7/25/2014- Settlement Day-------- what an ordeal.  Too bad the buyer’s agent was such a &%$@#, she was totally rude, crude and unprofessional.  That being said after some testy back and forth, it is over the house is sold, and we are on our way to sunny Florida.  The rest of the day also proved a bit trying, with detours accidents and traffic, we had hoped to get into NC, but fell short by about 40 miles.  Rolled into Emporia VA about 10:30 pm and decided to stay at Camp Wal-Mart with generator power.

7/26/2014 – Up at 5:00am and on the road by 6:00AM enroute to Brunswick GA about 470 miles away.  Pretty uneventful day, just a few stops to eat grab some Chinese Lanterns for the last family vacation of the year in Myrtle Beach late August.  Arrived at Golden Isles R.V. Park about 5:00pm, definitely a short stay park, but not a bad price with Passport America card for $19. 

7/27/2014 – On the road by 6:30 425 miles to get to our first official fulltiming campground.  Unfortunately we didn’t arrive without a hitch, or you might say we did (excuse the pun).  Cruising down I75 about 165 from Naples, I glance in my mirror and noticed a familiar vehicle attempting to pass on my left.  HOLY SHIT, that’s my car.  We managed to pull off the highway onto the shoulder to access the damage.  Fortunately the only damage was the base plate that attaches the car to my tow bar completely snapped off the chassis, so we were no longer towing today.  Chippy followed to the campground with no further incidents.  You gotta figure you don’t drive 1200 miles in a motorhome without some excitement, but all is well as we arrived safely in one piece, but it will surely remain in our memories for more reasons than one. 

Arrived at the campground and it is beautiful, most of the sites are owner leased, but we got a very nice site on a 20 by 40 slab, which will be home for the next three weeks, until we meet the family in Disney World for vacation.  Made plans to see the realtor tomorrow morning at 10:00am to begin looking at condo’s.

Welcome to Club Naples RV Park and our new neighborhood…………………………………..

7/28 – 7/31/2014 – So busy, working (only 56 days to go) and squeezing condo searching in our spare time has left little time to enjoy this beautiful city, except through the windows of the realtor’s car.  I have never seen real estate sell so fast, we have seen 5-6 condos’ go under contract before we have even have time to make an offer.  Snooze you lose around here.  The workers at this resort are amazing, constantly asking if they can do anything to make our stay more enjoyable.  They offered us discounts at check in that we didn’t even know existed.  Our full hookup with 50 amps on a 20 x 40 concrete pad ended up costing $100 a week for three weeks, talk about a bargain, we just paid $80 a night at Cape May a few weeks ago.  Was having trouble with the Comcast cable box they provide, and Mike the head maintenance guy was at our site to fix the problem immediately, even offered to make me a new cable between my DVD and TV which turned out to be the issue.  We are slowly getting used to the heat, but even the locals are complaining this week about the heat and humidity.  Looking forward to the weekend so we can start exploring and enjoying Naples but I think we may avoid taking a swim in the Gulf as there are reports of flesh eating bacteria in the water due to the heat, thank goodness we are not water lovers.  Think we will stick to the campground pool if we get the urge to take a dip.  Did another condo blitz today looking at another six and found a couple that we liked.  Decided to put a bid in on a nice 2 Bed 2 bath third floor condo and now we wait to see if we miss another one.

8/1/2014 – Finally a day off…..and since it is Friday you know what that means….FORE…yep time for some golf.  Played at Eagle Lakes, nice layout and hit the ball well, too bad I couldn’t putt.  Worst round of the season, but it sure beats working.  After golf Chippy and I did a little recon of Naples, OMG talk about decadence.  These people have way too much money, these houses and high-rises on the Gulf are unbelievable.  5^th Ave Naples is Americana for millionaires.  We did find a great pizza shop and also visited a State Park on the Gulf which was natural and untouched nice to see there is still a little bit that has not been developed.  Finished the afternoon off back at the campground with a dip in the pool to cool off, going to take some time to get used to this heat.  Wait the day has a very happy ending, just got a call from our realtor, the offer on the Condo has been accepted, we should soon be Floridians by the middle of August.  Jessica is very excited and loves the condo….. LIFE IS GOOD. 

8/2-8/3/2014 – Made the rounds around Naples, Bonita Springs, Lovers Key State Park, Fort Meyers Beach and Marco Island.  Everywhere we go we are amazed at the beauty of the area.  The landscaping both natural and manmade are so unbelievable. 

8/4/2014 – Ugh…Monday, and that means back to work.  Dropped off the deposit at the Title company for the condo, and then the rest of the day is work work work…..really raining hard all day, but not as hot as it has been.  The humidity here is about the same as the temperature which means it is really HOT.  Doing the Home Inspection at 4:30 today, which went really well, everything works great.