Nov 24 - 29 Carrabelle Beach RVC Park

Weather - Sunny and mid 70's till last night, had a thunderstorm and big cool down to 61 and 43 at night, furnace ran thru the night!  The weather is supposed to warm up by Thursday, we have a couple more runs we want to make on the motorcycle before we call it quits here :)
The RV park put on a big Thanksgiving dinner with 3 different types of turkey - roasted, deep fried and smoked.  Everyone participated with potluck dishes and they had about 44 people.  We sat with a couple from Jackson, Michigan and Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Both retired and snowbirds, but not full timers.   There are a couple of coaches here where the couples are full timers, one for 7 years and the other 6 years; and both are in their mid 70's.  In the parks that we have stayed so far we are finding a  sub-culture in the RV'ers who get this crazy notion to sell everything and live in their motorhomes!

The fellow that works around the campground has a nice garden planted for everyone to use, isn't that a great idea?  Today I picked fresh leaf lettuce for our sandwiches, just like in the spring at home, then I called Nanny and told her about the garden, reminds me of her. 

Beach is right across from our park so we get a morning walk in and there is never anyone there but us and the dolpins!

Next week we pack up and warehouse the motor home and fly back home for the Christmas holidays.  I can't believe how fast the time flies by.  We came to the Panhandle of Florida to ride our motorcycle  since there was a great chapter on scenic roads here in our Reader's Digest : The Most Scenic Drives in America, love that book.  Looks like we have pretty much covered their suggested trek so when we come back in January we will be ready to head out west.  This is a very beautiful untouched part of Florida and the riding is laid back, lower speed roads and nice scenery.
The other day we took a peak at the nearby St. James Golf Course(not a player on any of the holes that we could see, I know they are all in the clubhouse ha ha) and it was absolutely gorgeous, with a planned community. This house looked lived in but most had for sale signs, seems the area has been hurt just like the rest of the U.S.

Well today I had a few things on my "to do" list and I am so glad I brought my sewing machine!  Yes I did!  I keep it under the bed, you would be surprised at everything under there.  Look at that seems like it is right at home. 

Doing a bit reading and planning for the places to stay on I10 heading into Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and then Arizona.  The days we travel 400 to 500 miles are a bit of a heavy day and most people we talk to say they go 250 to 300 miles - leave late and stop early.  They have a point - "what's your hurry?"   At that rate we would should get to Arizona by the time we are planning to coming home in the Spring, ha ha. 

Nov 7 -9 Carrabelle Beach Florida

Weather 79F/25C  Sunny and warm at night 65

There are some bad storms in Texas and New Mexico so we are thinking we will stay in the top of Florida for the next month; so last Monday we moved east to Carrabelle Beach RV Resort.  We have a great spot and you can walk on the beach here for miles, still that white snowy sand.
Before we left home we bought a GPS that was special for RVers, and we gave her a name "Lola".  In theory Lola is supposed to keep us out of trouble, you have to load in your height, width, length and weight and voila she will give you the 'safe' route.  I know, I know its just like a computer which means it is usually the operator.  So on the way here Lola said we need to take County Road 67 and I'm thinking we should take the State Road 65.   Turns out CR67 is a narrow, no shoulder scenic route!  Lola what the he** are you doing???  We met a few transports on corners where all Billy could say was "hang on".  I had to close my eyes a few times... it was too tight for comfort and we only had 60 miles of it.  Good grief.  Moral of the story is that as the operator I have now loaded in an extra foot on all our dimensions and guess what Lola says then, she wants us to take a U Turn on CR67 do not proceed...and go to State Road 65.   Darn it Lola now you tell us.... so the larger than us size is staying in her all the time!
RV'er Tips to share:
1. Outsmart Lola with your bigger size.  That will definitely keep you safe!
2. Camper's Daily Diary - date, weather, mileage, expenses, notes, where you stayed - I am a constant note taker and this keeps my thoughts organized.  You can get it at camping world.
3. My pantry - brought all my baking stuff with me, just in smaller quantities.  Today I'm making cookies ! yeah !

 4. Single electric burner - Get the electric one since you can plug in at your site and the $'s are included in your nightly hookup.  If you use a propane one you are using up your supply which you will have to replenish.  This outside burner is so handy - you can fry outside without getting your kitchen all messy. Kids remember when we were on the boat having breakfast outside?  It is so good.

When we moved in the motor home Billy did not bring his big gas powered leaf blower - and you are wondering "why would he want to have it with him?".  It also doubles as his blow dryer for the Harley.  Hilarious but true.  So the day before we left I got him a Motorcycle Blow Dryer - No kidding!!!  You can buy anything these days.   Yesterday he washed the bike and out came his new toy,,, you could hear him chuckling all over the park.  Priceless :)

The night we got here there was a Trike Rally and BBQ so we felt at home and a couple of the RVers here loaded their trikes on the back of their pickups to pull behind their motor homes, Billy was quite intrigue with this setup.  The weight would be a big drawback though as they total out at about 9000 lbs.  phew that's a lot to pull.