Decisions and Changes.

Where are we today?

Thousand Trails Orlando, Clermont

We arrived here at the Thousand Trails Orlando Resort on Tuesday. What a wonderful surprise! It is fantastic. We were given a "Premium" site which is just lovely. It is on a corner so no-one is next to us on the driver side and the passenger side faces out onto an open area. The only downside is that the passenger side faces West and, therefore, is in full sun in the afternoon. But we can live with that!

The campground is HUGE! 850 full hookups on 255 acres. There are 2 pools, a hot tub, tennis courts, horseshoes, shuffleboard, a gym, activity center, a small lake with alligators (still haven't seen one), and a whole lot more.

We have made a decision, in part because of this wonderful campground, to stay in Florida for the winter. So I have made some changes in our bookings. All the ones I made for the Florida panhandle, Alabama, Louisiana have been cancelled and new reservations made for Florida. We will be going to some parks in the center of Florida, also in Bradenton, Pine Island, and Sunshine Key. We start heading home at the beginning of March, spending some time in Georgia, Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina, Myrtle Beach and Points north, including a few days at my sister's home in Maryland.

Posting some pics of this resort.

Site A100

Site A100

Tennis and Pickle Ball

Shuffleboard

Relaxing Pool

Pool

Lots of wide open spaces

Horeshoes

Woods

The dock on Lake Hancock

Looking for alligators

Getaway cabin

Lots of space

Even an RV Show

Something weird is going on.

Our 12 volt system is playing up. Lights flickering and sometimes everything just shuts down. The system shut down once when we pulled in one of our slides, a couple of times when we opened the fridge door and sometimes when we turn on a light. We can get everything back on by using the 12 volt on/off switch at the door. Anybody else come across this?

Sun and Fun on the Beach

Where are we today?

Bulow Plantation RV Park, Flagler Beach, FL

Today was really hot, sunny and wonderful. We decided to go south to Daytona Beach and tootle around along the sea shore. We were not too impressed with Daytona. It is very busy and very commercialized. We did go down and took a look at the beach where you can drive onto, but it was high tide, so not much beach to see. We eventually ended up at Flagler Beach so that Timmy could have his beach fix for the day.

Tomorrow we leave here and head out to Orlando 1000 Trail preserve for about 9 days. Camping for free!

Daytona Beach, World's Most Famous Beach (Really??)

Part of that beach. closed to vehicles because of the high tide

80F today. Strip down weather.

Timmy digging for Spanish Doubloons.

Flagler Beach, Florida

Flagler Beach, Florida, a set on Flickr.




Some pictures from todays trip to Flagler beach while Timmy was being groomed. The beach is this colour because of the coquina which has been deposited. Here is an explanation of what coquina is.

What is Coquina?

St Augustine, Florida

St Augustine, Florida, a set on Flickr.

Today we went into St Augustine. Loved it, but we will have to go back. There is so much more to see