Aug 12, 2020 - Back to Flordia

It was good to get back to the beach. Thankfully the storm that we waited out before we came back didn't amount to anything. I've been riding my bike in the morning. Down below the pier on the none driving part of the beach there are still 21 turtle nest marked off so the tides didn't even get high enough to wash them out. Which is good they have a hard enough time making it to adulthood. A lot of critters like the taste of them probably taste like chicken. I've been getting my cleansing in the ocean it's warm like bath water. It's just...

Aug 9, 2020 - Geocache

We found about this scavenger hunt type game called Geocache. Its downloaded to your phone and identifies locations where people have hidden containers near you. Containers can be small (1 inch diameter by one or two inches), some medium and others quite large. When locating these you get points. Some people even put bling in them. But if you take the bling you have to put new stuff in. Even though the phone locates them via GPS, they can be ingeniously hidden. Locations show up a green icons,, then change to happy faces when found.. Keeps...

Jul 24, 2020 - St. Augustine, Florida, Land of Flowers

Upon a recommendation of a fellow camper in Delray Beach, we headed north to the small town of Oak Hill, Florida, to the Indian Mound Fish Camp and RV Park. What a find! It was situated on the Indian River about 30 miles south of the Kennedy Space Center. We were fortunate to get a riverfront spot where we could watch the boats, dolphins and manatees go by. The highlight of our three day stay there was seeing a Space-X launch of a military satellite for South Korea. It was a beautiful late afternoon, very few clouds and we watched it with...

Jul 23, 2020 - Anniversary, Birthday and Rain

July is here and another month passes here in rainy hot Florida. Seems it rains just about every day in the summer here. We have not done a thing here except drive to Walmart to pick our pre-ordered groceries. Order online and then show up while they load up the groceries in the parking lot. However, we do continue to watch movies and series on the tv and do walks and cricket rides in the RV Park when it doesn't rain. We celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary on the 14th by eating tiramisu and lounging. Also I got a new shirt and a carrot...

Jul 19, 2020 - Friends and Family

The day Kaia was due to leave we left Fiesta Key and relocated to the Tavernier Elks, about 20 miles north of where we were. We had stayed there a few years ago and really enjoyed the setting and the lodge. After we got Kaia on her plane back to Texas, we spent 5 nights there using the beach that is part of the Elks property, reading, doing a bit of shopping and just relaxing. The Elks just hired a new chef who prepared some amazing meals but our favorite was the Sunday brunch. His food was so good we ate there just about every night; so...

Jul 14, 2020 - In Memory of My Uncle Dennis

As some of you know, my Uncle Dennis passed away a week ago due to complications from a fall he had a while back. Dennis and I spent a lot of time with my Uncle Dennis and Aunt Charlene traveling around the US, especially the last 5 years of them being full-time RV’ers too. Dennis was my mother's younger brother and he is survived by my mom, his sister, Sharon, my Aunt Charlene, his two children, Michelle and Kevin and 6 grandchildren. Since we had traveled so much together (my estimate is at least 15 states) we wanted to honor his memory...

Jul 12, 2020 - Key Largo to Key West and Everything In Between

What a fun 10 days it was with Kaia! She flew, by herself, into Fort Lauderdale on June 30th and returned on July 10th. There was a bit of anxiety on everyone’s part with this new chapter in her life but our fears were assuaged by the fact that we could accompany her to the gate at each end. On the way down into the Keys we stopped for dinner at Gilberts at Mile Marker 107 where Kaia enjoyed her first taste of a conch fritters and the tropical breezes. We stayed two nights at Keys Palms in Key Largo. Our site was adjacent to the pool and...

Jul 8, 2020 - Hot Hot Hot Outside But Hotter Up North

Here it is HOT HOT HOT here in Cape Coral , Florida but it is hotter in Indiana my home town. We had to come home from our vacation trip last month because Harley our dog got sick from eating electric wiring. So I redone our trip and we shall be going over to Palmdale , Florida for our first night out on the road. We have everything done for the trip, the truck and trailer is ready to go and so are we. I have a nice area to set in the shade with ice tea drink and a place to think about everyday think.

Jul 5, 2020 - Look What We Did Over The 4 Of July And July 5,2020

Norma and wanted to do a few things around the house since we had to bring Harley back home from our vacation trip sooner then not. Because he wanted to eat things that he was not to eat and started to bleed and poop all over the place. We went out and got a wooden cedar arbor for the back yard and norma went and did the staining and sealer on July 4, and then today she went ahead and started to build the arbor with just a little help from me. We dug a few post holes and got the arbor in place for now, we might have to pour some cement to...

Jul 3, 2020 - Working Again On The Power Cord

The power cord from truck to trailer came loose from the truck as we were going down the road. I got a signal in my truck that I lost connection to my trailer,so I pulled off the road and found the power cord was not connected to the truck. I had drugged the cord enough to cut two wires that were for the brakes on the trailer and left side taillights. I worked on the wires and got the brakes back on and left running lights for the left taillights. I got everything going but the left turn signal and I would work on that after getting home....

Jul 3, 2020 - Power Cord Done,now Some Else

I went over to the storage area to work on my trailer in the A.M. because it is a little cooler at that time of day. Norma and I went over to LOWE'S to check out some wooden arbors for the back yard. We have a old PVC arbor that we wanted to move over to the garden and went out to get a wooden arbor to place in the yard. We want to get some green vines with yellow flowers for the wooden arbor.I think the arbor in the garden shall be blue flowers with a great smell to help bring in the butterflies.

Jun 30, 2020 - "Big Water"-Lake Okeechobee

Our next stop was Lake Okeechobee in southern central Florida. The main reason we stayed there is that it held fond childhood memories for Dennis; he would fish there with his dad, best friend and others and they would also explore the glades in his dad’s airboat. He often tells the story of a time when one of their boats got stuck in the muck and his dad ordered him to get out and push….with alligators nearby!!! He swears he walked on top of the water! We stayed at a nice campground called Zachary Taylor RV in the northern part of the Lake...