Rainy Sunday

Yes, of course it's raining! We had planned to move today, and rain came in about 4am. Light drizzle, nothing bad. Was manageable taking 'down' the RV and getting hooked up and out. We left Suwannee campgroud by 10:15am and within 10 minutes - you guessed it - hard rain. All the way here to Lakeland Florida. We decided not to get on the interstate and stayed on the main drag, Route 98, all the way here. Very nice ride, no hassles other than the rain. We could have made the trip all the way to Lake Okeechobee but decided that 6 hours on the road, plus one hour prior to take down, and add one hour at the end for set up - 8 hours is just way too much. Instead - we made it here by 1pm - in the pouring rain, naturally!

Dave decided to wash the RV and truck while he was soaking wet and proceeded to do it as soon as electric and water were going. My job always is to open up the sliders, get the cat's litter box ready for them while Dave is handing in each one's carry box. Chip is always the first into the RV. After they are in and Dave is continuing with his things outside, I continue with setting the kitchen back up, unhooking tables and chairs that were secured together during travel, opeing up the shades that are drawn while traveling, getting the bedroom secure, fixing the bathroom. When you travel you have to put EVERYTHING away because if left out - they become projectile missles and could break and cause lots of damage. We pretty much have this down to a science now.

We will only stay here until Tuesday morning, then head to Lake Okeechobee. We need to clean inside and I have to do laundry again since we got so thoroughly soaked today. This place we are staying at is way typical of a snow bird site. It is so packed in, everyone keeps their shades drawn because you are literally looking right into your neighbor. Don't like this place, but it's safe, convenient, has all the things we need, and is only 2 hours to our next location.

This is the longest we have been on the road and the longer we are gone, the more we don't want to go home. We are getting very comfortable living in here, small as it is, and Dave has made so many changes this trip to make it even more homey.