December 14'th - 16'th Jetty Park

On the way there as we went over the bridge we started to hear a sound from the engine (it sounded like a belt). After we settled into our spot we found it was the fan belt to the alternator that broke and shredded. Our back neighbor was nice and wonderful enough to drive Eddie over to a place to pick up a new one, so were all good now. I'm so grateful he is able to fix everything so far that needed it. He is my superman.
The beach was amazing and a blast. Dolphins playing and riding waves all around us. The weather was perfect for those couple days and we took advantage of it by being at the beach. Lexi and I were there by 9am and we found the sand there is pretty good for building sand castles.
Krista went out a bit from shore and was finding hugh clam shells. We decided these were way to big to be made into practical necklace or earrings. So now we need to get crafty and find a use for them.
Body boarding was great fun with the boogie boards and Lexi found that the waves were big enough to flip her over if turned sideways.
We had a hugh tree over our RV that dropped the most gorgeous red flowers on our yard. I want one of those if we get another stick house. Have to find out the name of coarse and a yard to put it in. I hope to come back here again some day.

December 7'th - December 14'th Ocala RV Resort

This was a 1 week stop to get our bearing's and get everything done. It was supposed to be relaxing and a fun place to stop. The resort was a bit ran down and the pool was heated with a solar cover (not warm enough). The ants were all over their ancient playground and there was a slide that you could not slide down. It was walking distance to cracker barrel (plus) and it did have a ok clubhouse. Was not worth their price they charged.
Will not stop here again.

December 4'th - 7'th Manatee Springs State Park

WOW! We saw 3 manatee right away. I have been waiting to see a Manatee in person since I was 12 years old. This stop meant allot to me personally. Then we saw an armadillo by the sink hole that has divers in it most of the time.
Lexi was looking into the sink hole while I read the info board to her and then she was scared witless. A head with a mask popped up out of the green algae of the water. The diver felt really bad about scaring her and she was leery of that place for a while. I spent the whole day explaining divers and their gear to her and why they are under the water.
The birds there are everywhere. The nature shots I took were amazing. The natural spring is so warm there but the girls would not go in (the temp. outside was not warm at all).

November 30'th - December 3'rd Mexico Beach, Florida

We were only going to stay here for a couple days but a bad storm came through so we sayed a bit longer. The storm took out the WiFi so of course that put me back on keeping up my posts. The days were to cold and wet to enjoy the beach so we stayed inside and I caught up on laundry. Not to fun!

November 28'th - 30'th Grayton Beach State Park

We had a great time playing and walking the beach there. The dunes were beautiful and the park was just a great place to stop and visit. The sand was white and fine as sugar, the girls had a blast and it wore Lexi out by the end of the day. We stayed in the older section but some had a pond in their back yard, still if we ever stop there again we want to stay in the newer section with slabs (and less sand being tracked into the RV).

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October 28'th Florida

We made it!!!!
Were finally in Florida, in the panhandle for now,
We were in our first ever tropical storm. It was not as bad as the weather experts were expecting but we did have allot of rain.
The park is mainly filling up with senior snow birds but what do you expect, Florida in the winter is full of them. Nice people and they seem to enjoy watching Lexi running us ragged. She loves the older crowd, she sees them as all grand-parents to her.
The no car is a bit hard seeing that the teens want to eat 3 weeks of food in 1 week and the cupboards are getting bare fast. They have a store at the park but they do not keep it stocked at all times.
Big plus is we have a heated swimming pool here and a HOT tub that is really HOT. There is a lake and boat rentals, a play ground, putt-putt, basket-ball, volley-ball, horse-shoe, movie nights, and a restaurant. We are not bored here at all.
Haley turned 15 while last week and we had a cake for her. Boy these kids sure do grow up fast, don't they? Makes it easier to enjoy them more now that were in a 33 foot space rather than a 3,000 square foot home. You can't help but see them all the time now.