FL
Wind storm
On Tuesday this week a cold front came through Ft Myers. It didn’t get a lot colder, but the front produced some bodacious winds. The forecast was for “gusts to 40 mph” but I am sure the gusts were much stronger than that – my estimate is 60 mph. Enough to rock the RV. I … Continue reading
PCL2 Day 8: Disembarkation and wrapup
Carl and I joined Bobbi and Patricia for breakfast for a final time together, followed by some goodbye hugs. Then we waited for our color (Gold-5) to be called. And waited. And waited. Seems there was a problem with the new facial recognition software in customs. We had been told by our dinner neighbor that … Continue reading
PCL2 Day 1: Embarkation
Carl and I spent Friday night as guests of his friend Tom in Ft Lauderdale. Tom has a lovely mid-century house in a quiet neighborhood and a lovely new Mercedes S580 in the garage. He gave us a tour of Ft Lauderdale Saturday morning, which gave me a better sense of the city than my … Continue reading
Sparky and Son, movers
I helped my son empty out his storage unit in Ocala last week and move it all to his new rented house in North Fort Myers – a 3-hour trip each way. Add in about 3 hours of loading and unloading the U-Haul truck and what you have is a very long, exhausting day. His … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 20 – Ocala FL to Fort Myers FL
210 miles via US 27, FL-64, US 17, FL-70, FL-31 and FL-80. Cumulative tow miles: 4188, Truck miles: 381. Cumulative truck miles: 5911. The extra truck miles were due to refueling and chores in the Ocala area. I opted to take some back roads rather than the longer-but-faster (usually) I-75 route. I don’t like I-75 … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 19 – Dade City FL to Ocala FL
64 miles, almost all on US 301. Cumulative tow miles: 3978. Truck miles: 127. Cumulative truck miles: 5530. The extra truck miles were due to refueling and a bit of touring of central Florida. This was a short hop. So short, in fact, that I had to kill some time in the parking lot of … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 18 – Tallahassee FL to Dade City FL
226 miles via I-10, US 19, US 98, US 27, I-10 and US 98 (again). Cumulative tow miles: 3914. Truck miles: 235. Cumulative truck miles: 5403. The extra truck miles were to refuel. The RV GPS was pretty annoyed with me on this hop. Rather than taking the longer-but-faster route (I-10 to I-75) I opted … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 17 – Robertsdale AL to Tallahassee FL
224 miles, all on I-10 except for a few miles at either end. Cumulative tow miles: 3688. Truck miles: 332. Cumulative truck miles: 5168. The extra truck miles were due to a sightseeing trip north of Robertsdale and a refueling stop at Buc-ees. It terms of navigation it doesn’t get any easier than this. Traffic … Continue reading
Florida vacation – Day 5, the long trip back to MA
The final day was a long travel day. Lili and I said goodbye to Tony and departed Ocala at 11:30am. We got to Ft Myers just after 3pm. I gave Lili a 15-minute tour of downtown Ft Myers (which is about how long it takes to see downtown Ft Myers) then stopped for some fast … Continue reading
Florida vacation – Day 4, Universal Studios, Orlando FL
This was the main event of this trip – a day at Universal Studios. It went well. Very hot with an afternoon shower, but many of the attractions are indoors so the shower didn’t really affect us. First let me say that a day at Universal is not cheap. The tickets – even with the … Continue reading