Orlando, Florida January 20'th - 27'th

Were at a great little park where we are meeting all kinds of wonderful friends:

We pulled in and saw a FOTR bus family. Met some great couples who addopted us. Then a Canadian family of 6 including a new born who Lexi loved all the kids to play with. Then just before we left another FOTR pulled in. Krista loved hanging with their girls.

Lets not forget the fun at Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Oh ya, we had a blast! Lexi & I met Mickey and Minnie too. Loads of fun and we rented a car also.

We are near a Aunt of mine so we are enjoying catching up with her also.

While we were there they had a blood drive RV pull in and Haley & I decided to go donate blood. They could not get a good vain for me to give blood but I still tried and was pooked and bruised. Haley was a 1'st time donater and they found her vain first try and she took forever filling the 1 bag. But she was so proud and I was so proud of her for wanting to donate.

January 20'th - 27'th

Were at Theme World RV Resort in Davenport, Florida and what a surprise when we pulled in we found a member of FOTR there with their bus. What is great is we just read about them 3 days before and there they were. Were meeting up with them again at the next park. Then yesterday another FOTR family pulled in what a treat for the kids to meet other kids who are in the same lifestyle.
Tomorrow we go to Disney World thanks to a couple of great people here at the park giving us a free pass for the day. The girls are so excited and Haley is finally happy.
Met allot of great people here and the pool here is heated too. Were usually found there in the afternoon hanging out with the kids.

December 16'th Apopka, Florida

Were in Apopka for Christmas and we have met some great people here. Most are snow birds and a few residents. There are allot of kids here so Lexi is a happy camper this stop. It has a restaurant and store here so not to bad for us. The day we pulled in they had a Christmas party for the children so we have been pretty busy since we pulled in. With all the kids here Lexi wants to be at the park first thing in the morning. I keep telling her normal kids are still sleeping at that hour. It's pretty cold out right now and the nights are even colder so I have the electric heater plugged in. I guess the cold is helping me to get more into the Christmas spirit though. It's hard to get the Christmas feeling when it's 80 out, at least for a Michigander. But the day after I want warm weather again (PLEASE).

From our family to yours,
Have a Merry Christmas & a safe and happy New Year.

2010 here we come!

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!