Traveling to Florida

On Thursday, April 24th we headed out towards Florida.  We traveled a long hard day, and finally stopped for the night in Northern Florida in a town called Lake City.  Casey Jones RV Park is the name of the park we stayed at.  It was a wonderful place for an overnight stop.  Large pull through spaces.  And we were able to leave our car hooked up overnight to make for a quick leave in the morning .  After a good nights sleep, we were up and at it again, this time making it all the way to Orlando, our next destination.  We will be in Orlando until the 5th of May when we will return to Lazy Days RV Tampa to get some repairs done on our motorhome. 

Back in Florida

Beautiful Foggy Morning

 

We traveled to Orlando via a retirement town named "The Villages".  We had heard it is quite the place to see, and we were not disappointed.  Below are a few pictures of the community.  Please note the 2nd, if not 1st mode of transportation in this town.

 

Golf cart paths everywhere

Golf Cart Friendly City

Typical intersection / traffic circle

 

 

 

Our new home for the next 10 days. " Thousand Trails Orlando"

Our Site

One of our neighbors

Carolina Landing RV Park and Lake Hartwell

Bill and I joined a Camping Membership called Thousand Trails/Encore Resorts.  We received a special at a Lazy Days RV show.  We paid $425 for two zones (Southeast and Southwest) and get 1 month free at all Thousand Trails campgrounds,  thereafter we will pay only $3 a day.  The membership is for 1 year. All Encore resorts are at reduced rates of 20 to as much as 50 percent off.  The only stipulation is we can only stay in a Thousand Trails park for 14 consecutive days then we must leave for a week, and then we are eligible for another 14 days.  If we stay 4 days or less we can go from park to park.  There is no limitation on the Encore resorts and we can stay at them as much as we want. 

One of the nice things about our lifestyle is we can change our minds about where we want to be pretty easily.  Thus we have decided to leave South Carolina, and head to a Thousand Trails resort in the Orlando area.  Disney World here we come!

Below are some pics of our RV Park and Lake Hartwell

Carolina Landing Preserve RV Park

Our space



Fishing and swimming Pier

 

View of Lake Hartwell from picnic area

Front Entry

50 amp RV Area

 

Long term resident (a different type of membership they offer)

Lake Hartwell is a 87.5 square mile man made lake bordering South Carolina and Georgia.  The lake comprises nearly 56,000 acres of water,  and has 962 miles of shoreline.  It was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1955 and 1963.

View from Lake Hartwell State Park

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow on the road again.  Stay tuned.....

 



 



On The Road Again

Where do I begin.  After much consideration we decided to trade our trailer and truck in for a motorhome and car.  Every thing is a trade off, and there will be things we will miss about our trailer and truck, but overall we feel we will be happier with the motorhome and a car that gets good gas mileage.

2005 Fleetwood Bounder Turbo Diesel and 2011 Honda CRV 4WD





 

I had my final check up for my hip replacement on Friday, and after spending the Easter holiday with our loved ones in North Carolina, we hit the road.  Our motorhome was bought at Lazy Days Tampa, and after we got back to North Carolina, we found some minor repairs that needed to be fixed.  Lazy Days would have paid for the repairs elsewhere, but we soooo loved Florida when we were there buying the motorhome, we decided to return for the repairs, and tour the state. So on the road we go...


On the road in South Carolina
 


We stopped for a couple of nights in South Carolina near the Georgia border at a Thousand Trails membership club campground (Carolina Landing) on Lake Hartwell.  We are enjoying our time here so much that we have decided to stay a week or so, so more to come on this area.

Savanna River

Lake Hartwell



Beautiful yellow flowers near Lake Hartwell. Canola crop maybe?

 

More to come...........