2ND DAY -

My site at….
at Wickham Campground was in the over flow area this time….I had to pull in the front way instead of backing in….I think most hook ups are on the driver side of the RV…why a lot of campgrounds put their hook ups on the opposite side for convince is beyond me….

I did like the view out the door at this site…had sun all day tho…if I could have backed in would have shade all day…

Wed. night we had a small pot luck…MM, Sarah and me…the food was delish…just enough for the 3 of us…I made Hawaiian ham and cheese sliders. Sarah made cuke and tomatoe salad and MM made artichoke, olive and pepper salad…and a little fruit…

Sarah enjoying the evening before the rain..

Sarah enjoying the rain…..

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We had a very nice day today…took a couple walks …had some visiting time and just took it easy….after the rain started about 6 (we had our pot luck at 5) we all broke up for the rest of the night…Today no rain so far but gray, damp and cool morning…I will pack it up and go back to dads…get ready to leave for ST. Cloud on Friday to the L&S resort… (Linda and Sandy’s place) We are going to do a few fun things over there…no rain and slow warm up will be 80 by Sun. Better get going have a lot to do..so thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings to all G&M

3 DAY GET AWAY…

On the first….
Morning walk a foggy sunrise over one of the ponds…it was more colorful than my camera is showing in the pix below…

Got this pix of the foggy spider webs that dotted the walk way…at times like this wish I had a better camera…I was able to take it on an angle and get it…

And on our….
walk last evening, Sarah, MM, and me…plus the doggies…we saw this pair of Sandhill Cranes….putting on what I think might be a mating dance…it was really fun to watch…she did not seam to impressed at this point…

Here is Sarah and I…lounging at MM site…she doesn’t want her pix taken so you wont see her…

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The weather has been great this first day…but this afternoon it might fall apart…rain on the way ..suppose to last until late tomorrow and I will be leaving by then…will take a break and referbish the rig with food and clothing and then head over to the L&S Resort…(Linda/Sandy…for a few days…Sarah is headed there also…so will have a lot to talk about then…later I will post about my site with pic here…going to have a pot luck here at my site for diner..so will have more pix…all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…
blessings  G&M
PS …would love to hear from anyone reading my blog…so leave a comment…Maggie and I say thanks…
 

SAT FUN AND EXCITEMENT…..

Melbourne Fl Beautiful weather High 83 Low 69….
On the way over to the campground…
I made a stop at a Publix…. there is one  on the way… and a Pet Supermarket be side it had the  Florida Animal Hospital out front with these two wonderful birds..This little fellow American Screech Owl..(I didn’t know they had to tell me) such a small little guy…a sweetie…look at the girls hand…he is only about the size of it…

And then there was this stately looking guy… Great Horned Owl ( they had to tell me that also) now he was more the size I thought an owl should be…it took a few min. to get a pix..he kept turning his head away…I was in a hurry and could not ask more questions I had…but I did leave them a donation in their jar….they were there trying to raise funds…

Later on in the…
day after getting set up at the campground we went to the dog park with MM and Harley dog…Every time a new dog would arrive everyone would run over to the gate and meet and greet them…with much barking going on…I wonder what they are saying to each other…

Maggie did pretty good…this was sort of her first time at a dog park…we were there one other day but there weren’t any dogs there…so this was her first interaction with dogs in a large goupe off leash…here in pix below she is meeting up with a fellow that seemed to like her …and there is Harley in the back ground guarding a ball…

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We did have some excitement on our walk back…we were walking along minding our own business and these two labs came running up and around us…causing Maggie and Harley and their Mama’s a few frightening moments…they were off leash (first broken rule of the park) and when the guy that was following behind them calling to them…well lets say they were ignoring him …he had no control what so ever over them…we kept yelling at him to come get his dogs…finally he got to where we were and the dogs followed him across the road way and into part of the park that had a sign NO DOGS BEYOND THIS POINT…(second broken rule) we had to stop and catch our breath for awhile..we watched him and the dogs walk all over that area and he never did put them on the leash…I do not seem to have good luck with labs…Well all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…. blessings to all G&M

ON MY WALK…...

Melbourne FL…. High 68 Low 48
On my walk around the park
here are some of the Florida floral and fauna that Maggie and I seen…this is the pond that we park by a lot when we are at the day use part of the park…not the campgrounds…but on the way to the camp grounds…

More of the same pond… there was a lady came by and threw a lot of bread at the edge and in the pond…(not sure that was a good idea) anyway…she attracted birds galore…and I was trying to get some pix of them…but those pix are for another blog…but a few birds in the pix above…

In this part of the park there are no marked trails…just open wooded areas…this bridge is not on a trail but put where you can cross over the creek…

Looking down the creek… I did not see any fish , bugs , frogs in the creek…maybe they just don’t hang around the bridge area….

Looking up the creek from the bridge..I was trying to figure out where the creek came from and where it went…I think it just flows between two ponds…but next walk that way I am going follow it and find out…

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Not much going on as usual…anything of interest that is…doing some cleaning for DD and SIL that will be here over Christmas day…we had a bunch of rain today (Sun)…now for a cool down…laundry and football day today…my Fantasy Football…I did not win any $$ but did  come in third …so for a rookie grammy was good to me…congrats to Judy (blog bird lady) she won playing FF on her son’s league….link to Judy’s blog ….http://travels-with-emma.blogspot.com/ I don’t know how to do a blog roll so hence the link….all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings to all G&M   

SIGHTS AND SITES OF WICKHAM

Rain again…
It rained again last night and this morning…and more to come…not sure what is going on but this is not the rainy season in Fl..but it has rained 90% of the days I have been back here………………below is a pix of a pond and the campground …you see this view as you drive down the road to the campground…

Maggie and Harley on one of our walks around the park…trying to ignore each other…

Another scene of pond and campground ..these pond sites are most sought after for the snowbirds that winter here…


I took some….
I took some pix of a few sites …the sites are large some huge…and here you can pull your RV in at any angle…this one you could go cross wise and have your door and patio facing the pond….

And at this one you could pull any way you want …nice privet site door facing the foliage..at any angle…

And at this one you get a good idea at how big they are…again any which way you want it…T

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This is a nice little park tucked away on the central Florida coast…not far from the many big attractions the are in central FL …Disney and all that is over towards Orlando only about 45min to an hour…up I-95 or take US-1 for more sights along the way  to Cap Canaveral ..Kennedy Space Center…and it is only about 6 or so mile to the Atlantic Ocean… Also I did not count them but I would say very least there are 50 geocaches planted here if you like Geocaching...Any way it is what I call my home campgrounds and I am very lucky that it is so close…only 5 miles from dads…and I can come camp for a get away  and not have to spend so much $$ on gas… Price wise it is cheap compared…I am leaving today going back to dads…not sure when I can come again to stay…Christmas coming and all…but still will do day trips here…free get away just not over night…so thanks for looking ..have a fun day and be safe in your travels…blessings to all G&M