A matter of perspective

Nov 7/15  Hot, hot, hot.  It's still 90.  We are certainly glad we had the new A/C installed in our bedroom when we first arrived in Florida.    The Florida Grande RV park had a Welcome Party on Monday night for any newbies.  So we went to that,,, turned out we were the Guests of Honor.  Wednesday they had a Pasta night for $8 so we went to that.   Really can you make a meal for $8?  Why wouldn't we go?  Friday we joined in the Happy Hour from 4:30 to 6:30.   Very nice people here and lots of activities to participate in.

some country road

 Almost everyday we have been riding in all directions.  Dade City, Floral City, Brooksville, Center Hill,  Howie in the Hills, Leesburg, Mascotte, Groveland, Yahala, Bushnell, St. Leo/San Antonio.   Billy and I have been saying Webster is in the middle of nowhere.   But we were corrected by the owners of the park ~  "it is the center of everything".   Love the Attitude Adjustment!!!

Yahala German Bakery

Another country road

Webster Motorcycle Swap

November 1/15   Weather is record setting hot.  90+

The first Sunday of every month the little town of Webster has a motorcycle and auto swap meet at the flea market grounds.  It is also the time change of falling back an hour so when we think its 10 in the morning, it's actually 9 am.  This will work for us with the heat at record setting temperatures we are going to the swap meet as early as we can to survive walking around in jeans and biker boots.   When you pay to park you get a ticket for a refreshment - water, pop or beer.    We pulled in about 9 am and there were all kinds of guys walking around with a beer!!!  Ha, ha.  I texted my brother about beer at 8 am and he said "that's the way life should be".  He is such an old biker.

Where do they get all these parts????

Do we need anything?

Oh yes, Billy has been looking for a set of used hard bags to switch out on our Road King,,, and the best price we found in Ontario was $750.   Our current bags are black leather and if we could find a set that would fit on our mounting rails we could take them home and in the spring and have a body/paint shop fellow match the black cherry paint of our bike. 
Oh crap.  Billy is finishing the negotiation.

The bags fit our bike so we are piling them on the luggage rack

So now how do we get them back to our campground???  Bungee cords are Red Green's answer to Duct Tape.  What a scoop, and we got them for half the price.

made it back to the RV site

Riding when you least expect it

Oct 29/15  When we settle somewhere for a week or two that hasn't been a place to go on our biking list we use our technology to find out if there are any routes in the area.   Oddly enough in Webster, Florida there are several!!!  That is a pleasant surprise to us.  The I Tune app we use is "Best Biking Roads".   You just hit the button for "Browse Routes", "Routes Near Me"  and voila up comes a map with red lines signifying runs bikers have made.

screen shot from Best Biking Roads

Today we are heading out on the "Gobbler Run".   Hmmmm, will we see turkeys?   Well we did not see turkeys but we did see cows, a snake crossing our road and an armadillo. 

looks like a paved country lane

Rosey is not particularly fond of snakes so Billy did not stop to get a better look:(  The roads were small back roads through ranches and along some water ways giving it lots of curves.

Must have been many bikers racing through the area at one time,,,, Not anymore.

Looks like the neighbourhood and police are trying to slow the much used biker road down,,,,, lots of sharp turns and at each one there is are 3 signs registering your speed and flashing to slow down. 

All decked out

At the end of the run you pop out in Floral City where you can get yourself a fancy red airboat or a burger and beer at the local biker bar.

Shamrock Inn - Biker friendly

heading back

A "Grande" Entrance

Oct 28 - Nov 11/15  Weather is constant everyday in the extended forecast - 85 to 90, lows in the high 60's.   You can count on humidity as well.   It's Florida, basically a spit of sand surrounded by water. 

Pretty "grande" clubhouse as you enter the park

We decided to spend a couple of weeks at a nearby motor coach resort called Florida Grande Motorcoach Resort.   Yes, that means only motor homes, usually no older than 10 to 15 years, class A only and no fifth wheels or trailers.   The 2 good things are; it will be lovely and we are first time visitors on a special package of paying for 1 week and staying an extra week for free.   This is a ownership park where you can purchase the lot and have a suite built on your lot.   The suite will typically have a bathroom, washer dryer, living area with sofa bed, small galley kitchen.  

RV concrete double lot and the suite

We often wonder "how does a motor coach resort end up out here, in the boonies?"  It is in Webster and there is not much around the town for 15 miles except for cows and a weekly huge flea market.   Not even a grocery store.   The bad thing is that motor coach resorts never let us keep our trailer on the site.  Apparently the lot owners feel it is not attractive.  Once we were in a MC resort and they let us on our site with the trailer but a couple days later (after a few owners complained) they came and moved it to the storage area. 

Bluebird Wanderlodge next to us

There is a Rally of Bluebird Wanderlodges in the resort and the coaches are a luxurious unit, built by the Bluebird Corporation which is the 4th largest bus company in North America.  Yes you see the yellow school buses everyday..... majority are Bluebirds.  The motorhome makes use of the school bus chassis and an all-steel body, which was intended for daily stop-and-go driving.  Most are pre 2009, not very many slides, 40 to 43 feet long.   They ride so smooth and look so good going down the road.

another pretty Wanderlodge across from us

another nice bus