Wednesday, January 30, 2013

HILLSBOROUGH RIVER ST. PARK

I did not take pic’s of the rig getting new water pump so I will show you these pic’s of our first camp site.
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Well it started of on Monday morning waiting for the water pump to be put in. We went and did a little shopping and stopped for some refreshments! Then went to check on rig…as we seen them taking it out for a test drive. The wanted to keep it for about 45 more min. to make sure everything was ok. So about noon they called said it was ready….so took us then about and hr. to get on the road. That is when the fun and excitement started. We started of using AAA Trip Tix,,, it had us going on I-4 with some road construction. So we turned on GPS and went with that it took us a different way. HAHA.. that ended up taking use to a gated community….stopped at a golf course to ask couple guys where Hillsborough State Park was….their reply was….never heard of it. Whoa….that didn’t sound good…well they helped us…and we found we were about 18 miles away…got there ..wrong gate….was getting dark when we finally arrived….a couple RV Women…Tina and Margie were waiting to help use get backed in….whew…we made it. Thanks so much girls….
2013-01-29_14-32-46_807This site was great…it had a fence behind us with a walking trail…and a little bridge, was flat and level , fire pit and picnic table.2013-01-28_11-03-09_272  Of course can’t have a post with out some food. While killing time waiting on pump, we stopped here for a snack. Winking smile I am having a great time I will post more later….thanks for looking and come back soon.
Blessings G&M

Friday, January 25, 2013

NOT SO GOOD STUFF & GOOD STUFF

050412074837Waiting for lunch! While a crab boat was unloading.
2012-10-15_08-54-49_108Trail at Wickham Park.
2012-10-15_08-51-40_544Another trail at Wickham. We didn’t walk this one….
Well the good…..going at 8pm to Sanford airport  to pick up my sister her flight comes in at 10pm. She will be here for 2 weeks. I have been trying to figure out some menus for 2 weeks!!! Not sure what all we will be doing , but will find some fun things to do…after all we are in Florida…and its winter..!! The beach will be some of the fun time I am sure.
Now the bad…as you know I am to leave for the WomenRV GTG at Hillsborough River State Park on Mon. Well MySweetDream will be at the doctor getting her engine water pump replace. I noticed the other day when I dropped the battery cell top down the depths of the compartment….that the radiator reservoir was empty. Thought about this for a few days and looked for any leaks under the engine. Seen none. So stopped yesterday at my new mechanic shop….they could not see any obvious leaking…so suggested I bring it in for testing and they put some h2o in. Appointment next Thru. It was iffy going to campground with a leak. I worried all night so early this AM I went back and talked to the tech. He looked under it this time and seen where the leak was….water pump! So I can bring it in early Monday he will try and get it done by noon so I can still go to GTG. So that’s it for now! Enough I would say.
Thanks for looking and come back soon.
blessings G&M 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

AT THE FLEA MARKET

2012-10-28_09-31-39_916Seen this guy at the flea market on Sunday. Made of rusty looking wire. Never know what kind of gator you might run into living in Florida.
2013-01-20_11-20-06_956I found that eating with plastic utensils is not the greatest. I have reg. silver ware in PA…so don’t want to spend a lot of $$ on more. So got these cuties at the flea. The were only 25  cents each, plastic pink handles. This is all I got, I will get mine to put int the rig when I  go back to PA this summer.
2013-01-20_11-20-25_138Click on pic to see pretty pink.
010313164044And here we have Christmas decorating Florida style! Seen these on our morning walks.
Went shopping this am. needed some food supplies and meds. Working on getting ready for my sister to come on Friday and getting ready for the GTG. I still cant figure out what to do about food for any pot lucks there might be. I don’t think I am ready to do real cooking in the rig yet. I don’t want a failure then have nothing to take!!
I found out my furnace works great! This am it was something like 48. When I went out to the rig about 7:30 when I opened the door a blast of warm cozy air hit me. The furnace was running. I have left my propane on in case on my day trips I wanted to use the stove top. I guess the furnace came on auto when the temp dipped down. I t was pretty quiet  not noisy at all. My DD and SIL had a TT that had a very noisy furnace.
Good book I just read. Stephen King’s 11/22/63
A man stumbles across a porthole to the past, and inlist the help of another to go back in time and try and change history by stopping the assassination of JFK. There is a lot more involved, other side story’s of the main person involved in his life, and how he handles going back in time. This is not like other King’s book that are scary and sometimes very nasty.I stopped reading King because of how nasty they got . I am pretty sure anyone of you would like it….I would share it but it is my DD’s book and she wants it back. It took awhile to read has over 800 pages. I tried not to read it fast, as it was so good I did not want it to end. Now that I am finished I feel kind of lost lol that’s all for now thanks for looking and come back soon.
blessings G&M

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

BOUGHT SOME STUFF

002YEA…..I got my RV patio matt today! We took a ride to Viera FL to the WM there. It is a very big and very nice one….much better that the one here. I wish the matt  was green, but the tan will do it matches the graphics on MySweetDream. It is reversible 9x12.The black things are carrying straps.
003They have so much at this store. It is only 15 mi. away so might be doing more shopping there, also Michael's and Hobby Lobby near by. So I got a large cutting board for the sink, been looking and looking for a large one. and a few baskets for drawer storage and and a basket for the fridge to keep things in place while traveling. Got a couple apple place matts at the $ store.
2013-01-18_11-34-05_663Then stopped at Cici’s for lunch buffet. This is not on my healthy eating plan, but once in a while won’t hurt! Winking smile Poor Maggie had to wait in the rig. Not that she eats people food anyway. Well that’s it for today,,,thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings G&M

Monday, January 21, 2013

GETTING READY!!!

Work day today getting read for the GTG.….stared with vacuuming and cleaning the rig…got that done cleaned and organized the big bay in back. Took out the cooler I got last summer when I had the van. Works plugged in to the cig lighter or elec.Guess I don’t need it now that I have a fridge. Decided that I would put a few drops of distilled water in my batteries. They were down some form the first time I looked in them. And they nag me all the time. Thought I would bite the bullet and get it done. Well all well and good until, I dropped the lid of the engine batter down in the depths of the compartment. UGH, UGH….UGHLY….words flew about. Everything is tightly compacted in there, could not get my arm and hand down to get it…I see it but that’s it. Got a long stick with a ball of tape on the end of it…tried that for about 30 min. Dad came out said why don’t you try putting some of this Goop on it and see if you can get it. Well when all said and done about 30 min later I snatched it out with the Goop covered stick. Dad then took the lid and cleaned it up for me. Sorry but I did not get any pic’s of this incident. But got some of the clean organized bay and other areas of a sparkling clean rig,.
005Clean bay.
Found my camera that was lost for about a month.
003More clean things.Passenger seat area. This rig is now 6 years old and I can not believe how clean and new it looks inside.
009When I traded in the van I kept the matts that I had just bought….I put those small ones that is usually for the back seat floor, on the steps of the rig. It sure is helping keep the sand at bay.
One week from today I should be at Hillsborough  St. Park. !!! SmileSmileSmile

Sunday, January 20, 2013

PARK REFLECTIONS

2013-01-11_07-21-08_767These are some pic’s that I took on some of our early morning walks. There are many lakes and ponds in the park. Click on the pic to make it bigger.
011113182650Reflection (up side down palms) As Judy says cool beans !
011413152945More reflections . With a sunrise coming on.
011113182455A pair of Sandhill Cranes that live in the park.
Sat. the 19th…not much happening to day , cloudy and rainy. Did 3 loads of laundry and that’s about it. I was sitting here flipping thru the TV channels and ran across a Kennedy conspiracy program. Funny that I lived in this history and seen it unfold live on TV. Also funny that my DD gave me Stephen King’s book 11/22/63. About that time in history. Now I use to read King but have not in the last 15 years. His books got to nasty for me…but so far this one is ok and I am hooked ….check it out.I am reading it slow, it has over 800 pages, and I don’t want it to end. lol Think I will go to the Super Flea Market on Sun , need some clamps and clips and will look for a patio rug. Blogs, surfing the net, and TV will be my evening. How fun.
All for now thanks for looking and come back soon.
blessings G&M

Saturday, January 19, 2013

WICKHAM PARK CAMPGROUND

2013-01-10_16-16-41_616This is a pic of the start of loop A. We were parked down this road. Even tho I have not been camping in any other campground I think this is a very very nice one. You can check it out your self. http://www.brevardcounty.us/ParksRecreation/Campgrounds/Wickham/Home
2013-01-07_10-47-01_302Here is more of the loop. Most of the lots are nice size. A lot of trees oak and palm. Paved roads. Sand and grass make up the lots.
2013-01-13_07-29-32_406You can see how large some of the sites are, lot of room between these two.
011013205503And in this pic you can see that in most of the sites your can park at any angle. Click on pic to see better.
011613132539Some nice prime sites by the many lakes and ponds in Wickham Park and campgrounds. This is a great park for over night also. But even better to spend some time. There are peeps that spend the winter here also. I can not think of anything too bad about this campground. It is very close to a lot of attractions including Disney. A good place to be central Florida along the Atlantic coast. The Space Coast it is called. Tons of shopping all over I love going to the Avenue in Viera about 15 mi from the park. I plan on spend a good deal of time at this campground while keeping an eye on dad. All for now thanks for looking and come back soon.
blessings G&M
PS...There a ton of geocaches in Wickham Park. I have found maybe 20 or so.