The eagle has landed

We have landed at the Tampa South RV resort in Ruskin Florida and have set up on a scenic waterfront site on the Little Manatee River. We started the day out by having the truck and rig washed at the Ocala RV looks nice and shinny now. The short trip down I75 brought us to our present location. Sue is extremely happy with a waterfront location..... all we can see out the large window at the back of the rig is the river and mangrove trees on the other side. The WiFi is good and we have full hookups. The pool is being repainted but should be ready by Saturday. This evening we joined about 9 other couples and went to a local restaurant for a good food and conversation. Looking forward to seeing our friends Bill and Phyllis tomorrow.

Doug.

enjoying the sun

Our second day in Charleston we decided to visit camping world and then went on over to the Boone Plantation for a tour. What and interesting place I added a few Pics of the Plantation Http://picasaweb.google.com/collindo99 We ended the day by going to Gilligans for an all you can eat Shrimp dinner. The hush puppies were also very yummy :-) Tuesday morning we packed up and started further south, we were going to stop at Savannah Georgia but decided to leave this to another trip and continued on towards Florida. We ended up at the Ocala Sun RV resort (Ocala Florida) after a long trip and set up. This is a nice park that allows you to wash your rig so we decided to stay two nights and today will wash the truck and trailer before we head down the rest of the way to Ruskin Florida.

finally far enough south warmth

The weather has been beautiful for our two days of driving a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. What a beautiful drive the leaves are in their fall radiance. The road speed limit is 45 mph in most areas which is good as it is windy, up down and very narrow especially if your pulling your house behind you. There were many beautiful scenic overlooks and we spent the first night on the parkway in a state park beside a lake. Had a nice 5 km hike around the lake then spent the night without electricity in the cooling temps at 5000 ft. Got down to -2 but warmed up quickly when the sun came out and we were off further south on the parkway with stops at many arts and crafts areas. We ended the day boondocking at Walmart in Columbia S.C. The next day we made it to Charlston S. C. and had a great day exploring this old historic city. Took a horse and buggy ride around the city and had a great seafood supper at the messy oyster. I have posted some pics from the last week here Http://picasaweb.google.com/collindo99

Doug.

rainy windy and definitaly not far enough south yet.

Well we are living the dream. We left Brant on Oct. 16th and ended up at Rondeau Provincial park for two days. We had great visits with Sue's sisters Nancy and Margie. We discovered that Margie is not a campfire lover preferring the warmth of the camper. Tuesday we headed to the border and crossed at Detroit. After the rig being inspected by two border guards we were allowed on our way and drove to Delaware State park for the rainy night. We were about 50 miles west of the exotic ranch where the owner let all the animals out then killed himself. The next day we set off further south and it was a long wet windy drive down to Virginia. We are in a park at Fort Chiswell and have stayed here two days to rest and wait for better weather before heading out on the Blue Ridge Parkway. So far Sue and I are enjoying the lifestyle and are still talking to one another. :-)

Doug.

The next journey begins

What a lot of change in the last few months...... House has been sold, 39 years of stuff disposed of or stored, Sue has set a retirement date (Oct. 14th) and we are living in the RV full time. Oct. 16th is the date we leave our temporary location at the Brant Conservation Park and head south for warmer climates. Looking forward to this next period in our lives.

Doug.