Our First trip in the new to us Moho

 Tuesday 28 February 2023

    I went to Len's to raid his freezer, but darn he locked the doors. I went back home and Diane went to the grocery store.

    We have been a little worried about packing up the Moho for the first time, so today we practiced doing the bedroom.  It was a good thing because there were quite a few items we had on the floor that

The Fat Tiki Food Truck!

had to be moved.  We will get the hang of it after a few days practice.  Tuesday is food truck day here in the park and today was the Fat Tiki Food Truck.  They had seafood including crab cakes.  Now we have learned our lesson and never get crab cakes south of Maryland, but it turns out these folks are from Maryland, so we gave them a try. We were not disappointed.  Diane had the crab cake (fabulous) I had a grilled sandwich (very good) and we got a quart of seafood chowder for another day. Tasted it tonight and it was good as well. After finishing off the seafood we headed down to a campfire gathering a few sites down.  At least 30 people, with two fires, one gas and one wood, the circle was big, and the two fires kept the bugs at bay.  Wasn't too long after we arrived that the shots started to flow.  I think everyone cleaned out their liquor cabinets. Stuff we never heard off and a lot of sweet flavored drinks.  We had a few (passed on most) a headed home a few hours later.

Wednesday 1 March 2023

   I tried calling the appliance repair man and the RV frig replacement people but to no avail. Left messages and sent emails. 

   For lunch we headed out to The Freezer Tiki Bar over in Homosassa, for the famous steamed shrimp and to meet up with 6 other couples from our crew of years gone by. Anyway, they have a whole order and half order.  We remembered it being 1/2 pound or whole pound, so we ordered two whole orders.  You can always take the leftovers home, right. Turns out half an order is 1 1/4 lbs. and the whole order is two and 1/2 lbs. Yes, we had a lot of leftovers.  But it was really nice to see everyone and catch up. We really haven't all got together since before covid.  We were probably there about 3 hours anyway.

    We got back to the Moho, had seafood chowder and shrimp for dinner.

Thursday 2 March 2023

    Started out the same I called the appliance people etc. Trying to get something started.  Ended up with can't today and we will call you later. 😡But we are leaving tomorrow so you gotta just keep moving.

    We picked up some flowers and went over to the cemetery for probably the last time this trip.  Back at the Moho, Diane called to Chris to check up on Karen and see how her tests were going.

    Back to the Moho and seriously started to pack. I packed most of the outside stuff chairs, tire covers, magna shade, and rearranged the stuff in the back of the truck to make room for the kayak and the rest of the stuff that no

longer fits in the Moho. When I was done the truck bed was full as well as the back seat area. We look like the Beverly Hillbillies. Just needed a rocking chair on the roof. 😁

    Salad with shrimp for dinner.

A Turkey in the
cemetery!! 

Friday 3 March 2023

   The day of travel with the new Moho was here.  Now the weather has been warm and sunny for the last several weeks, until today when we have to drive.  It was still warm but cloudy with 20-30mph wind with higher gusts. We traveled two lane roads most of the day and trees blocked the wind but holy crap when I hit the open areas it about blew us off the road. But we made the 100-mile drive in 2 1/2 hour with no stops. We were parked and set up by 2:30pm, I even contacted the appliance repair guy. I took some measurement and photos and sent to the repair facility.  He says he will call next week. Traditional travel day dinner, burgers on the grill. We finally ate all the shrimp.

Saturday 4 March 2023

   Cold and windy and rain most of the night.  It let up this morning just as I took Rudy out but started again as we returned.  So, I put the awning out to have a dry space and then BANG the awning hit a tree. 😠 I forgot about the tree and Diane had pointed it out when we parked.  I rolled it back up it didn't go all the way in I hope it is just rolled up crooked. The wind and rain were on and off all day. (the forecast was a small chance of showers) We visited a couple of antique stores, but nothing said buy me.

Sunday 5 March 2023

   Woke up to a cool sunny and calm day in central Florida.  Just yogurt for breakfast then cleaned up and headed out to visit with our friends Jack and Sandy in a campground 10 or so miles away. They have a great lot with a permanent covered deck area. It got very warm as the afternoon sun hit us but still pleasant with the breeze.  We talked for a few hours had burgers and fixings then talked until 5:30 or so.  It was a great time catching up and meeting their new dog Max. Max is a 7-month-old golden retriever. He came over to sniff out Rudy, but Rudy wasn't in the mood he snarled a couple times and Max went over and laid down.  He weighs in at 80 lbs. already.  He will be a hand full for the two of them.

   Back to the Moho and we just had a snack for dinner and a nice walk for Rudy.

Monday 6 March 2023

The three manatees.

    Breakfast outside on the grill this morning.  Another sunny and very warm day. We fixed up a few things around the Moho, more of a readjusting of things. Since the ice maker doesn't work, I got ice from the campground, made iced-tea, filled the ice tray and filled two zip-lock bags for the freezer. And speaking of freezer I finally got a price estimate on replacing the frig. depending on which refrigerator it was $2500 to 3000. They are going to be at the FMCA rally and will measure and get us a final price. Diane was up paying for another night when she noticed three manatee swimming in a lagoon here at the campground.  I walked up to check them out and a gator came by checking us out, I guess.  I had to reel Rudy up close to me, we didn't want the gator getting him. After checking out a few kayaking places we settled on Ichetucknee Springs park about a half hour away. We will head up there tomorrow morning. Out to the Lighthouse Seafood Restaurant for dinner. The food was OK but no need to go back. The rating were 4.5 stars we gave it maybe 3.5. Salad bar was disappointing just iceberg lettuce and that was a little brown. We will find another place to go.