• Lake Louisa State Park – Fla.

    Lake Louisa is a fairly new state park ca. 1997 or so located in the former citrus-growing area near Clermont in Central Florida.  As such it’s rather barren; no shade trees here.

    Freezes in the ’80s and ’90s along with citrus canker killed all the orange trees, followed by developers who snapped up the land for retirement and bedroom communities to Orlando.   Previously citrus trees stretched as far as the eye could see from the Citrus Tower in Clermont; now it’s all rooftops.

    The state purchased 4500 acres from the Bronson family for the new park.

    We saw quite a few bicyclists taking advantage of the miles of paved roads in the park, plus there are several lakes offering canoeing and fishing.

    Lake Louisa

    Turtle

    Here we are tucked into Site #1, close to the bath house but not too close.

    Miss Lueffie all tucked in

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  • The thought process behind our thinking!

    By now, my guess is that some of our readers are wondering… What in the world is the thought process behind their thinking!!! The truth of the matter is, is that we are in our mid-fifties and retired! But, what is one to do? Plenty! But, we didn’t want to fall in to the routine of many RV’r friends we know, who seem to always follow the norm! We just had to be a little different because, it’s more about the adventure than the destination!

    In this journey of ours, every mile is a memory. It’s all about experiencing life to the fullest. Some would say it is to slow down and smell the roses, absolutely! That is exactly what we are doing. Most folks challenge themselves to see how many miles they can put behind them before their next stop. It’s about how many hours we can put between us and the next time we are on the road again. To slow down, enjoy each day, appreciate the little things taken for granted that surround us.

    Not so long ago, we spent 8 days in the Everglades in Florida! Total disconnect from the outside world. Once you separate yourself from daily routines, you get gladed. That is a new term for me but It is so true. Being gladed is when you finally realize how wonderful it is to slow everything down around you. It’s almost like imagining a humming bird in slow motion! You start to see life that exists in a whole new world within your own.

  • Day 5 summer in our motorhome

    Good morning fellow bloggers and readers! Yesterday ended great! We took a little break from Sunny Sands to visit some wonderful friends of ours. Actually, they came over and gave us a ride to their house. We had BBQ’d ribs, pototo salad, baked beans and to top it all off, we had cold beer to wash it all down with. What a trip it has been so far. We engaged in intelligent conversation which I find difficult to find these days. I won’t mention names without their consent, but these folks are simply the greatest friends anyone could ever ask for! We look forward to the next time we can see them without a doubt!

    Now back to MissLueffie! She’s still listing to the starboard side but that’s okay. It’s only for one more day. We thought about using the jacks to level her out, but it’s all in the adventure and we’ll look back on this and laugh many times over. After all, this is what this trip is all about, the memories.

    We’ll unhook MissLueffie in the morning and head out early. Our next destination is New Port Campgrounds in Wakulla County, FL. We’ll only be there one day, and then head out again to Kolomoki, Ga. So, if we’ve peaked your interests, we hope you’ll follow our blog from day to day as we enjoy the slower pace of travel. So, if you feel a little slighted reading our blog, hang in there! No rush, no hurry, no worries…

    More to come….