Destin, FL - Camp Gulf - Aug. 6, 2013 until Sept. 1, 2014

Hard to know where to begin so let me start at the beginning...

We arrived 8/6/13 to Camp Gulf in Destin, FL. We were greeted at the gate by a man on a golf cart "just sit down young lady and we'll get you to your site...Hmmm, you aren't on my arrival sheet...oh, you are new workcampers...pull through the gate and someone will be with you" Later, we found out this was Herb Owen.

Then another man, Patrick, pulled up on a segway. "let's get your tow unhooked and get you into your site"
We were given site 508 but only temporarily until some of the other camp workers moved out. 

Site 508

Site 508

After a couple of weeks, we were moved to site 208, which has the cabin row behind it. Not too thrilled with that but it turned out ok.

site 208

Site 208

Working at Camp Gulf was quite an experience! Very, very busy but the management was great about doing extra things for the work campers. Several dinners that they cooked and cleaned up afterwards. Gift certificates for things to do in the area. They were very appreciative of our hard work!

Bruce's Office

Kathy working at Leona's Gift Shop

Bruce had at work power washing the wall.

More of Bruce's handy work!

One of Bruce's favorite jobs...pump-out wagon

Headed to a beach grill

A few of the things were enjoyed on our days off...

Bubba the alligator!

A day at the beach. Water is usually a beautiful blue but it was a bit stirred up this day.

Rocky Bayou State Park on a week-end off.

Kayaking with Harvey and Carmen at Rocky Bayou State Park.

Klein family reunion at St. George Island

Friends stopping by to visit

An evening dinner cruise on the Solaris

Camping at Twin Lakes Campground

Enjoying time together at Twin Lakes Campground

The flood of April, 2014 - this was our site and the water had receded some!

Owen working with his Papa

To summarize our year in Destin - a great time, family and friends came by for a visit and vacation, met a lot of new friends, all in all a great year!

Bushnell, FL - Week of 10/9 - 10/15/2011

Harvey, Valerie, Bruce, Kim and Kathy

Harvey and Valerie invited us to come up Wednesday to give kayaking a try. They are still volunteering at Rainbow Springs State Park. We all went to a Volunteer Recruitment Day that was being held at Rainbow Springs and Ranger Kim Dodge was working so she gave us a grand tour of the park and provided us with very interesting information. She is still quite a character, with her heavy hillbilly accent (hence her nickname Hillbilly).
Back to the campground to borrow a couple of kayaks from another volunteer and off we went but without Valerie, she worried that her Meniere's might act up again.
What a blast kayaking was! I was worried that I would have problems maneuvering but that was not the case at all! I'm ready to go again!! Bruce was also in a kayak and Harvey took a canoe. The river was just as beautiful as before and even saw an eagle sitting on a perch, sure wish I had brought my camera but was worried I may end up upside down in the river. We went to Pavarolli's Italian restaurant. Good food at a good price and a very friendly and good waiter.

Rainbow Springs Waterfall

Friday we met Harvey in Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest. Motorcycles everywhere! Hate that Valerie couldn't join us but she had a doctor's appointment in Jacksonville. We walked all around Bruce Rossmeyer Harley Davidson and all the vendors that were set up there. Had lunch at the BBQ place which had a tasty pulled chicken sandwich. More walking and taking in all the sights and sounds of motorcycles. Bruce talked Harvey into standing in just the right location for an interesting photo op. We then went to the downtown area where there were lots more motorcycles! Some pretty wild sights too! We stopped at Michael's craft store to pick up some things we needed for our Advent Calendar before we headed back to Bushnell. When we got back to the pickup it started just fine but when Bruce pushed the accelerator nothing happened! He then noticed none of the gauges worked and here we are in Daytona, 2 hours from our rig! Bruce called my nephew, David, who used to work at the Lawton Ford dealership to see if he had any suggestions on what the problem may be. I was hoping it was just a fuse and started looking in the Owner's Manual for fuse information. In the meantime David had called another mechanic to get his opinion and luckily it was the same thought I had, probably a fuse. I had found in the manual which fuse it probably was and which fuse we could swap out for a temporary fix. Bruce knew where the fuse panel was, of course, and pulled the fuse, put the overhead lights fuse in it's place and hallelujah it worked!! Had to give up the rest of my shopping plans for the evening, didn't want to take any chances. Made it home just fine! Sure was nice to have a nephew to talk to when you feel stressed and stranded! Thanks again David!! And thanks Dad for all the car teachings as I was growing up :-)

Bruce dreaming about the $144,000 rig!

Downtown Daytona Beach Biketoberfest 2011

Harvey providing a photo op for Bruce

Nice looking bike, too bad I don't like them!

My latest favorite bracelet that I made this week. Somehow we even found time to put in our 24 hours this week at Dade Battlefield State Park :-)