About to Relaunch

Ok, the long, cold Winter of 2015-16 is over and we are coming up on our spring launch into RV travel mode again. April 24th will mark our departure from the Sun-N-Fun RV Resort and the beginning of a six month adventure into the 48 contiguous United States. Stay tuned to this blog for updates as we go. It will be our most adventurous since the 2012 Alaska Adventure. Let's just leave it at that for now. Keep coming back to see how it unfolds.

As for us, we have been here in our SNF vacation home since the first week in August of last year. This is our longest time in one spot since we started this journey back in April of 2009, just over 7 years ago. It has not been boring because this resort is never boring. Things were quiet in the "home owner" area of the park because there were not many of us, but the rest of the park was hopping with Summer campers and Day Pass people enjoying the pool area. We enjoyed the peace and quiet around our end of the park and were able to let Jordy out without a leash to chase a ball on our walks. 

The only problem with being here in August and September was the heat. 80-90 degree days with lows only in the 70s and frequent rain storms. Actually the heat lasted well into November and it really did not get cool enough for a major change in how we would dress for each day until January. By then we were lucky to remember how to put on long pants and socks.

The 2016 season was loads of fun with Geoff teaching and playing guitar lots and Ellyn doing loads of sewing projects. Geoff was also able to do lots of bowling, despite an abbreviated league season, there was lots of open bowling times he was able to enjoy. We joined a local synagogue this year and enjoyed meeting lots of new friends there. We attended the local Jewish Film Festival as well as the Sarasota Film Festival which is just winding down. We also got to attend four Spring Training baseball games here in the Grapefruit League.

Among other special events this passed season, we went to Walt Disney World 4 times, one of those times on our own but the other times to meet up with friends. The biggest event this passed December was the new Star Wars movie, which we saw three times in the theaters and purchased on disc the day it was released. Since we had seen the original when we were first dating, this was a very special event. It was as strongly anticipated as was "The Return of the Jedi" back in 1983. It did not disappoint.

Now, we are getting the RV ready with some needed maintenance and a top to bottom cleaning before filling it with the necessities for 6 months away from our stationary home. Geoff already replaced some lights and did some PM on the hot water heater. We have some minor A/C issues to get fixed and then we can head out. We had a big chassis inspection done last Summer so we think it should be all set for a long trip. We are looking forward to being on the road again.

Update: We finally got to the A/C repairs although perhaps a little late. Today is Thursday, April 21, and the work is not done. We are hoping to get the rig back early tomorrow so we can get loaded up before Sunday morning. However, we have a Passover Seder tomorrow evening and a show to go to on Saturday evening. This will cut into our time. There has been a slight change in plans for when we leave here though. We were going to stop off in Charlotte, SC for a few days and near Washing DC as well, but now, because of a very sick friend in Connecticut, head straight there, hopefully a three day trip. We will be there for a week or two before heading off to Massachusetts.