WHAT'S UP DOCK!?

Leaving Lake Okeechobee, FL we spent a few days in our winter domicile, the Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort, Webster, FL, running errands and acquiring what we will need for our next adventure.

Our Welcoming Committee - Sandhill Cranes - Webster, FL

                 Florida Grande Motorcoach Resort - Webster, FL

The Orange Shop - Highway 301 - Citra, FL 

Old Florida Produce Stands - Along Highway 301 - Florida

 After a few days with our family we depart and our plans are to visit another area of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of days.  One of our lessons we have learned in the time that "Ol' Us" have explored "Ol' Florida" is that there is no way to see everything in a couple of months.  We will continue to write about our Old Florida experiences, even after this season of travel because these quaint areas of Florida are rapidly disappearing!

Seafood Food Trucks in Sopchoppy, FL

Scenic Highway U.S. 98 - St. Joe Sound, FL

Our travels throughout the State of Florida have made us aware of the sensitivity of our natural resources.  We commend our Florida State Park System and and our National Park Service and what they do to preserve the delicate balance of nature and continue to enforce the laws throughout our state.  We hope sometimes it isn't too little too late.

US Highway 98 - A Drive along the Coast

Ho Hum RV Park - Carrabelle, FL

Ho Hum RV Park - Carrabelle, FL

We enjoy staying on the St. George Sound, off scenic U.S. Highway 98 and close to Carrabelle, at an unpretentious and popular campground called Ho Hum RV Park.  We said "Good Morning" to our neighbor and he replies "Ho Hum",  and we knew we were in the right place.   Each day, from each unique and regal sunrise, until the last light of day, it is hard to keep your eyes off the activity in the water and the air.

Egret In Flight - Ho Hum RV Park, Carrabelle, FL

Shore birds, passing fishermen in boats, leaping mullet, giant schools of fish, passing dolphin, and fishermen at the end of the dock take up a good part of the day while one attempts to read a few pages of a book.

What's Up Dock!? at Ho Hum RV Park - Must Be Low Tide!

Another glorious day is behind us, and if the tides are right we may join the other fishermen at the end of the 400' dock and attempt to catch a fish, all the while thinking that if one is lucky enough to catch a fish it will have to be cleaned....and that is messy.  So just enjoy the camaraderie and mostly "fake" fishing, and breathe the healthy and clean ocean air.  This scenic area of Ol' Florida never gets Ol' to us.  We have been overwhelmingly blessed... again.

Beautiful Sunrise at Ho Hum - Carrabelle, FL

OLD US GOING TO OLD FLORIDA

Getting back "On The Road Again", after such a busy (to be discussed later) and fun winter season,  is exciting - trying to think of what you're going to need for travel is ....... 

HEY!  We don't have to worry about that!  We are traveling with just about everything on our back - just like the turtle.

Just like a turtle - we carry our home on our back.

Time to go make a sandwich....we're going to be here awhile!

We said goodbyes to many friends until next October.  Our place at Florida Grande Motorcoach Resort in Webster, FL, once again looks like a ghost town except for a few who will stay a while longer.

Florida Grande Motorcoach Resort - Webster, FL

This is the time of year the interstate and the turnpike are extremely busy for northbound traffic.  Our experience is to avoid I-75 in March and April until the love bugs (we don't love), and snowbirds (we love most of them) are gone.

Our summer plans this year will be different than our past 9 years of fulltiming.  This year, if all goes as planned, we plan to tour Florida.  We'll be visiting OLD FLORIDA,  and enjoy those amazing and beautiful historical and nostalgic towns and places that seem to be disappearing.  We want to visit places like Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Wakulla Springs State Park, Circle B Bar Reserve, Labelle, Wauchula and maybe more, maybe less.   We will be on the lookout for "old".

Old Florida - Lots of beauty

These signs are everywhere in FL - Yikes!

Islamorada, FL Sunset

Yes, we know Florida is buggy and can be blistering hot and did I say humid?  We were both born and grew up in Florida and we love everything about it - some things more than others.   So if you have been somewhere that was fun, weird, and you interpret as Old Florida, we'd love to hear about it.  We're pretty excited and look forward to visiting more Florida!

The Golden Isles of Georgia

We have begun our travels and next week we will be at a Tiffin Travelers Rally in Brunswick, GA.  We chose to attend this rally because we enjoy the people who are a part of this group, and we also have an opportunity to visit St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, where we left footprints in the sand for several years.  We will visit with people who were a special part of our lives, and see many places people save all year long just to spend one week of their vacation.    After the rally we will return to Florida Grande to plan our summer itinerary - this is going to be a milestone year for both of us.

RV THERE YET?