohio friends, Cecelia and Rudy this time around. We are going the same places that they are through the next few months, but not at the same times. We did have a good visit with them when at Gary's Class '63 luncheon in Salem.
We have three days planned in Disney Wilderness RV Park in February but it now sounds like we will just be getting our feet wet in that few days. Guess we will have to do it again for a much longer stay.
This past Saturday was a beautiful day so we took advantage of that and went to DeFuniak Springs for a Vintage RV and Car Show.




























They did a good job of outfitting them for their time period.
Recreational vehicles have come a long way since the 1930's!
There was not much there in the way of vintage cars though. It really was a small show!
We stopped by the Library and saw much history in it.
And they had a conservation tent that was very interesting with samples of lots of wild life as well as plant and tree life. It would be very interesting for the Scouts!
And on to an Art display in a Civic building.

The children were sure enjoying their art class!





























And I enjoyed the quilt portion of the display!




A wonderful day out and the drive was relaxing. I-10 was not too busy through here.











We woke one morning to plenty of frost. The good thing here is that it melts off fast!
We have also had condensation inside of our bedroom closet. So we are running the dehumidifier more. If it is not one thing, it is another. Life is interesting.
Take care and stay warm.

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