Saturday, June 27, 2009

Biloxi Miss. destruction

Apr. 3rd....7th Fri/Tue......Biloxi, Miss....Martin Lake RV Pk... AOR
Visited the Jeff Davis Home...When his wife passed away they turned the home into a retirement home for the confederate soldiers you could stay there whether you had money or broke. There was lots of damage on the Beach Blvd. South Miss. College the only thing left was the brick walls, a church sign and the steps was all there was to the church. Lots of trees were broke off and a carver came in and carved different birds and animals from the remains really was nice.

Apr. 8th/14th .....Wed./Tue.....Defuniak Springs, Fl.... Defuniak Sp. RV.....AOR
We were on the lake and could see the lake from all the windows in the RV it was wonderful. Had to have the hot water heater fixed.

Apr. 9th Thrs.
Went golfing at the country club...boy was I tired...

Apr. 10th Fri.
Went to Florala to the Flea Mart and had lunch...lady took an old building divided it off into cubicals. It was well organized and it took us 3 hours to walk thru it all.

Apr. 11th Sat.
Home all day againnnnnnnnnnnn

Apr. 12th Sun.
Took a ride to Destin to the beach. It was spring break for all the Floridians, the only way to the beach was with a pass key from the motel you were staying in every were along the beach was fenced and gated so we went to a State park to have our lunch and it cost us $4.00 to us the picnic table. Welcome to Florida.

Apr. 13th Mon.
Waited for the repair man on the hot water heater.

Apr. 14th Tue.
Repair man shows....fixed it..but it still doesn't work

Apr. 15th/18th.Wed./Sat.....Live Oaks, Fl. Suwanee River Music Park...ROD
Arrived late after waiting for the Hot water heater to be fixed

Apr. 16th Thur.
Went to Live Oak went thru the Freight Depot Museum, freight was brought in on one side then loaded to a train on the other side from there we went to Grace Manor for lunch.....Had "Sweet Potato Fries" Yum,Yum.

Apr. 17th Fri.
Went to Lake City not much going on in this part of Fl.

Apr. 18th Sat.
Stayed in the park , there is 650 sites, Amphi-theatre, rest.,swimming pool, rent golf carts, store, country square, a museum, in the back of the park is a big pond with 3 floating ducks...made of some kind of mesh with lights strung thru them which lights up at night...guess we were the talk of the park (the Big Camper) every thing is called a camper in the South and South East. so here comes a parade of golf carts to see the big camper. People are very friendly.

Apr. 19th/21st. Sun./Tue....Three Flags....Wildwood, Fl....RPI
Weather is warm, we got set up and headed out for the "Village" Arnold Palmer and Nancy Lopez advertise for it this place is hugh don't have any idea how many acres it covers or should I say miles..couldn't even guess how many golf courses, everyone runs around in a golf cart in the parking lots down the road they don't care.

Apr. 20th Mon.
Took off for Webster its suppose to be the biggest flea market in Fl. so off we go it is hugh, but its like going to Japan or India with all the cheap trinkets from there Homosassa for the State Park to see the Manatee, took a boat trip, trolley ride and walked the zoo (Animals and Humans) saw the Manatees Uglyyyyyyyyy
with the golden age pass it was only $8.00

Apr. 21st Tue.
Stayed home cleaned house and ironed...whopeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Apr. 22nd/28th Wed./Tue....Bee's RV Resort...Clemont, Fl....RPI
Just traveled 26 miles to day ...short trip..

Apr. 23rd Thur.
Heading for Orlando to get tickets for Epcot Center/Animal Kingdom..$200.00 for 2 days and 2 people. Had trouble with the truck..Jay had to change the sensor.

Apr. 24th Fri.
Drove down to Plant City Strawberry capital of Florida...went for some fresh berries their season is in Feb. and Mar......what a disappointment.

Apr. 25th/26th Sat/Sun.
Spent both days in the park...truck was down and couldn't get anyone on the weekend to fix it. None of the gages worked on the dash...so the transmission wouldn't shift because it is controled by the gages. Truck said we're not going fast enough so Iam not going to shift. It was hot in the trailer in more than one way. The big guy was fuming.

Apr. 27th Mon.
Jay got to spend all day at the shop...It was a broken wire behind the gages so nothing read right. The sweethearts didn't even charge us to fix it. That was international in Orlando.

Apr. 28th Tue.
Went to Orlando to purchase tickets for one day for Epcot Center.....$160.00 for one day one park 2 people and $12.00 for parking.

April 29th/May 2nd. Wed./Sat.......St. Augustine, Fl.....Elks
Went to Light House Jay walked 220 stairs to the top...I waited below its the oldest lighthouse in Florida.

April 30th Thurs.
Went to the Golf Hall of Fame it took us 3 hours to get thru the hall...very interesting..lots of information...didn't realize that Bob Hope was so involved in the golfing industry.Went downtown old town had to park the truck the street are to narrow for the truck..checked things out decided to buy tickets and ride the trollys around town.

May 1st. Fri.
Went to Fort Matranzas took the ferry over to the island to the first fort..it was used for a lookout for St. Augustine for any ships coming in to take over St. Agustine went to oldtown got on the trolley took in the Museum and rode around to see what we wanted to do.

May 2nd.Sat.
Back to old town went to the old jail, old drug store same old wooden floors with a slight lean..got to go into the first house built in town lots of goodies still there.Took off for the ocean...wanted to put my feet in the water....did that their sand is like velvet.....not many seashells.

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