Time sure flies

Wow I cannot beleive it has been so long since I posted a blog. We have been camping a few times, had plans to go more..but had to change our plans. Here is a quick update.


We did camp over Memorial Day weekend, and July 4th weekend at our favorite local RV resort. We had fun both times. We did camp there the first weekend in August also.

Had plans to go to Camp Blanding near Starke FL for about 10 days, Labor Day weekend and Biketober Fest in Daytona. On 8/9/10 Brent had a accident on a motorcycle...so all of our plans had to be cancelled. We cancelled up to Thanksgiving...crossing fingers we can go then.

He is recovering...physical therapy starts next week, has been back to work for about 3 weeks and started driving himslef to work this past Monday.

It is wild how things can change in a second...things were turned upside down for a bit, we will get through this and be back to having fun.

Key West

Time sure flies, it has been over a month since my last blog.  Hopefully I can make this one interesting.

Brent and I went to Key West for a week.  So ready to go back.  We had a great low keyed time.

We left Jacksonville about 4:40 on Friday, April 2.  We drove to just north of Ft Pierce.  We stopped at a rest stop for the night. 

Up the next morning and on our way.  We wanted to do all the keys in day light.  What a nice drive.  Good thing we were in no hurry.  Slow going down Route 1.

 

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Those pictures are some of the bridges including the 7 mile bridge. 

We stopped in Marathon for a quick lunch in the rig.  We arrived at Sigsbee RV park around 2.  We were assigned to a dry camp site, and assured we would get to move in a bout 4 days.  We were assigned to Site 248, this picture is taken standing at the front of the 5th wheel.

The Gulf of Mexico.

I think i can do this with no hookups.  Before we got to the site we filled up with water.  There always has to be a glitch…the pump wouldn’t work..great.  Brent emptied out the belly and located the pump, took it apart checked it out and it started working.  So thankful for his ability to fix things.  We now had water.  There is such a breeze we didn’t have to run the AC.

 

While Brent was working on the pump, something caught my attention out of the corner of my eye.  At first i thought a raccoon.  Wrong…I ran to get my camera..but didn’t get too close.

Mama and her babies. Iguanas

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We met our neighbors, Dave and Kathy from Finger Lakes New York area.

We just hung out at the campground that night.  We did walk a bit.  We left the dogs at home with our son, we sure missed them.  Will never leave them again.  Sorry Kona and Lilly.

Sunday we get up and Brent unloaded the motorcycles so we can go site seeing.  We rode off base and went towards downtown.  That was a short lived ride…lots of traffic and pretty warm  So back to the campground we go..  We parked the motorcycles, threw the bicycles in the back of the truck and headed out.  We were able to park near Trumbo, which is another military facility.  Once we were parked and took off on the bikes…we were in the heart of Duval Street within minutes.  Bicycles are the way to see Key West!  We had a sandwich at Hogs Breathe saloon.

Seems the pigeons come right in the restaurants looking for food. 

We also stopped in Sloppy Joes.

After riding bicycles all day in the sun and walking around we were pretty tired.  Showered in the shower house and called it a night.

Monday back at it.  We drove the truck to Trumbo and parked and got on the bicycles.  We had purchased tickets to ride the Conch Train.  http://www.conchtourtrain.com/   I like to take those tours..you get to see lots and learn the history of the city you are in.  Also see what sites you want to go back too.

Tuesday back on the bikes and headed to the southern most point of the United States.

We did a lot of shopping in all the shops.  We are not the best tourist…we like to walk around and people watch.  I did get a nice fruity drink.

I like the roosters too…didn’t see as many chickens.

Some girls i know from jax..had recently up and moved to Key West…they are working at Guys Harvey’s bar and grill…so we stopped in and had lunch with them.

Tuesday when we arrived back at the RV we had a note on the door from the RV office we could move on Wednesday to full hookups. 

Tuesday was also our 25th anniversary…the reason for our trip.

More pics of another Iguana…I think it was the dad.

Another early night…guess we are getting old.

On Wednesday we got the rig ready to move, it was sad to leave the beautiful view, but would be nice to have full hook ups.  Off to site 90 we went.  It was right across the street from the bathrooms and laundry.

After we were set up, Brent started chatting with another camper that was filling his water jugs to put in his tanks, he had chose to stay in dry camping.  Long story short…he and his wife have a house in Jacksonville also.  They are here long term…they also have a boat in storage near the rv park.  You guessed it…he took Brent and I on a ride that afternoon…so we got a nice tour of the area via water.

This big boat had run aground and was abandoned.

To the left of the motor home is the dry site we were in for 4 nights.

We walked over to the sunset lounge that is located on the base for dinner.  We ran into our neighbors from dry camp there (they had already moved to full hook-ups)….had a nice time.  Took these pics..wonder if that is why it is called sunset lounge?

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Thursday…we rode the motorcycles back up Rt 1 to Marathon Key.  had a nice lunch, did some shopping & took some pics from the other end of the 7 mile bridge

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Friday was our last full day..back downtown on the bicycles…we had a bit of shopping to do.  The high light of our trip was Peppers of Key West.  http://www.peppersofkeywest.com/  We love sauces…especially hot ones.  This place has a bar around it..serves no drinks, you can bring your own.  You sit down and you get to try all the sauces you want.  So much fun.

That was our server Angie…she was the best.

Back to the camper for dinner…had to get ready to be out by 10 am.  We pulled out around 9:30, so sad our week was over.

We drove to Ft Pierce again…we opted for a RV park vs rest stop.  Sure glad we did…nice and relaxing.

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We had a nice pull thru.  Good thing we stopped at an RV park, the pump quit working again.  At least it worked when we needed it.

 

So now we are home…next camping plans are for Memorial Day Weekend.

Something we learned from this trip…while in Key West make sure you know where you lock your bikes up…some of the restaurants/bars have doors on 2 streets.  We searched 2 different times for our bikes.

Next time I will try and update the blog daily from a trip…too hard to remember each day.

This trip just made us want to full time more….some day…sigh!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time…………

Julie

March already!!!

I thought we were just celebrating new Year’s Eve.  Time sure is flying by.

March brings lots of birthdays.  Mine was March 8.  Had a great time celebrating with friends at Mt Fugi eating Sushi…yummm!!!!  Never thought I would eat it, now I am addicted to it.  No pictures were taken.  Brent has a birthday the end of the month.

Not to rush the month..but we will be gearing up for our trip to Key West, the beginning of April.  Celebrating our 25th anniversary.

We are discussing putting our home on the market next spring.  Getting painting done and a few upgrades.  Hope the market rises a little bit, or a lot would be even better.  We do plan to stay local for maybe a year…to save some money.  Brent would continue to work during that time.

We have several trips to go camping scheduled for the summer.  I sure am ready for summer.  We had a teaser day yesterday.  Temps in the mid 70’s.  Today 60’s and rain.  It has  been a long winter her in Northeast Florida.

I am going to try and make an effort to post at least once a week.  Probably just bore you all.  :o)

Julie

President’s Day weekend getaway.

Brent had a 4 day weekend, so we deiced to go to the RV park not far from our home.  We had to wait for Mackenzie to get out of pre school.  We picked her up, switched out the car seat to the truck and loaded the dogs.  Since the back seat is split 80/20 we flip the 80% up and the dog bed is there.  Normally the dogs can get in the 20% seat and look out.  Since Mackenzie was in her car seat, Lilly the smaller dog couldn’t see out…Well she fixed that.

She jumped up in Kenzie’s lap to see out.  Kenz thought it was so funny.

We had 100% chance of rain that day…so it was still raining.  Brent was great..he had us stay in the truck while he set up everything.  All we had to do was run from the truck to the camper.  Then let the slides out, which Mackenzie things is so much fun to sit on the sofa while the slide goes out.

It rained most of the night, Kenz was going home later that evening, but was coming back on Sunday night to spend the night.  On Friday night we baked a cake.

 

She was proud of her cake….

I received some results back from my cholesterol test, it is high....seeing all that butter in the picture might be part of the reason.

Papa and Kenz chillin

Some new yard ornaments.  The little flag says roughin it, the wooden name plaque was made by Broc our son and Erin his girlfriend.

We had a nice relaxing weekend, they are just too short.  Someday we can stay forever.

You have to spend money to make money..right??

I need to blog more often, I have had a heck of a time..trying to remember how to use Live Writer.  I think I have it this time.

We have always heard you have to spend money to make money.  We just finished installing new flooring in a big area of our home.  We just installed new flooring in a big part of our home..hoping it pays off when we sell.

 

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We are going to get the 5th wheel from storage tonight.  Going to go camping this weekend.  Brent has Friday and Monday off.  Will be nice to get away.

January is almost over

Sure is hard to believe that it is 2010 and the first month is 3/4 of the way gone.  Seems we were just out of town for Christmas.  The weather has been chilly here in Florida.  Hoping for some warm weather soon.

Have been looking at the calendar and planning some camping weekends.  In February we are going over presidents day weekend.  Brent has a 4 day weekend.  He is calling it a working trip.  Wants to do a little maintenance on the rig.  Hope he has good weather for that.  We are planning a trip to the Key West in April..celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary.  Sure doesn’t seem like it has been 25 years.

We also are in the middle of getting new floors in the major part of our house.  For now we are living on concrete.  The floors came in, but they said they looked like the pallet had been dumped…so they ordered another shipment.  Hopefully will arrive today so it can acclimate over the weekend…then start installing.

I am trying out windows live writer and hoping pictures are easier to put on here.  Anyone that has advice on using this program your input is welcome.

This is a picture of Lilly in Illinois over Christmas…she stayed in front of the electric heater.  She is definitely a Floridian dog.

I am going to try and bore you all more often.  AS of now, I don’t lead a very interesting life.  Just normal day to day stuff.  Still dreaming of selling the house and living in the RV.

Until next time……….

Been a long time

Seems I don't have much to share that would be of any interest to anyone.

We did go camping for 7 nights at a campground about 20 miles from our home. Brent continued to go to work each day. It worked out well. It was chilly a few nights...in the 40's. That is cold for Florida. We are heading to Southern Illinois for Christmas, so it gave me a clearer idea of what type of warm clothes I will need.

Since I watch Mackenzie during the week, she stayed with us a few nights. She had to pose at the entrance of the RV park.



Thanksgiving dinner turned out great.



Brent has went back and forth on our truck for sometime. This past weekend he finally decided to trade in our 07 2500 for a gently used 08 3500. We also traded in another vehicle we had in the garage. So we did ok with all the trading. Getting rid of the car was just another downsizing thing marked off of our list. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are packing to head north in a few days. I hope we can stay warm.

Happy Holidays to all.

Julie