9/15 – 12/31/2015 –Time to leave the family in NJ and head
home to FL for the winter. Our first
stop was Selma NC where we spent the night at Rvacation RV Park, night number
two was at a Flying J in Brunswick GA.
Stopped for Level 1 service on the RV in Brunswick before heading onto
our next destination, Jacksonville FL.
Stayed for a week at Pecan Park RV Resort where we had a great time
visiting our grandson and his new family, wife Joni and soon to be adopted son
Justin. Justin enjoyed his first sleep
over in a motorhome, while mom and dad enjoyed a quite night at home. The rest of the week we enjoyed fishing,
visiting and touring the area.
Since we were picking up our daughter in Orlando the
following week, we headed south to St Augustine the following week and stayed
at Stagecoach RV Park were we enjoyed the Golf Hall of Fame and the oldest city
in America, St Augustine, Daytona Beach, as well as squeezing in a couple rounds on local
courses. After picking up Dina from the airport, we got to spend a few more
days visiting with Joey, Joni and Justine, what a great two weeks.
Then it was off to Bonita Springs were we planned to spend
the next three months at Bonita Lake RV Resort and unwind from our maiden RV
journey from coast to coast to coast. Spent the next three months just
relaxing, enjoying this beautiful area and beaches. Made another trip to Jacksonville and enjoyed
a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with Joey, Joni and Justin. Unexpected circumstances changed our plans to live in the RV
fulltime, and we did what we do best, go with the flow. Our plan now will be to live in the condo for six months and travel for six months. That being said, we cancelled our
reservations for Jan – March 2016 in central Florida and began our move into
our condo in Bonita Springs. We
frantically began shopping to furnish the condo since Dina, Serena and Taylor
would be coming to spend Christmas and New Years. Our next task was finding a home for the
Motorhome for the next three months, which turned out to be quite a challenge
as everything in our area was booked up.
Finally we found a storage facility in Cape Coral, about thirty miles
away, a bit inconvenient but doable.
With everything in place we moved into the condo on December 15th,
a full week ahead of our company…shewww!
The girls flew in on December 23rd looking a bit tired as
they had to rise at 3am to catch the flight out of Atlantic City NJ at 7am,
quite a task for today’s teenagers..LOL.
Since Dina had to work from home the rest of the day the girls had a
chance to rest up and we enjoyed a quite day visiting. The rest of the visit seemed to fly as we
enjoyed dining out, hitting the beach and horseback riding. Chippy and the
girls were able to squeeze in a trip up to Jacksonville for a few days to visit
Joey, Joni and Justin while I stayed home with the dogs. Happy New Years and
may the coming year be filled with the realization of all your dreams and
resolutions.
