Just in from Louisa State Park...

We just got back from Louisa State Park and had a nice get-a-way. Snaps here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xgwrhKDAeN4qAjdj8 Jerry and Jo Lambert are down snowbirding, and they came by to visit and dinner...great seeing them!

Screwed over...

So, in anticipation of our trip tomorrow to Cedar Key I trudged off to the ATM early this morning to get some folding money...On the way back I detected an odd tire sound, got home and looked and my right rear tire was in the process of going flat. Called Ford road-service and they promptly came out and installed the donut spare. No muss, no fuss. Then off we go to WalMart to have the reasonably new Goodyear tire fixed. It turns out there was a large screw in it. Titusville WalMart announced they do not have ANY tire personnel on hand for the entire weekend (we have full road hazard with the tires). So, here's where we went next: My Ford dealers quick stop, a local PepBoys, A Firestone, A Tire Kingdom, an independent garage or two....all of whom were open for business BUT were full of customers for the day and could not even look at the screwed tire except for one guy who said the tire was not repairable due to the size of the hole in it...and they didn't carry Goodyear. At Alice's suggestion I drove a few towns over to Cocoa to their WalMart, which had an open, busy but helpful Automotive department and they swapped out the screwed tire for a new one. Time lapse from beginning to end is about 4 hours +. So much for productive Saturday's.

Dinner with good friends....

Yesterday we had dinner at the local Mexican restaurant with good friends. Great conversation, decent food, and good ambiance...doesn't get any better!

Going back to Wekiwa Springs State Park today...

Today we're heading back to Wekiwa Springs State Park https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/wekiwa-springs-state-park for four nights or so and we're looking forward to it :). UPDATE: Returned today November 18th. Photo Link here.

It was great meeting up with Dennis and Joann!

Google photo album from Paynes Prairie State Park: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rLg12CywUWaBF7Bv8

Monthly group therapy...

We're heading out today for our monthly camping jaunt to a Florida State Park with the rig. This time we're going back to Payne's Prairie https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/paynes-prairie-preserve-state-park but where we go is not as important as the fact of just getting away. There's the packing of course, and getting the rig ready and the anticipation of change from the routine. With the motor home the "getting there" is as good as the being there, and we all (including Buddy the hound) usually enjoy the trip. That being said, we do limit our distance trying to stay within three to four hours of our rig storage at Christmas FL. After about four nights we're usually pretty refreshed and ready to get back home, and then home is really appreciated with the comforts of great Wi-fi, fully equiped kitchens and multiple baths. Someone once said us campers spend lots of money to periodically experience homelessness. I wouldn't go that far, but I do know the change of scenery does get the blood flowing and reinvirorate things a bit...and that's a good thing. My best childhood friend recently moved from Colorado to Ocala Florida, and he and his wife are going to visit us Tuesday at camp where we'll do a bit of a BBQ. I've known Dennis since I was five, and that was a LOT of tide changes ago:).

Sometimes things bunch up and you're busy....

We met up with good friends over from the West Coast (Dean and JoAnn Paradise) and had a nice lunch at Rusty's at Cape Canaveral, then took them to the National Seashore. That night we had Book Club, and then last night "Murder On The Orient Express" at the Melbourne Civic Theater. Tomorrow we leave for four nights at Payne's Prairie State Park. Nice to be busy! Link to Payne's Prairie: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/paynes-prairie-preserve-state-park