Sebring, Florida - Visit to see Tom and Mary Ann - Nov. 9, 2011

We took a day trip to see our friends, Tom and Mary Ann, in Sebring, Florida. Had a great time, as usual, with them. They had a lunch ready and waiting for us! They took us to see Highlands Hammock State Park and we took a walk on one of the boardwalk trails through the cypress swamp, looking for alligators. Luckily, some other walkers had spotted one or we would have missed it. The mosquitoes found us though! Didn't think they would still be out, ruled this place out as a place to volunteer!  Then we went to the Sebring International Raceway, Bruce was wanting to go through the gift shop that was closed last time we were here.
They fixed a wonderful spaghetti dinner for us, always a great time with the Guinthers!!

Tom and Mary Ann

Highland Hammocks alligator

Bruce at Sebring Raceway

The Market of Marion - Nov. 5, 2011

We did another day of flea marketing, can you get enough of flea markets? Steve and Linda had found one about 45 minutes north of us in Belleview, FL - The Market of Marion. HUGE flea market, lots of fun looking at everything and even found a few things to buy, go figure! We didn't take any pictures but just click the link and you can see how big it is.

Tarpon Springs, Florida - Nov. 1, 2011

Took a nice day trip to a quaint little Greek town, Tarpon Springs, Florida, with our friends, Steve and Linda. It's a cute little port/beach front village with a lot of Greek heritage. The downtown area had several antique shops and Steve even found a barbershop to fix his lopsided haircut he'd got while they were up north. We drove over to the Sponge Docks which was lined with shipping vessels, gift shops and restaurants. We stopped at a wine bar and sampled some wines, did a little shopping then drove to the beach side of town, hard to believe but this was our only time of sticking our feet in the Florida sand! 

Bruce, Kathy, Linda and Steve

Us at Tarpon Springs, Florida

Bushnell, Florida - Dade Battlefield Historic State Park



Always raining when we pull into Florida!

We got our usual greeting when driving into Florida - a downpour on I-75! Got into Dade Battlefield Historic State Park and we were met at the gate by the Park Manager, Bruce Whiting. A friendly, outgoing man and he even escorted us back to our site that will be home until Thanksgiving - that is the plan anyway! Got all set up, met the other camphosts, Jim and Brenda, our neighbors and Hector. Spent our 2nd afternoon clearing some debris that was in front of our site, didn't want to look at that for 2 months and what a workout! Bruce W. dropped our schedule off to us - I work the office or the gate 12 hours a week and my Bruce will work the field or gate 12 hours. This looks like it going to be a great place to spend a couple of months! 



Debris before we cleared it




Bruce clearing debris





White Springs, Florida - Suwannee Valley Campground

Love the drive through Tennessee - such a pretty state! Stopped just inside the Florida border for the night at a Passport America campground that is a couple of miles off of the highway, Suwannee Valley Campground. Most sites are pull through with lots and lots of trees. Sites were pretty level on sand and grass. We chose a 50 amp full hookup site and the PPA price was only $16, gotta love Passport America! (Please use our referral number if you decide to join - 508989) I thought we would have a view of the river but it is over in the tent area with a steep embankment. Enjoyed some time in the pool after setting up and enjoyed chatting with 2 nice couples that were residents here. On the way out of the park came across some low hanging branches but didn't see any damage to the rig.  Just a little work and money spent on putting a solid surface on the sites would make this a wonderful park but I don't think we'd drive 3 miles off I 75 to stay here again for only 1 night. The residents that we spoke to love it here so if visiting the area for a few days or longer we would recommend this campground. We forgot to take pictures, so you can tell we are ready to put the jacks down for longer than a day or two -Bushnell here we come!  I had to use photos from their website, we forgot to take pictures.