Parked for awhile. Yeah

Tuesday 27 December 2022

    A nice sunny day and a bit warmer but still below freezing overnight and we had to unhook the

Rudy's enjoying the
Florida Sunshine in Starke.

water again. We took advantage of the nice weather; I worked on the entry steps cleaning up the terminals hopefully that will take care of the steps deploying while driving down the highway. Diane cleaned up the Moho and went for a nice walk on the nature trail here on base. Just kind of enjoyed another day of not moving. Grilled ham steak for diner and off to bed tomorrow is the last leg of our trip south. 

Wednesday 28 December 2022     WE MADE IT

     We woke up and it seems to be a nice day, sunny, 50 degrees and calm.  We took our good old sweet time getting ready, only 120 miles to go today.  Moving as slow as we could we were still ready sooner than the mornings we hurried. Go figure. Anyway, on the road at 10:15 we headed south to Ocala to get on I75.  Halfway there the GPS showed I75 at grid lock. Diane rerouted us down route 301 the whole way to the campground.  It was through a bunch of busy towns and a lot of traffic and red lights, but we were moving anyway.  We arrived at Oak Alley RV Resort at 2 pm and most important 80 degrees. Diane checked us in and told them we needed propane.  We were down to 1/4 tank after the cold trip down. I pulled around to the propane tank, the guy hooked up the hose and ... you guessed he was out of propane. Good news, it is much warmer so we shouldn't need much propane heat anymore.  Down to site 438, get parked, all set up and ready to relax.  The usual travel day diner, burgers on the grill and wine.

Thursday 29 December 2022

     Almost 65 this morning but not a lot of time relax with the Shari and crew coming over tomorrow.  Today they went to beach to get some salt water fix before going back to Colorado Sunday.
   I headed to town to fill up the 30lb propane tank to have the propane hose for the grill checked out. 

Our site at Oak Alley!!

The grill would not burn right with the grill tank so I switched to big tank still nothing switched to the little green Coleman bottle and it worked. The man at the propane store checks it out said it is just fine. Puzzled I came back hooked it up to the grill tank and poof it works just fine. Maybe it just didn't like cold weather. Meantime Diane cleaned up the moho. When I got back Diane went for groceries while I cleaned up the grill. Finished getting our yard things out flag, name sign etc. Grilled chicken quarters for diner.

Friday 30 December 2022

  Sixty degrees when we got up, oh that feels so good!  It was in the 70's by the time Shari and family made it over for breakfast.  Shari, Matt, McKayden and little Mathew drove down from Minnesota after visiting with Morgan and Zach over Christmas.  We had eggs, bacon and scrapple.  I'm not sure but I think it was the scrapple that got them moving this morning and the fact we had six bags of good Pennsylvania chips for them.  After breakfast they went back picked up their dogs and we went for a nice walk at the Van Fleet trail. By now it was sunny🌞and in the 80's.  Diane and I went back to the Moho showered and started cleaning up from breakfast a lot of pots and pans. Grilled sausages for dinner.

People avoided us
on the trail!!  

Saturday 31 December 2022  

   Here it is New Year's Eve!  I can't believe the year has passed already.  Another busy day for us. I don't know how we ever worked full time, looked after the house and raised the kids. Now we don't have enough time to get anything done.
   Diane went to a farmers market this morning in Webster and came home with some nice tomatoes and other veggies, but no strawberries, to early yet I guess. 
   We headed to Leesburg for lunch and to meet Shari and crew for a round of mini golf.  Diane found

McKayden and Matthew
Axe throwing.

this Mexican restaurant Los Laureles, the place was nice just in a small strip mall, but food was good. Diane had a grilled chicken quesadilla, and I had the shrimp chimichanga de camaron. Diane couldn't eat all of hers and I shouldn't have eaten all of mine. .... But I did. Just as we were heading out the door to meet Shari, the skies opened up and the rain came down. Called Shari we switched plans and went to a family arcade.  First up was ax throwing. Diane did OK, I was pathetic, but it was fun! The kids had all done it before and were fairly good.  I never did get the hang of it.  We spent the couple of hours playing pin ball, Ms. Pac man and skeet ball.  We had a good time just didn't get to visit much.  The rain quit as we were on our way home.  Figures. Picked up some wings from Beef O Brady's for our New Year's Eve celebration.  We had some wings for diner. I was tired went to bed around 10 but the fireworks had Rudy all upset.  I finally got back up about 11:15 after a loud rumble of fireworks had Rudy dancing on my chest.  We watch the ball drop, had a toast of wine to new year before going back to bed.

Sunday 1 January 2023   HAPPY NEW YEAR

     Hope no one is to hung over! Very warm this morning with heavy fog. After a nice breakfast we spent the day working on some little projects that had to wait warmer weather.  I replaced a lite in the kitchen, put a new piston on the tv door, fixed exhaust vent for the stove and few other things. Diane went to town, cleaned up Moho and cooked up our pork and sauerkraut.  You won't believe it but I ate to much.  

Monday 2 January 2023

  Warm again this morning and the fog was so heavy it was almost a drizzle.  We waited until fog burned off before going to the Webster flea market.  I guess we're just not in the mood yet to shop. We had a breakfast sandwich then walked around the place until lunch.  We were standing in line for lunch when we meet some old camping friends from Paradice Oaks campground. We spent lunch with them catching up on everyone. It was a nice time.  I talked Diane into a soft pretzel on the way out.  So we didn't buy anything but food and probably more carbs than we consume in a week.  Back to the Moho to work off some of the food.  I swept out the truck and worked on stuff outside.  Diane took a nice walk around the campground. And salad for diner!

Tuesday 3 January 2023 

    We have been slowly running out of food and other necessities so today was a run over to Clermont to BJ's and of course lunch.  At least that was the plan until Diane tried to make reservation to fly home for some Chase time.  It certainly isn't as easy as it used to be anyway by the time she figured all that out it was already lunch time.  So, we had lunch in the Moho certainly not the seafood I was hoping for but a lot cheaper.  Finally, we were on our way to BJ's.  First stop campground post office to pick up the patio rug we ordered.  Next was Tractor Supply for def and a few other things, but I missed the turned had to do a U-turn then I ended up going in the exit only lane. Phew but we made it. On down to Clermont and BJ's after walking every isle we were done.  Best purchase was wine like 4 bucks cheaper (per bottle) than PA. After a stop for coffee and bathroom break. It was 4:30 when we made it back. As soon as we parked I remembered we wanted a lottery ticket for tonight so off Diane goes again. 
   We finally sat down with a glass of wine about 5:30 and relaxed.  Deer loin stuffed with jalapenos and asparagus for diner.  And off to bed we went!.......About 3 AM Rudy starts licking Diane's face then walking on my chest I reached down to make him lay down and put my hand in a pile of goo.  Well let me tell you that will wake you up in a hurry.  I jumped up turned on the light and what did I see, a pile of dog puke looking back at me. We get up strip the bed including the mattress cover. Now it is a Moho we live in, so the first thing is remembering where the spare stuff is, after a few wrong guesses we finally get everything, remake the bed and we even found the spare comforter back in bed by 4am.  The end.