A Return to Sun and Fun

But sadly, to more sun than we had bargained for. Due to the construction of several new vacation home units adjoining the space we occupied here at the Sun’N’Fun resort in Sarasota, FL, most of the trees we enjoyed were removed. This was particularly distressing to Geoff, who used two of those trees to string his hammock. He really looked forward to getting this site last year because of those trees, but now, if he wants his hammock to use, will have to get a frame for it.

This picture shows the site last year and nearly every tree that is visible in the foreground is gone. The reason for this work was so that our site could be moved about 14 feet to the left to make room for the vacation homes which will be placed on our right. Now we are not happy about this, especially since this work was supposed to be mostly done this passed summer, and now, there will be a lot of construction done around us while we are here. However, this is not our land and we have no control over it.

We did get back here in nearly record time after leaving the Northeast after Thanksgiving. We actually left the Boston area on Wednesday before T-Day and drove 3 hours to the Danbury, CT area. We spent the first night of Chanukah with our friends in Bethel, CT and then drove up to New Milford, CT on Thursday morning to spend the day with Logan’s in-laws, Marc and Diane Dubrieuil, and also with Logan and Maureen. On Friday morning, we left their cul-de-sac and started the 1300 mile trek to Sarasota. The first day we made about 500 miles and stopped in southern Virginia for the night. The temperatures that morning had been just below freezing and, even in VA, the temps were still only in the 40s.

The next day we drove until dinner time and, while eating, decided we did not want to spend another cold night in a strange park and, with about 6 hours left to drive, decided we would push on as long as Geoff could handle it. At 2:30 AM, we pulled up to the Welcome Center at Sun’N’Fun. Although they could not put us on our site after midnight, they let us park temporarily and then, at 8:00 AM, Geoff got up and moved the RV to our site.

Now we have been able to go to some of the activities which have already started and, on Saturday, we will head out again to Walt Disney World up in Orlando, where we will meet up with our friends from New York State who are down here for a week. Then we will come back and likely park in the site next to our current one while ours is relocated to its new position. It is still nice to be back in Florida, our adopted home.