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So here we go, the dust has settled, not really, it’s very dusty here in Texas. Where I left off was with the arrival of the ‘97 Damon Intruder. The “new” RV. Graduating in a way to a motorhome. Moreso a necessity for our desired travels and the accompanying zoo.
It’s kinda sad when you’re so busy, that you can’t take a few minutes to update your blog. I suppose it’s the pressure of getting pictures up….and when you are disorganized and haven’t unloaded/gone though literally months worth of photos, well….it’s easy to get a little overwhelmed and just say, EH, I’ll update later.
We would like to wish a Happy Holidays to all our family, friends and readers! We’re spending this Christmas on our own, just the two of us. It’s something different, we may miss being with family and friends at times, but it is nice spending it together.
Whoa, need a break. We are in Miami now, and it’s hot. Thank goodness we are settled for the month. It lets us focus on work and some maintenance. Yes, I just changed the anode rod in the hot water heater. Wow, until a little while ago I had no idea what an anode rod was. After living in a condo, and leasing a vehicle, well it sort of encourages one to leave everything to someone else to care for.
We have embraced the American holiday weekend, it beats the pants off the Canadian Thanksgiving and then followed up by one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Cat loves the chaos but I prefer sleeping in. The poor suckers camping outside BestBuy at 3am in Maine. And that takes us to a tragic note. Three people were killed in the madness of these sales. One Walmart employee was trampled and two others at a Toys R’ Us shot one another over a piece of discounted merchandise. Come on! Yesterday was Thanksgiving wasn’t it?
….and not of the animal varity. Nor human, thank goodness. What is this possible new addition? That would be a 1997 Damon Intruder….that’s right, a Class A.
We made it to our destination, good ol’ Florida. Only thing is, we got a little confused, or maybe it was mother nature, because it sure hasn’t seemed like Florida the last three days. It has been freezing, yes freezing in Florida. Albeit we’re in north Florida, near Jacksonville, but these are record lows we’re seeing. It was 30 degrees F the night before, and inland it dipped to 20, that’s well below the average nightly tempature of 50 degrees. It’s so mixed up that it was warmer in PEI the last 3 days. Go figure. But this cold front will surely break soon, plus we’re headed farther south in a few days, then Cat can go outside again;)
Alright, we’ve been on the road again and I’ve been short on my time online. As per the last post, Cat never got to see Billy Corgan… better luck next time. Right now we’re in Savannah, Georgia and soon onward towards Florida.
Hey, hope everyone had a Happy Halloween… Hooray! Ok, enough of that. We kept it nice and relaxing… in haunted houses and on roller-coasters through the pitch black haze. Much tamer than all that getting dressed up and thrashing about among all the drunken ghouls and super-heroes at the clubs! A change of pace, it made Halloween a little more romantic in the red glowing mist and haunting music. Canada’s Wonderland puts on a good show for Halloween every year. Everything is more fun in the dark;)
Well, the things you own, they end up owning you… as goes the quote from Fight Club. Love that movie. We still have old possessions weighing us down, scattered over the country. In a couple provinces anyway.
Well, I forgot we had a site… hmmm. Actually, what happened to the summer? It has been a busy, hectic, stressful, uncertain time that we are enjoying! I have been enthralled by the whole credit crisis and subsequent market meltdown. I’m obviously ‘pot committed’, so now the challenge is to gain from the volatile times ahead.
There are a few who know about my ‘clean carpet obsession’. The excessive carpet shampooing, the strict rules about shoes coming off, yup I could very well be a carpet nazi! So it was no surprise how excited I was when we decided to rip out the carpet and replace it with vinyl tiles….specifically TrafficMasters Allure vinyl tiles from Home Depot! I have been waiting for this day forever! No more stinky carpets, and all carpets to me are stinky. I don’t know why RV companies insist on putting a carpet in an RV, it’s just ridiculous, especially with the moisture issue.
Yes, we still owe everyone a backdated entry from leaving Florida and heading up the east coast! I haven’t bothered to get any pictures uploaded of our trek until now….
Our stay in Florida is coming to an end. *POUT*
I’m still working on the backdated entries for the last while, from the wedding until now. Slowly but surely getting caught up….
Our time in Florida has been wonderful, and we had good friends to spend it with this time….! While they’ve been heading up back to eastern Canada, we’ve spent our time catching our breath and trying to slow time down as much as possible. However, it seems the slower you want it, the faster it goes, and vice versa. Such is life….
Hey hey,
I haven’t written a post in ages, thanks to Cat for keeping things going. I like the wordpress platform back on, I had been doing my own journal but I said screw it for awhile, after the server was hacked and I lost my content.
Well I figure I owe everyone a little update….after all, it HAS been a month since the last post! We are on the verge of getting everything in our life on track, organized and ‘updated’. Right now we’re staying near Fort Lauderdale after a 9 day stay at John Pennekamp in the Florida Keys, and previously Jon Dickenson SP in Hobe Sound as well as Long Point Park (again!) in Melbourne Beach. I promise I’ll write a post highlighting our stay at each place soon. For now, I’m still tweaking the blog as well as a couple of other sites that have been on the back burner since the planning of the wedding….
I had my camera pointed in the wrong direction when I heard everyone exclaim ‘Ohhhh there it is!’ Thankfully I was able to recover quickly and catch the shots that I did! Kristy, Will, Bryan and myself walked out to the fishing dock at Manatee Hammock in Titusville, where we were staying with the rigs for the week. We accidently booked the time when the launch was set to go….bonus!
It’s been great getting back to the east coast of Florida. I write to you from Wickham Park in Melbourne having come recently from Long Point Park in Melbourne Beach. Long Point was pretty cool, and we both hope to go back soon. It’s situated beside Sebastian Inlet State Park nestled between the Atlantic and the Indian River. We again scored an awesome site right on the end with the windows facing out to no one just as I like it;-) While it wasn’t a waterfront site, we were at the end of a large field which pretty much lent a view of the entire water surrounding the park, which was very nice. I’ll post some pictures of Wickham Park in the next entry….here’s a bit of Long Point….
We went out tonight with AJ and his new friend from Fort Lauderdale. Fort Myers Beach was a little more busy than usual which was good. Had some drinks and excellent food at Junkanoo and then for more drinks and an appetizer at The Pierside Grill. A great night, it’s always fun to see friend on the road. They both traveled two and a half hours to get here….we have them our radar detector for the ride back;-) Ha-ha!
It’s also great to MEET friends on the road. Like the people we’ve met while staying at Gulf Waters RV Resort. Just when I thought this place couldn’t get any cooler (and the people any nicer!), I was taken for a surprise! When we returned from our night out, we found a present on our picnic bench: All the letters were actually engraved into the glass….and the picture hand painted! Beautiful!
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I have a new toy! It’s a Trikke. Apparently a big fad in Florida and Cali it seems….because of the warm weather all year around. Of course it’s traveled further north as well…. Unlike a bike, it gives a full body work out, rather than just the lower half. I’m looking forward to being more toned for the wedding in January;-) I recommend this to all folks of all ages! From my extensive research on it online, it has helped everyone from the overweight, to car accident victims, to those with heart problems, to those who just find other exercise too boring. You can do jumps and tricks with them too….but that will take me a while to figure out, haha!
It’s still strange, the palm trees at Christmas time. Last year it was ‘weird’. This year, it makes me happy….but that could also be the complaints I’ve heard of others in colder places influencing this opinion;-) My parents made it down through the snow to be here for Christmas. We all went to the club house here at Gulf Waters RV Resort….it was awesome! They had a big potluck, and well over 100 people came out, which was more than expected. It was awesome and I’m so glad we came here for this particular holiday! This was on the table, and was also sung right before dinner, it sure cracked me up….
So what has happened in the last few months? I suppose we left off in P.E.I. Great partying, great friends, lots of RV mishaps! A blown tire, an exploading rim, Theodore Mittens bad run in with a glade freshener, the list goes on! (more…)
It’s rather funny how things work out. We started off using Wordpress, tried a handful of other blogs only to be unsatisfied. Now we’re back to Wordpress. In the time that’s passed, a lot has changed with the program, and so here we are. I think I’m satisfied now….
