Rainy Day

**Sorry, had my facts all messed up and had to fix!!

Yesterday was a rainy day. We did venture out and drive to the Escapees Sumter Oaks Park in Bushnell, Florida to check it out.

This is a very nice park and it is not far from things like Walmart, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. .We are thinking seriously about moving to this park when we leave here.

We were going to take the Gulf Coast scenic route on the way back to the 5er but the rain was coming down hard at this point and we decided to return on the direct route and just chill until dinner time (bbq chops, salad, rice, bread – yum!). About an hour after dinner we had strawberry shortcake with fresh Florida strawberries that we picked up at one of the local produce stands. It was delicious!!

And, of course, we had to have a bag of navel oranges too.

Planning to just take care of a few things around the 5er today and get ready to spend tomorrow at the RV Super Show in Tampa. Got to see if we can find the automatic DirecTV satellite dish for the top of the 5er.

We also signed up for a lunch on Thursday with other full-timers at the show. We are really looking forward to meeting everyone.

Still no pictures but we will have some eventually!!

Snow Birding!!

Well, we Dilworth’s are now in Thonotosassa, Florida (near Tampa) and loving the warmer weather!! It is actually 72 today. We arrived on Thursday and have been getting a few things taken care of and resting up a little.

We are staying in the Spanish Main RV Resort and we both agree that this one will not be visited again. Their website is very misleading – it is not near as nice as it is portrayed to be. This resort is mainly permanent trailers with a few open sites scattered throughout the park. They are not very easy to get into as we soon found out!! There was no way to get our rig backed in to the first one they gave us but we had to prove it to them!! After they moved us we were able to get parked although it took some doing on Charley’s part.

We went on our first outing today to visit the SKP Resort in Wauchula, Florida to see if we are interested in getting on their wait list for a permanent lot there for the future. We have more research to do before we make a decision but we are leaning toward moving forward with it. This was a very nice place and you could tell that it is very well cared for. The good thing about it is you do not lose money even if you decide to cancel at a later date (other than a $25 processing fee). Charley and I are not ready to commit to being in one place for an extended period of time yet but we feel that one day we may be interested in 5-6 months in one location.

We went out to dinner last night. We were interested in a good local seafood place but didn’t have any luck getting recommendations so we wound up at Red Lobster. We will ask around some more to see if we can find one later. We will be doing steaks at home tonight with all the trimmings (yum)!!

I should be updating our blog daily or at least every other day going forward. Sorry to have been so quiet lately!!

No good pictures yet but will share them when we do!!

Delay in Plans

We have not left for Florida yet but planning to leave very early tomorrow morning. There were some things that Charley needed to take care of for his Dad before we left and that took a couple of days.

Needless to say, we are ready to get there and relax for a day or two before we begin any sightseeing or 5er/Truck maintenance (both need a bath inside and out!!).

We are hopeful that everyone in our family will stay well during the remainder of the winter months. It has been rough on many of us the past couple of months. That would really make this a Happy New Year!!

Will report in after we actually arrive in Florida – will take us a couple of days to get to our final destination (one overnight stop on the way).

Stay tuned!!

Happy New Year!!

We moved our rig to Billy Dreher Island State Park yesterday where we will be staying until we leave for Florida on Monday. There were two reasons for doing this, 1) to be near our daughter and her husband and get to spend some time with them before we leave and 2) we had to get our 5er out of our son’s yard while we could after all the snow. His yard was extremely wet and we knew that if we didn’t get it out while the ground was frozen hard early in the morning we would never get it out!! Not to mention the fact that this yard became a four wheeler track right after Christmas!! Our efforts were successful and we are now getting antsy to get on our way.

We have most of our preparations for travel Monday completed. Just a few cleaning chores to finish up. I do hope that we will find warmer weather in Florida…. need some time outside in the fresh air!!

We do hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and are planning a great New Year!!
Hope you enjoy the pictures from ours!! We had loads of fun, especially watching the kids with all their stuff (and it was way too much)!! And yes, we did get snow in South Carolina the day after Christmas!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

I have been for a follow up with the doctor and am doing well. Still working on trying to recover my strength and making progress.

We have been working on getting ready for the holidays and, at the same time, getting the 5er ready for our trip to Florida the beginning of January. I just hope that it warms up there before we arrive. The goal is to get away from the cold!!!

Our plan is to stay in Florida until mid to late March 2011 and then return to SC for a brief visit before heading back out west. Have to take care of doctor visits during this time also.

Once we get back on the road I will get back into my routine of updating our blog daily, I promise!! I have been a slacker lately……

One thing that we did celebrate since my last update was our wedding anniversary on December 19. We have now been married 40 years!! And all of them happy ones!

Once again, Charley and I sincerely hope that everyone out there will have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!! And be safe!

Thank You

Thanks to everyone for the very kind comments added to our blog related to my recent illness. I am continuing to recover and am doing well with a goal of getting back to as normal as possible by Christmas!!

We are still planning to head for Florida in early January. We just hope that the weather there will warm up before we go!!

It is unusually cold here for this time of year and we are staying in as much as possible, especially me. I plan to continue to do this until it gets a little warmer. In the meantime I will just continue to shiver.

We hope that all you RVers out there will have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Out of Commission for a While

We have been out of commission for a couple of weeks. I have been in the hospital with pneumonia and Charley was with me almost non-stop for the 9 days I was there. But I am home now, as of Tuesday, 12/7, and continuing to recover, with lots of loving attention from Charley. Couldn’t do it without him!

Cheyenne was so glad to see us come home!! She stayed glued to us for two days before calming back down and getting back into her daily routine.

We still plan to be in Florida soon after the New Year arrives and will be at the Super Rally January 12-16 in Tampa as planned. We will then go from there to somewhere in Florida to stay until late March.