North to Indiana

First, apologies for no pictures in this post.  The WiFi here is atrociously slow so they will have to wait until we move somewhere with better service.  Since we are in the heart of Amish country I guess it will be archaic until the Amish figure out how to circumvent the system so they can use it and still be in alignment with Amish culture and rules.   They are very good at adapting so it may be sooner rather than later (said with a chuckle).  We lived in Geauga county Ohio for over 30 years, which is Amish also.  They worked our farm so I know how adaptable they can be!  In fact, they are a little more progressive here than back home.  They have bicycles here.  That’s a definite no-no in Geauga county.   Only scooters or skates back there.  In the meantime, here’s a little bit about what we’ve been up to for the last few months.  I promise to post lots of pictures as soon as I can.

New Park, New Friends

February, and we move to our new park in Inglis, FL. River Lodge is beautiful, quiet, and friendly! Love the pool, but still too cool to swim just yet. After a couple weeks some new neighbors pull in. Sally and Roy Volk from Oklahoma. Terrific couple and we hit it off right away. They have a furbaby, Buddy, that is just so huggable and sweet, and large. Before long we gain some other new neighbors across the road from us. The Jensens are from Wisconsin and like campfires – yeah! Since we don’t have a raised fire pit and no ground fires are allowed it’s been awhile since we’ve had one. The last one was while we were at Sunshine Key when our little group would sit around in the evening at the Harchar’s site and relax. It was a BYOAB affair (bring your own adult beverages).

March Madness

Madness as far as weather that is. Isn’t Florida supposed to be hot all the time? One day its pool weather, the next you need a sweater! But, I’m loving all the sun. Have to rub it all in to our friends still in Ohio where it is still below zero and the snow won’t quit. Thankful every day we decided to head south instead of west where the weather is unusually cold and bitter. Good decision for our first adventure.

April Showers (the sunny kind!)

April brings pool weather! Yeah, I can finally refresh the tan I had when we left the Keys. I promised myself that I will never again look ghostly white! For those of you who are health conscience I did use sun screen – rated 45 spf no less and I still tanned! Enjoying my daily routine of laps and lounge chair dusting. With sunny 88 degree days and plenty of pool time, I’m feeling great. The past 3 months had flown by and even though the no-see-ums here can be a real annoyance I am sorry to have to leave and head north to the 2014 Escapade in Goshen, Indiana. For those not familiar with this event, it’s an RV rally put on by the Escapees RV Club. One of the first things we did when we went full-time was to join. We are also members of the HRRVC (chapters 400, 194, and 499), Good Sam, and Passport America. They are all very helpful when full-timing.

Hoosier Country

We originally planned to head north to Indiana around April 28^th so we could take our time and see a few sights. My DH has been a Tennessee Squire for decades and since we had to cross through Tennessee this was the perfect time to stop by and visit Jack Daniels – except for the severe weather and tornados! We spent the next few days glued to the weather station as we waited for the storm front to move east or die out. Finally, on April 30^th we were able to start our trip north.

One thing we really have to do is stop at Big Foot in White Pigeon, Michigan and have our legs adjusted before we hit go to Escapade. When the legs were installed, they said it would only take half a day. They actually needed two, so when they said it would only take a little while to do the adjustment, I am more than skeptical. Losing those couple days meant we would have to revise our travel plans so we decided to skip the side trip to Jack Daniels for now and do it in the fall when we head south again. Besides, the fall leaves should be lovely then anyway.

Our appointment for our legs is May 5^th so now we had to hustle to cover the almost 1200 miles we had to travel. We spent the first night at a nice little park in Adairsville, GA called Harvest Moon, then on to Mammouth Caves, KY where we spent the night in a Passport America park called Singing Hills. The stars there at night are amazing! The sky was so clear and night wasn’t too cold. Call it sweater weather. Last night we were finally in Shipshewana, where we will stay until the legs are adjusted and the Escapade begins. The Escapade is held at the Elkhart 4-H County Fairgrounds. It is a nice place to camp and we are looking forward to meeting even more nice people who share our passion for full-time RVing. It starts next week, so hopefully, I will get my act together finally and post on a more regular basis so you hear all about the event. I have just been having way too much fun to sit still long enough to pull out the computer and blog.