ROADTREK TIME….

Well if any of you are on FB….

You know by now that i traded the “lemon” in on a 2006 Roadtrek 210 Poplar…pic below at camp driveway…

She is 21 ft long just the right size…See that spare tire?? that is a problem for me…it weighs about 70lbs…and you need to let it down in order to open the other back door…to heavy so i will have to try and work around it…I seen on FB an add for a “lift”for the tire..at a price of over $300.00 …i will work around it..other than that the water is a little hard for me to hook up but i can do it…

In side the cockpit is same as any other Chevy or GMC for that matter…my GMC  Savanah had the exact samething as was the Lemon..nice and clean all around…no ware on the seats either…

Pic below looking back …twin beds…one bed and on sofa…or double bed….i like the one bed sofa idea…but having problems convincing Mz. Pheebe….the table that goes between beds/sofa is leaning on the right…at this time i will store it…as i dont see me using it…There is a third seat to the left by the side door…i have seen some that have been removed in favor of storage…but for now i will keep it…there is storage under it and i like to sit there with the door open….

Looking form the back to front …fridg on the left and bathroom/toilet closet on the right…and storage closet…tv on left lay in bed and watch tv…one reason i would like twin…

And below is the kitchen area…nice sink the counter space is more than i had in the Lemon….the two buner stove top is coverd on the left of sink…with stainless steel around the burner…lot of drawer space and cabnit…so far i like the storage better but i will miss my back bay…

Right now i have the bed made up to a 1/2 bed..i need a litte room to move around back there and if it is made to full then no room …either way this or twin..i have some ideas for more storage…

On a funny note…when i was taking the Lemon to pick up the RT…i left dads and stopped at WM …got out to go in and looked back and what did i see a hitch hiker bottle of windex riding on the bumper…the 2 mile trip is not with out bouncing and such…but there it sits…lol…our last trip to WM…

And the rest of the story….

What brought on this turn of events…well i have not been happy for the last 2 years driving the bigger class C…going to PA and over the mountains made me change most of my rt to I-95 that i hate also…and down here in Florida with all the heavy zooming traffic was getting nerve-wracking driving it here…5 years ago i had no problem driving it…turned 70 and that changed with a few other things….the big problem with all the leaking was getting worse by the week…other little things kept popping up and the boo-boo i did and then finding all the mess under the boo-boo but was not caused by it..then i started to have electrical problems…the lates being that a wire got burnd off in a junction box…got that fixed by the dealer that had the RT…then i was afraid to plug it in and i think i let my house battery get to low and killed it..not sure it is dead but i could not get it to charge up…but then what do i know…i totaly for got that i needed to turn battery off if not going to be charging…anyway to the RT…i seen this rig everytime i went down Wickham Rd at a small mom & pop type dealer…one day i pulled in to take a look…then went back about 10 times over next month ….hanging out in side with Pheebe to make sure it was campatible with us…and asking a million questions…by the end of the month i think they were getting tired of me…lol…but really nice peeps…so  i figured i better get rid of the Lemon while i had the chance …dealer checked it over twice knew all the repairs needed and still gave me a good deal… the trade in was what i paid for it when i bought it…so i took the deal…there were a couple things that popped up that needed attention on the RT…and even tho it was sold as is he fixed everthing…rebuilt the geny even with new carbarator the whole ball of wax…i could smell propane around the tankk when turned on..one tech could smell the other said no…anyway said i could not take it like that …so they worked on it and found many leaks …and put in all new fitting and gauges…i also made sure everything else was working…i took it for two test drives and thought i heard some noise…anyway over the month i forgot about it…then after i traded and took it home the more i drove it the more noise it made…so took it back over …remember this “as is” we took it for a test they heard noise….so what was needed was bushings on the sway bar…they got them and fixed it…and i was good to go…i would send anyone to this dealer and would deal with them again…this was the short story lol…took me a lot of yes i am going to do it..then no i better not…could not make up my mind…i give thanks to my friend Margie…she was with me on this the whole time and and good advice and in put…the same Margie i went to MT Dora with and other road trips and more to come…i am now very excited with the RT and cant wait to camp …but it is way to hot here in Florida right now…i did take it on a day trip will plost later about it…enought for now…thanks for looking and come backsoon…blessings GM&P

mt dora

One of the days while at Trimble CG…..

We headed off for a day trip to Mount Dora…My RV friend Margie her Annie & me & Pheebe had mini GTG at Trimble Park a county park with a CG…

Toot Tood …getting ready to pull  out…

The Orange Blossom Cannonball is a tourist railroad company operation excursions.. trains run on a track owned by the Florida Central Railroad…we went from Mt. Dora to Tavares…

We journeyed back to the days of yesteryear and the Movies of the Old West…A 1 hr. & 45min round trip…features a 1907 wood burning steam engine & old wood cars that have been used in in movies like 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit…Appaloosa over 20 in all…Traveling in vintage coaches that many movie stars such as Robert Redford..Johnny Cash…George Cloone once preformed in…

Marggie & Annie with Pheebe’s cute little butt..

Margie & Annie waiting for our ride to start…these railroad cars are all wood and you get the true idea of what the clickty – clack of the railroad means and sounds like….Cool Beans..

OK ….Annie says lets roll…

Me & Pheebe waiting to roll also…this ride was a litte on the pricey side but i never do things like this so I went for it…needing some fun in my life….One thing i like about Mt. Dora it was very dog friendly….

Me & Pheebe….

We went to lunch ….

after our train ride…at “Lets Do Lunch”…small clean light open atmosphere with a small menu..this was a new restaurant in town with great food even with the small menu…

Sweet little restaurant…

Margie enjoying her lobster roll…i had a ruben this time we were having lunch…Margie said it was one of the best she has ever had…my ruben was fantastic also….i did not get the lobster roll because never having one i want to make sure i had a good one…the lobster that i have had i did not like…

Margie says Yum Yum…

We so enjoyed our lunch at “Lets Do Lunch” that we went back the next day…That is when i had my lobster roll because Margie told me it was good for my first one …pic below…i loved it so much i will be eating more of them…Margie told me to always ask what kind of roll they use and if it is a hot dog bun dont get it…

 

YUMMY …

Pheebe girl waiting patiently  looking out the window for her first train ride…she was such a good girl the whole day long…you would never know she has some “issues”  lol….

Ok lets roll i am ready…

And the rest of the story….

About my blogging or the lack of….I really like to write on my blog…not sure many read it..but i guess it is mostly for me…when in my “old age” comes around i can sit back and read about all the things i have done…i think there is only one person in my family that reads it my DIL…she use to anyway…maybe my GGG …grand kids will get a kick out of the escapades of their Grammy…but then again some one will have to preserve it…i read somewhere you can have a book made of your blog (hint hint)…like i said like writingit just need to get going doing it more often…todays blog is the first about our trip to Mt. Dora… more to come about this GTG..and i have some other minin GTG like our trip to Sebastian Inlet State Park…and some time i will write about my motor home…right now i am trying to work a deal to trade it so that will be a post all by itself…been taking my dad to a bunch of doc appointments he is failing by the month…in March i got my cataracts taken care of …and i am sooooooo happy that i can see again…in fact they must have been bad for a very long time because i didnt know how bright and colorful things are..like looking thru dirty tea stained glass then it got whiped clean so clean you cant see the glass just all the bright light…very happy ..this is my first summer in Florida…and i am not a happy camper…and Pheebe is not happy….she has a lot and i mean a lot of energy and not being able to be out and about  during the day makes her very restless at night keeping me awake…never had day after day after day of relentless smack you in the face heat….all i will say about that now but i am sure i will have more whineing about it again…well all for now thanks for looking and come back soon….blessings GM&P

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY…..

My Maggie left for the Rainbow Bridge…I miss her so very much…. Pic’s some of her most favorite places to hang out..

 

Watching and looking…

Loved riding in her “Buggy”….

Watching for those pesky squirrels….

Protecting her home in Greenville …loved being out on the porch…

Maggie 7 13 2006 – 7 9 2015

Love you my Maggie Girl…

UP-DATE PHEEBE…

Pheebe…Pheebe….Pheebe….

What can I say about Pheebe…she is sweet …loveable…funny…a hugger and a snuggler..then there is the the crazy little elf terrorizing the neighborhood….

ok I am ready lets go…

As many of you know Pheebe has been a  challenge and a handfull…awhile ago when i first started to post pic on for this post she was still a handfull and more…but shortly after she turned a year old in Feb. things started change little by little…

How sweet she is…

Subtle little things started to happen every once in a while she would listen to what i told her…from the first she did come when i called…had her at Hardee Lakes and was able to have her off leash a few times…and every time she would come to me when call back…and she still does…even on leash…

My most fav place in the world …see my big smile…

Some of her big problems are…car chasing when a car passes us by…she goes berserk even after the car passes she will not let it go up to 15 min she is stilll carrying on trying to get it…. bikers same thing…people she is not so good with…does not like at all…untill she has been around them a few days…at first she would carrying on with all dogs…big or little…very hard to walk with her…she runs like the wind back & forth all around in and out …not good on a retractable leash with the skinny string…when i am saying carrying i am talking hysterical out of control…she has sooooo very much energy..and gets out of control easy…

A girl hast to have her toys & things…

 

Pheebe at the beach…

By chance one moring while camped at Wickham on our wald…we met this dog and his Mama…after talking and wondering why they were so eager to see each other…we figured out this was Charlie Pheebe’s brother…

Pheebe & Charlie together again…

You could tell they knew each other the way they tried to run and greet when we were quit a way down the road ..they could not wait to see each other…the ran and played and played…so happy…

Happy & having fun….

Pheebe continues to make progress …but still has a long way to go… I feel when she leaves puppyhood behind she will be a great little dog…all for now thanks for looking & come back soon

blessings to all GM&P