We Safely Arrived at Rainbow's End, Livingston, TX

We left Lake City, FL and headed to Rainbow's Plantation in Sumerdale, AL.  We had heard many good things about this Escapee Park, and were very pleased to say they were all true.  The park is well laid out and have nice sites, deeded lots and  a seperate E.R.P.U. area.  The staff was nice and we got the usual SKP  hug.  We traveled into Foely, AL to get fuel, as it was rather expensive in Sumerdale, and found Diesel fuel for $2.49 per gallon. Here are a couple of pictures of this wonderful Escapee Park.

We next headed to Henderson, LA.  Here we stayed at Cajun Palms RV Resort.  This resort had anything you could imagine for your entertainment.  They even had a theater!  This was more than we like to spend at $30 per night, but I asked about their regular rate during the peak season and it is $50.08.  That is way more that we would normally pay, but this is certainly a destination type resort.  They have 3 Tiki bars/resturants, a water park, 2 pools and a hot tub.  This is really a nice place to stay.  Here are a couple of pictures.

As you can see, we were said good bye by the resident ducks from one of the several ponds on the property.

We next headed to Rainbow's End in Livingston, TX.  There were no more rest areas in the last 121 miles in LA. so the first opportunity to stretch was at the Welcome center in Texas.  We thought this was a unique rest area.  It had a huge Texas star and an interesting warning sign.  It is built on Blue Elbow Swamp with an long deck walk way to enjoy the nature that is there.  Here are a couple of pictures of this rest area.

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We have not yet taken any pictures of the park , will be taking tours of C.A.R.E. and the national headquarters for Escapees while we are here.  We are planning on spending 2 weeks here before heading on west.

Y'all travel safe, and I'll type more later.

After the Tampa RV Super Show

Well, another Tampa RV Super Show has passed, and that was our last one!  We officially retired from working the Super Show, after working 8 of the past 11 years.  It was a good show, but to volunteer and work until you can hardly walk no longer makes any since.  It was to the point that we did not get to enjoy the show for many hours.  The experience has been very interesting and we met some great people.  I'm really glad we have had that experience.
Here are some pictures of the show.

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We did get to enjoy some really good entertainment.  Sunday Drive was there, which Debby and I have gotten to see twice in the last 6 month.  The Friday evening entertainment was really good, but I did not catch their name, but they were a family.  Really good musicians.  and of course, Saturday night we got to enjoy Ron & Kay Ravoli.  We will get to enjoy them again at Escapade in March.

The rally associated with the show parked 787 rigs to camp at the show. 
Debby and I found a 5th wheel manufacturer that impressed me.  Luxe by Agusta.  I am really impressed with the construction.  May be our next coach.

We departed the show on Monday and drove to Lake City RV Park and will be here until Thursday, when we head west.  Got to be with the kids last night and enjoyed pizza with them.

The new fuel tank in the bed of the truck has really helped with our travels.  I filled up at NAS Jax before we left for the super show, and made it all the way back to NAS Jax to fill up again yesterday.  Over 700 miles!  Considering our max range before was only 300 miles, if we were lucky, this is really great.  Diesel at NAS Jax was $2.55.9 per gallon yesterday.  That is the cheapest we saw any where in the state.

Anyway, on the road again tomorrow.  Y'all travel safe and I'll type more later.

End of 2014

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted, so I thought I would wind up the end of the year with a quick post.  we had a really nice Christmas with our children in Fleming Island.  Presents were enjoyed by all!  Of course, the food was great as always.  We have been relaxing at Kelly's RV Park in Callahan, FL. since the 10th of December and will be here until the 10th of January when we head to Tampa for the RV SuperShow.  We also enjoyed a nice Christmas party with our Good Sam Chapter.  It was really good to see everyone, especially since we are heading to the west coast after the Tampa Super Show.  We plan on being back in time for the holidays in November next year. 

As  you can see, Debby did a great job of decorating the rig this year.  This is our first Christmas as full time RV'ers and not having a house to decorate.  I think she did an outstanding job!

The above pictures are of our Chapters Christmas Party.  We all had a good time and enjoyed some great food.  My blood sugar went up sharply after these wonderful meals and treats.

We also were invited to Jax Rambling Sam's Christmas party, which was also held here at Kelly's RV Park.  We enjoyed our time with them and appreciate very much the invitation.

While our chapter was here, Debby being the only elected officer, held a short meeting where we got a lot of business done.  She really did a GREAT job!

2014 has been a very exciting year for Debby and I.  I hope that 2015 is as exciting and I expect it will be.  Our trip out west is rapidly approaching and we are anticipating a really good year.

It is our hope that all who read our blog have a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Please travel safe and I'll type more later!

Another Moving Day!

It has been some time since I wrote, so I guess moving day is as good as any.  We spent 17 days at NAS Jacksonville RV park and today we moved to Kelly's RV Park in Callahan, FL.  We have been fortunate enough to get to spend a lot of time with the kids that live in Orange Park and Fleming Island.  We had a GREAT Thanks Giving at our daughters house and managed to go with her, our son-in-law and son to Single Vision, INC.  This is a wild life refuge.  We had a really great time.  I posted a couple of pictures of me being mauled by a lion......ok, so it was just a cub, and only weighed 35 pounds, but it was really fun! I would recommend Single Vision in Melrose, FL to anyone who enjoys wild animals.  Here are a couple of pictures to tempt you.

Our site at NAS Jax was pretty nice.  They told us we would not be able to pick up satellite, but we were able to pick up 2 of the 3 satellites that we needed to pick up our programing.  We only missed a couple of HD channels, but still got the SD stations.  So we really were not out anything.  They did have a warning sign up about alligators.  Here are a couple of pictures of the campground.

We really did enjoy our stay at NAS Jax.  The good news is that while we were there, we FINALLY had the slide out fixed!  I wasn't sure until we moved today, but it went in nicely and came our nicely.  Hopefully we will not have any more issues with it.  Now we have  a leak in the toilet.  It appears that the seal is leaking down.  No water on the floor or any thing like that, but the bowl empties out after a very short time.  I guess I'll have to replace the seal.  Going to look up the paperwork so I can find out what model we have so I can get the correct parts.
Anyway, it has been an interesting couple of weeks.  We are staying here at Kelly's for a month before we head to the RV show.  I will try to update you before we move again.

Drive Safe,  I'll type more later.

Thanksgiving Site

We enjoyed  a pot luck dinner with our Good Sam Chapter, the Sunset Ramblers on Sat.  It was good that those present were able to get together and enjoy the dinner.  We never seem to have a shortage of food.

We also had a booth for "beer pong" with no beer.  The Samboree had a Country Fair and everyone seemed to have a good time.  We were able to raise a little money for Boggy Creek and we were able to present that money and our scheduled donation plus 40 bears that we made on Sat. night.  We also enjoyed the music of "Sunday Drive" who Debby and I had the pleasure to enjoy at the North Carolina Samboree.  The drummer told a story about getting a "bib" and is shown with his "bib" on.  A good time was had by all at the Samboree.

We woke up to a car behind the rig with a man in it with binoculars.  He seemed to be spying on a site across the street.  I then noticed 3 County Deputies cars and later noticed 3 more on down the street our site was on.  I heard they were getting ready to make a drug bust in the campground.  They were gone by the time we left.
We then headed north toward NAS Jax RV Park.  When we checked in, we found out the they have raised the nightly fee by $5.00.  We are going to check to see if they can do that as we made our reservations at the old rate and that price was confirmed.   We did not get the site I was hoping for, which would allow us to have our Satellite, but we are in a nice site, very near the river.  I have added a  photo taken from our site.

We will be hear until our Good Sam Chapter Christmas Party at Kelly's RV Park on Dec 11th.  We will have Thanksgiving with the kids and get our medical appointments done while we are hear.  Of course, we have high hopes that the rig will finally be fixed tomorrow while we are here.
Y'all travel safe, and I'll type more later!

Another Moving Day

Well, today we moved from Port Charlotte to Eustis, FL.  We really enjoyed the Escapee Chapter 57 rally and are now at Southern Palms RV Resort for the Good Sam Samboree.  We will be here until a week from tomorrow.  After that, we are planning to head to NAS Jacksonville for 17 days and spend Thanksgiving with the kids.  I can hardly believe how the year has passed.  I guess life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.  :)  We have an appointment with General RV to have the part installed on the slide out.  Hopefully that will fix the issue.  We now have a leak, water, but not sure if it is incoming or outgoing.  It seems to leak no matter what. I don't know if we will ask General RV to look at it or not, as they have not been very accommodating on the slide.  Anyway, we will make that decision when we get to it.  I'll enclose a couple of pictures of the Escapee Chapter 57 rally.  We like the park we were in, Harbor Lakes RV Resort.  It is an Encore park, and to date, we have not been very impressed with their parks, but Harbor Lakes is a VERY NICE Place.  If we are down that way again, we will stay there.
Harbor Lakes put on a very nice Veterans program that we enjoyed.

This is a picture of the Veterans present.  Even had some Canadian Vets (on the right side)

These are pictures of the sunset and full moon the night we arrived at Harbor Lakes. 

I have really treated Debby great this year!  Earlier this year I took her to Paris (IL)  and this trip I took her to Venice! (FL)  This is a picture of the pier extending out into the Gulf. 

Chapter 57 mascot is Sunshine Susie, on the left.  She travels with one rig for a year who reports with pictures where she is and has been.  This year she is traveling with Shrek!  It will be interesting to see where all she goes during the coming year.

Well, that's about it for now.  Y'all travel safe and I'll type more later!