Winter Travels Begin

It's been a long time since we've updated our blog. Once we arrived home after our summer travels, we pretty much stayed at home except for a few trips to Pinehurst and a trip to PA in early November - none in the coach. Now we're back on the road after beginning our winter travels with a stay in the coach at the Sycamore Lodge Campground Jackson Springs, NC (near Pinehurst) the week before Thanksgiving. We left for FL the Saturday after T-day and stayed 2 nights in Brunswick, GA - Golden Isle RV Park - $15/night. Our first stop was at Lake Griffin State Park near the Villages - a week in the park ( one of our favorites). The next stop was Lazydays and the Friends and Family Rally. Here we won a $500 drawing and later a $2500 prize only to have the $2500 taken away because we had won a previous draw.

After leaving Lazydays Rally Park, we moved to the Thousand Trails Orlando campground for 3 weeks - leaving here January 3. When we arrived we found our friends Bonnie & Rob Wall and Pat & John Lively here. Nice seeing them after many months. Since arriving we've been doing some bike riding - me on the recumbent and Audrey on her road bike. The West Orange Trail and the Villages have been our favorite riding areas. The attached picture shows some of the recumbent riders I've managed to meet. FYI, we are looking for a good buy on a trike for Audrey. She has demoed quite a few, but we have not found one that fits the budget.

Christmas day was special. We were able to video chat with the kids and grandkids in NC and PA using Audrey's MacBook. We chatted with our daughter Cindy in AZ via telephone. Santa did arrive here in sunny and warm FL and left a few gifts. The one toy that will get much use is a Flip Video Camera. Check out the below video of our friends John & Pat Lively. Remember, there is much to learn about using this camera.



All for now. Thanks to Myron and Dorcas Whitley for shaming us into updating our post. They are good about updating their travels.