Home Is Where We Park It:  Joy RV Park

Date:  April 3, 2019

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Sometime Go Astray

Oh yea I bounced out of bed this morning because today was the day – Kennedy Space Center.  I had been waiting for this for months.  I was just about jumping out of my shoes with anticipation.  Well, as they say the best laid plans of mice and men sometime go astray.  Barbara had a bad night last night and was not really up to a full day of sightseeing so our trip was postponed.

However, we did do some sightseeing but a full report will have to wait until tomorrow or Friday.  Just to let you know, the places we visited today were the:

• The Veterans Museum
• The Exploration Tower
• The Police Hall of Fame and Museum

The later part of the afternoon, though, was spent at Urgent Care where a doctor finally agreed to give my sweetie a prescription for her Insulin which she had run out of.  She just got insurance as of April 1st hence we could not do anything until after Monday.  Our next stop was to CVS to fill the prescription but we struck out and will have to wait for it until tomorrow.

Bottom line we did not get home until 9 pm and I am absolutely beat and ready to just lay my head down.  Hopefully, tomorrow we will make it to Kennedy, again this will be based on what kind of night Barbara has tonight.  Stay tuned.

I’m going to say goodnight now and God speed to each of you.  Stick with us and I’ll eventually get everything caught up by Friday night.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

See you on down the road

Home Is Where We Park It:  Joy RV Park

Date:  April 2, 2019

An Easy Day in Paradise

Ah, what a way to begin.  Moderate temperature.  No rain, not yet.  No rush to get up.  The only one who wanted – no make that had to – get up was of course Marti.  He’s mine in the morning so off we went for an early morning walk, a short one mine you.  Back home I grabbed a cup of coffee and settled in to watch the morning news.  Eventually Barbara began to stir so I grabbed another cup of coffee and took it back to her.  Then settled in for an early morning nap.  Life is grand.

We had no plans to begin sight-seeing until tomorrow.  Point of fact we really didn’t have any kind of plan.  Barbara got busy on that after she got up.  She started gathering together points of interest, ticket prices, routes, etc.  First thing tomorrow we’ll start by visiting the Kennedy Space Center.  There are lots more to come after that.

I had a few things that still needed to be done so eventually I got busy.  The awnings came out.  The wheel covers went on.  I took Marti for another longer walk.  I walked around the park and scoped things out.   I replaced the lower screen on our front door with no see um screen.  I was supposed to do this last week, but well, one thing led to another and it never got down.  Part of the problem was I couldn’t get the screen door off to work on it in the shop.  It has three hinges with four screws each but those screws refuse to give.  I tried everything even a ratchet with a screw bit.  So, I have to replace the screen with the door in place.

It turned out to be a good thing that we stayed home today.  Most of the day it rained off and on.  It didn’t clear up until about mid afternoon.  No problem, we’re here for a week.

I took a couple of more pictures of our new home today.  It’s nice and quiet and clean.

There are a few trees here and there but for the most part this is just a big lot with a paved road making one big loop with RV sites carved out on either side.  Typical RV park.  The nice thing is that the separation between sites is good.  Bottom line, we like it and would consider returning here if we found ourselves in the area again.

That was our day on The Road of Retirement.  Just another day in paradise.  We’ll take each and every one that comes our way.  Tomorrow we start sight-seeing.  We’re more than ready for it and looking forward to it.

Thanks for joining us again on our journey.  Don’t forget to come along tomorrow because it’s going to be a big day.  Till then, time to say goodnight.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

See you on down the road

Home Is Where We Park It:  Joy RV Park

Date:  April 1, 2019

The Journey Has Begun

The day is finally here.  The journey is about to begin.  Today is the first day of Tour America 2019.  Though we were in no big rush since our journey today would be an easy 2 hour trip, still we had things that had to be done.

Barbara needed to get to the post office to pick up our mail before we left.  She also had to stop at Marti’s veterinary to pick up his travel medicine aka a strong tranquilizer.  Our shirts and name badges needed to dropped off at the park office.

I on the other hand had to finish packing up on the outside.  Wesly our water softener had to be packed away.  Gertrude our satellite antenna had to be disconnected and put away.  The table she sat on also had to be packed up.  Then the tanks had to be dumped and the hose had to be cleaned and put in its proper place.  Same with the water filter and water lines.  Wesley and Gertrude and her table ended up in the car.   Finally it was time for slides in and jacks up.  Jack pads were put away and we were ready to roll.

All along the rain had been threatening.  It sprinkled a few times but nothing major.  The real rain we found out later came after we left.  Whew, dodged another bullet.  I hate packing up in the rain.

I got the car on the tow bar.  We plugged the car in to the light receptacle, checked them one by one and were gratified to see all were working as they should.  Hey, it had been over 5 months since we last hooked up.  Of course I keep each end capped when they are disconnected.

It was time.  We began to roll.  First stop would be Joy RV Park in Cocoa, Florida.  The trip was an easy one.  The roads were in great shape.  Traffic was light to moderate.  The weather cooperated and we had no rain the whole way.

We’ve waited for this journey to begin for so long.  Now, finally the journey has officially begun.  Are we excited?  You had better believe it!  We love the journey as much as we do the destination.  It’s time now to boldly go and discover lots of new states, seek out new acquaintances and make new friends.  We’re ready.

Two hours later we arrived at Joy RV Park.  It was easy to find though you had to go through 2 other RV parks to get to it.  Really strange.  Then at check in we find it is under new ownership.  Will it be as good as others had found it in the past?  We’ll let you know.

This of course is a stock photo taken off the web.  Look close and you’ll find our spot, #160.  Last row to the right, almost directly across from the pool.  It’s not a big park.  The roads are paved and in good shape.  Most sites are occupied by permanent residents.  In fact the resident off our drivers side is a gentleman in his 90’s.  Once a full timer he gave it up when as he said it got to be to much to set up and tear down only to do it all over again.  Oh, that I can go that long.

Here is a picture of Graybeard looking good.  Our site is had packed dirt, level, with all utilities right at hand.  Still have the awning to put out and a few other things to do.  I did manage to get Wesly set up and Gertrude on her table pointed south.  Tonight we’ll be able to watch Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and the next installment of The Life of Jesus.

Here are two pictures of our street looking one way then the other.  Nice and quiet.

 

That was our day on The Road of Retirement.  It felt good to be behind the wheel again.  After just a few minutes I settled into a groove again and was able to relax and enjoy every minute of the ride.  We’ll be here for a week and then we’ll move again.  Our main reason for stopping here is to visit Kennedy Space Center.  I’m sure we’ll also find a few other places to go as well.

Thanks for coming along with us again today.  We always enjoy your company and comments.  Time to go now.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

See you on down the road

 

Home Is Where We Park It:  Dade Battlefield Historical State Park

Date:  March 31, 2019

We Say Goodbye to the Gopher tortoise

This being Sunday it was off to worship this morning.  This will be our last time to worship here for probably 2 years.  Pastor Ron did not disappoint with his message.  It was based on Psalm 91 and it was a powerful reminder of God’s love and how if we are nestled in His heart then thought one may kill the body they can never destroy our soul.  I’ll take this one with me and I’ll remember it for a good long time.

Time for breakfast.  Barbara invited me to take her out and she said she would be easy on me, meaning McDonald’s would do.  Around the corner we went for a quick bite and a steak egg and cheese bagel for me and a chocolate chip frappe. Nothing fancy but it quieted the rumble in my tummy.  Barbara had an egg and cheese on an English muffin and it too quieted the rumble in her tummy.  Glad we stopped.

Home we came and we got serious about packing.  I took the outside and Barbara began working on the inside.  I took my time, especially since I couldn’t really remember what went where anymore.  Eventually I got it all figured out.  Tomorrow all that is left to do is bring in the slides, dump the tanks, raise the jacks and put the pads away.  An easy 30 minutes rain or no rain.  Barbara has some last-minute running around to do so we’ll probably be on the road around 11 am.  Since it is only a 2, maybe 3, hour ride to Joy RV Park we’re in no big rush.  Especially since they won’t let you check in before 2 pm.

One more goodbye today.  We found our friend the Gopher Tortoise ambling along the back fence and snapped a few more pictures of him.

Oh, one more thing that we just had to do.  They finally opened an ice cream shop in Bushnell.  We would have been remiss if we had not taken a few minutes to check it out.  So glad we did!  The ice cream was delicious.  Let’s hope it is here when we get back.

Night is here and we still have a few things to pack inside.  We’ll get there.  We’re just out of practice but a few moves this month and we’ll be right back in the groove.  Oh yea!

That was our day on The Road of Retirement.  We’re both anxious and nervous at the same time about tomorrow.  It seems like it has been ages and ages since we were rolling down the road.  It will take a few miles for us to settle in.  This, though, is what we live for which is both the journey as well as the many new things we will discover as the miles go by.  Bring it on!

Thanks for joining us again today.  As always we enjoyed your company.  Time to go, have a good night and we’ll you again tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

See you on down the road