WICKHAM SHAKE DOWN….

 

A shake down at Wickham…

Even tho it was boiling hot ….did a shake down camp at Wickham …My RV friend from NC was spending some time over by Lake Wales FL…called me one Friday and ask if i wanted to camp out at Wickham for a couple nites…I said yes anything to get out of camp driveway…We did not set up outside except for a couple chairs…we could only spend time out early in the moring and sometimes early evening…

We put the chairs up beind my rig in the shade…and on Sat morning i used my microwave/convection oven for the first time…made blue berry  muffins….i think then needed a couple more min. in order to brown up a little better…had that and some fruit…

We had to make a trip to the $ store to buy some playing cards…because it was to hot to explore or be outside…that was a chance for me to test out the generator with the A/C to keep Pheebe cool worked great…we spent the rest of the day & evening playing card game  Hand & Foot…a new game i learned to play at Hardy Lakes ..love it but never get a chance to play except with RV buddies…

When we got back from the $ store we noticed that we had company..kind of hard to miss he was so big…he was munching on the brush behind the rigs…

Here he is hot footing it across the camp site…i have to say turtles move along a lot faster than one would think…it was at this point Pheebe noticed him…she didnt bark at first just kept looking & looking…then she let lose…lol…i think he is a box turtle…

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As far as the shake down goes…i really did not make any head way about what to do or how to do it as to the organizing  …i have figure out the basics like on most RV’s…one thing that i was leary about emptying the tanks with a macerator and not the gravity flow dump…but it worked out good…there are a couple buttons i need to identify…and try and figure out why my back door will not open from the inside…i turn the key lock outside and it is open…but the leaver inside does not budge…anyone reading this and has an idea please commet…now i have to figure out what to put in for trips …and how to organize it…this will take some time…you really need to do things and arrange different in a RT…or class B like RV…Well all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings GM&P

FLEA MARKET….

 

While in Mt. Dora we went ….

to the famous Renninger’s Flea Market…they hold an Antique Market there a couple times a year also and people from all over the US come to sell their wares…i have know about this flea and wanted to come for years…now i am here and cant buy anything…no longer have a store…but it still fun to look..it is in my blood lol…Me & Pheebe…at a doggie store …we looked at all the goodies..and tried on doggie clothes…

Below is a pic of Pheebe in her buggy…i was supprised that she took to it right away…and is very good as long as no one gets to close and tries to talk to her…she has this cute little hat we were trying on…i could have been a little bigger because of her ears…i am going to try & make one…

And here is little Annie trying on her pretty in pink dress…both doggies seemed to like getting dressed up even Pheebe that was a big suprise to me…We got a lot of attention in that ladies booth…everyone with a dog stopped to check it and us out…there were a couple women there from England they kept taking pics ….also they were waiting for Margie to put the pink dress down they wanted it..but in the end Annie went home with the dress…. not only were people taking pix but they all were showing pix of their doggies…In Dec. we are planning a trip to Daytona Beach to a dog parade …this time i will enter Pheebe…i need to make a post about taking the doggies to a show/gathering we went to in the spring …i thought i did but dont see it…see how bad i am about getting the blog posting done…

We went early to the fleamarket and most of the booths outside were not open yet…but the ones that were open had some really neat stuff..click on pix to see detail…

In another day & time in my life i would have been drooling over all the neat stuff…it was right up my alley having owned and operated a vintage/antique store…i was always looking for this stuff for my store…it is still in my blood  because everytime i see this and  or go to places like this and even yard sales i see all the potential sitting waiting for a new life..but in the end i know i cant do it…it is a lot of hard physical work i can no longer do…but sometimes i sure want to…

And Margie met this giant walking down one of the aisls…they had anything & everything there …and we did not get to see it all…i know i would like to go back sometime…now that i have the Roadtrek i feel more confident in going places and not have to worry about where & how to park..so maybe a few more trips there are in my future….even an over night get away…

And we also ran across this guy named Jack…he seems very content to just lay in is dog house and people watch…this was a T-shirt booth we got a couple cute lonnnng shirts to use and bath house apparel….needless to say this was another adventure we enjoyed very much while visiting Mt. Dora….

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seems to me the weather …all over the country just not in the boiling hot south …Florida is just almost to hot to breathe when you go out side…we are stuck in camp drive way most of the time…but last weekend my friend Carol called and ask if i wanted do a mini GTG at Wickham so that is what we did… she drove over from Lake Wales area to meet me..i will make a post soon…Pheebe is cooped up in the bedroom in the house way to much..but even she does not want to stay out…she does her business and runs right back in…and i know i am cooped up way to much also..Pheebe & i had a melt down last week …but i think we worked it out …she is doing much better about minding me while we are walking…and the dog/car & people chasing ….well  all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings GM&P

TRIMBLE CAMPING…

Margie, Annie, Pheebe & me….

Took a camping trip to MT. Dora Fl. and stayed at a county park campgroung in Orange County…What a wonderful little CG only 15 sites and everone of them is a good one…below Margie on the left and me on the right…nice big & level…The name of the CG is Trimble Park Campground…it is always booked solid Nov, thu April….the CG is only about 2 miles from MD…if i remember right it is two week limit stay…

This is a pic of my site…all sites have the same = picnic table ,paved patio. BBQ grill, fire pit with two benches and a latern hook…beside the paved patio

The fire pit area was great with two permanent benches…fire pit on a cement paver…these are some of the nicest sites i have ever seen…i liked camping in my class C but it is no more…

The CG is on Lake Beauclair next to Lake Dora…This is a pic of the CG dock…one of the things i like about this park is it looks like old Florida… but is in the middle of cities…

You seen the back in sites …here is a pull thru…think they have two..again nice & level…it was warm while we were there…not the heat wave that we now have going now…but warm enough..but in the woods setting it was not cool but nice…a few times durning the hot part of the day we spent in rigs with A/C…but again it was June in Florida…

And here is Margie happy as a clam in her Clam outside screen room..She had just got this screen room and we wanted to try it out..it worked out great …we had a couple chairs, two doggie buggies, and a couple other things and we had plenty of room …room for more people and chairs…we put it up in a couple min. might have taken us a little longer because it was new to a couple  old ladies…but it is easy up & down one person can do it…i am going to get one…will be great using with the RT …extra room…you could  also put it over a picnic table..see little Annie peaking out of the Clam?…

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We had a great time at Trimble…but have not been able to take any more trips…we wanted to do at least one every month this summer but July has been just to hot…We have plans for the end of Aug … i have been going thru all the boxes filled with stuff from the Itasca …it is way to hot and i can only do it a couple hrs. early in the moring..i have things in the RT but just sitting around not in their home…need to figure out what goes where…not putting everything back in…just the basic then will put in what i need with each trip..not much more going on…Pheebe and i take our morning walk at the home park…it is easy to go down there early about 6am and walk around before people start coming…usually only a couple fishermen that come before  sunrise and leave soon after and usually one or two boats coming to launch,..not to many distractions for Pheebe…we try and walk for 30 min. and take our sunrise pic for FB each morning…well thats what i have been doing not much of anything…so will end it here…thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings GM&P