I have so much updating to do but the wifi here is sketchy to say the least..we are having  blast in New Orleans-weather is great! I can read blogs but can't comment..I will update ours when wifi is better..heading to mississippi tomorrow to visit our daughter and sil and I can hardly wait..heading out to tour plantations today...stay safe everyone!!!

Tornado Watch, upgraded to Warning and Possible Evacuation!!

Thursday:

Had a slow lazy morning-we headed into town in the afternoon to pick up a weather radio, and do some shopping. We had a nice supper at Cracker Barrel on the way home. Boy I love that place they have the greatest food. We had new neighbours all around us- Pit Masters in town for a competition in Pensacola. Mike Hallman from NC stopped over to visit and have a happy hour drink with us. He was a vendor and judge at the competition. I got two different rubs from him and 2 bottles of sauce. yum...we watched tv and hit the sack early.

Friday:

Up fairly early, checked the computers, the weather, and enjoyed our coffee. Showered and dressed and off we went to the Gulf Breeze Zoo. Had a super afternoon there...I can't upload pics as wifi is too slow but will add them all later. The skys were turning so we made our way back home. We turned on the weather radio and I thought the sirens were going to drive us all crazy during the evening. Poor Tucker howled a few times. Rick went to the office to check out what procedures were in place as our county was upgraded from watch to warning. The office said as soon as the siren went off we were to all leave our rigs and come to the office/club house for further instructions. We prepared for that possibility. Packed a small bag with dog food, bottled water, our medications, toothbrushes etc etc. Packed up one laptop, made sure the cell was charged..laid our rain coats on the front seats, and made sure all our keys were in my purse with passports etc. and flashlights on the dash. And we sat back and continued to listen to our weather radio with bated breath. Thankfully the tornado went around us altho the warning was extended from midnight to five am!! We did sleep some, but it sure wasn't a restful sleep, waiting for that radio to screech at us.  In Mississippi our daughter was at work under a stairwell for 45 minutes. We were pretty worried about her. Thankfully she is ok.


We got up early this morning packed up just before the rain hit and we pointed the rig toward Pontchartrain Landing in New Orleans-we arrived around 2:30. Traffic was a bit heavy but the roads were good and other than a few showers all was well. This resort is lovely-has a nice marina-honors PA and Good Sams. Gated community and very secure. They even have a trolly to take you into the FQ. The resort is new since Katrina..tomorrow we plan to head into the French Quarter and tour around. Ok we're off to the resort bar, for wings and pizza and who knows what else :)...they have live entertainment tonight also...catch you all later...and be safe out there..thanks for stopping by...
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Wednesday Travel Day and Dinner with Friends in Pensacola!

We left Ho Hum Park in Carrabelle, around 9:15am yesterday morning heading up the costal route to Pensacola. Traffic was fairly heavy, but the worst part of it all was the 'stop and go' as we ventured through many little towns. We couldn't see the coast for the fog anyway so when we got to Panama City we changed routes over to Interstate 10. I do need to mention here that during a fuel stop "Ossumer" played payback with Rick for hurting him the day before. He burped a diesel fuel spray all over Rick while he was gassing up. At $4.14/gallon. So on top of the high fuel charge it cost us one teeshirt, one pair of shorts, and a pair of socks and sneakers, because you'll never get the smell out no matter how many times you wash em.
We arrived Pensacola around 3pm (according to my watch) and rushed setting up and showering as we had a dinner date with Marti and Paul :). Then I noticed my phone and computer showed the time to be an hour earlier than my watch...yes we woke up in eastern time zone yesterday and went to bed in central. With only around 270 miles of travel.
We had a great dinner and evening at Carrabbas with Marti and Paul. We could have sat there all night, and it was hard to say good bye. Great food, great fellowship and lots of story swapping  and laughs. Funny how after following fellow RVers blogs for so long when you do meet theres an instant bond. Travel safe dear friends and we will meet again for sure.

Marti and Paul 

Just before we left for dinner, a big DP coach pulled in. It was bright purple and gold. It was a 'Crown Royal' bus..towing an enclosed trailer..humm wonder if that trailer was full of crown royal? We will never know because they were gone when we got up this morning. 
We leave here Saturday and head toward the New Orleans area for a couple of days and I'm quite excited to see that area. Then its over to Mississippi to visit our darling daughter and her husband! And I can hardly wait.

Great Advertising for Crown Royal I would say

I wonder if he carried the stock in that trailer

I think today will be a shopping day while here in pensacola-its time to add to my 'yellow box' flip flop collection!! Just wait till I break that news to the Mr. :)


On a sad note-yesterday we lost a dear r'ver friend suddenly. Kevin Sullivan-may he rest in peace. Our hearts and prayers are with Arlene and her family during this sad sad time. We are still in shock after hearing this news. We were with  Arlene and Kevin (and Donna and Ralph)  for a day just a couple of weeks ago. We had met Arlene back in January, and visited with them in Largo. So so very sad. We all sure need to live in the moment because we sure don't know what tomorrow will bring. 
Take care all and be safe out there, thanks for stopping by!


"Home is where you park it"

Our First OOPS!!!

Monday: We got up early, had coffee did out putering, cleaned the rig and took ourselves out for supper. We went to Tony's for an early supper in Cedar Key, which was fantastic. They are world famous for their clam chowder and rightly so. 

After supper we walked around the pier and decided to have coffee and desert here-we had pineapple upside down cake and it was delicious. We sat out on the water and watched the pelicans and ducks.

Cedar Key Fl

I finally got a picture of Buddy the resident aligator at Cedar Key Resort :

After returning to the park we stopped for a chat with folks Rick had met earlier in the day when he was out walking the dogs. Beverly and Boyd  are from New Brunswick just an hour away from us. We had to leave to get the furkids out for their walk..so we agreed that Bev and Boyd would come over and join us for a drink. We had a lot of gum flapping going on, and many laughs, come to find out Boyd and Rick knew a lot of the same people :)...as did Bev and I-so it was just like having company from home. Around 10:30 after we were sure we were making too much racket we all said our goodbyes, had hugs all around, exchanged phone numbers and emails and promises to meet up again back home, and they headed back to their motorhome and we headed into bed. I wanted to set the alarm for the morning but Rick said your always up with the birds so don't worry about it. And off to dreamland we ventured. We were so busy talking and laughing I didn't even think to snap off a picture!!

Tuesday: As luck would have it neither of us woke up till 8:45 this morning and we wanted to be on the road by 9. Well that isn't going to happen..(should have set that alarm). We had coffee checked our emails, and readied the coach for travel. Janna, Mike and Matt came out to say goodbye (Gail was away to town, sorry we missed you Gail)..and we got on the road around 10:45am heading for Carrabelle and our destination of "Ho Hum" park. Travel was good today, traffic was light and the weather perfect.

We pulled into this boat ramp which showed to be a nice rest spot. Paved loop to swing around in etc.

There was a class C MH already in there as well as a fiver and truck. All of a sudden we heard a big 'crunch and bang'...needless to say my heart stopped..I was sure the car swung into something. Rick immediately stopped the coach and we barrelled out to check things out. You can figure out the rest from the pictures. Once we realized the car was fine we both looked up toward the roof-Yup the tree was too low, and we were sure we had torn off the a/c units...Rick got out the extension for the ladder and up my brave soldier went, not knowing what he would find. Lucky for us it only tore the back shroud off the back a/c.. Why it missed the front a/c and the fan covers is beyond me. 

Yup We lost one shroud the back one!

And up he goes to access the damage!

Now do we go ahead to unhitch the car and back up?

doesn't look too bad 

There is a dent

All fixed up with a Red Green Special

 We carried on going ahead did the loop and got parked-I made a lunch while he did the patch job. During lunch another class A pulled in and we were running out yelling 'don't go that way'...good thing they heard us and stopped. We didn't have to share our duct tape!! Altho we would have if necessary. So all in all it could have been a lot worse and we are heading to Pensacola tomorrow and will see about getting a new shroud cover! We arrived here around 3:00.

Upon registration we were coming out of the office when I heard "hello are you Elaine"?-Elaine and Rick who were at Cedar Key Rv resort? I turned around and there was Joe of Joe's Journey. He invited us to pop over after we were all set up. We popped over on our way out for supper, and promised to drop in after we got back. 

Here we are parked up on lot 11

A cute park right on the water

We went to the 'Fisherman's Wife' restaurant and it was delicious.We jotted over to visit Joe and Carolyn after walking the furkids. Thanks Joe and Carolyn, for the laughs and the great visit. After hugs all around and well wishes for safe traveIs with our new friends-we headed back home-it is so nice to meet blogger friends-it seems like you've known them forever! They are heading out tomorrow also. We took a walk out onto the pier before heading back home it is definitely a must do while here.
Tomorrow is hopefully an 'early' travel day (yes I will set the alarm as we want to be on the road by 9) so I am heading to bed. Now I am 2 days behind on blog reading so that will be my job for tomorrow evening, to catch up with you all! Take care and 'be safe out there'....
"Just another wonderful day in Florida"-our next post will be from Pensacola. 

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

A Rainy Day!!

It rained on and off all night and was raining most of the day today, now while I do love the patter of raindrops on the roof, I don't enjoy the pounding rain-it wakes me up. It was a good day to stay inside toasty warm and perform some deep cleaning in the coach, and fill the cookie jar with baking. So it was a cleaning and cooking day. Rick took the furkids out for walks between rain showers-Lilly does not like the rain at all-then theres Tucker who loves it. Trying to get them to wait inside the door at the mat till they're dried off is a challenge. But they are catching on to towel drying. Lilly loves the attention the little diva and tucker has no patience for it, he just wants to barrel on in.
After a nice visit with our daughter and g/daughter via skype, we had a nice steak dinner with all the trimmings. Then another great skype visit with one of our sons. We settled in with our coffees for an evening of television and blog reading. I feel bad for all the folks who traveled to Daytona from far and wide to watch the race only to have it postponed, hopefully it will get underway tomorrow.
Have a super week folks, and stay safe out there.

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

Travelling Laundry!!!!

First thing on the agenda today, after coffee and computers time was get the laundry done. There are two washers and two dryers here at the resort but they were in use, and where as I had 3 or 4 loads to do we thought we'd drive up toward the pier where we saw a laundromat! Upon arrival we saw that over 1/2 the machines (both washers and dryers) were out of order and the other 1/2 were  moldy and yucky.. even the change and soap machines were out of order. After some travelling looking for another laundromat and change we ended up back at the resort and the machines here thankfully were not in use..so we got it all done.
Around 4:30  we headed into town with Matt, Gail, Janna and Mike  to the Low Key Hideaway tiki bar for happy hour. What a great spot, it is 'low key' and quite a quaint place.

This is the Tiki Bar-behind the hotel

A shot from the Tiki Bar area

The signage

The low key Hideaway-and RV park

The owners Cindy and Pat toured North America with an RV for almost 4 years then settled down here in Cedar Key. There are only 4 RV lots so I'm thinking reservations are definitely required for this quaint spot. Rick and I headed into the pier for a walk, then up to Robinsons seafood for supper. Today warmed up really nice and the sun was shining:)...tomorrow we will work on the get ready to travel "ta do list" as we head out of here on Tuesday in the direction of Pensacola. We will do Tuesday night at Ho Hum park in Carrabell. Have a wonderful Sunday folks and stay safe out there. Thanks for stopping by.

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

Sun and a bit of Wind-a good day!

After coffees and computer time today, we tidied up the mh, hit the shower, then the road. We headed into Chiefland to tour around that area. It was cloudy leaving the park but approx 10 miles down the road the sun was strong and shining. We drove firstly down to see where manatee springs was located, then into Chiefland. Chiefland is a nice little town. We made a quick stop at Wally World.There was a big flea market setup alongside a rundown Rv park. 
We decided to tour that-and that was an experience. Not anything we'd do in a hurry again. It was pretty much all junk but they did have a discount grocery area (and any food I looked at had expired dates on it)..so we sure didn't shop there. We arrived back home chatted for a few mins with Janna and Mike and Gail and Matt then took the furkids for a walk. I made an early supper because we wanted to hit the pier in Cedar Key and watch the sun go down. It wasn't as spectacular as it could have been because of the cloud cover but we enjoyed walking around the pier and having coffee and watching the sun go down. 

Coffee on a deck

These guys were just hanging around!

 This park (Cedar Key RV Resort) is a great place to stop and rest for a week. It is a beautiful resort with large sites, cement pad to park on and nice patio. It is very clean and well maintained. Not sure what we have lined up for tomorrow as the weather is suppose to be wet. We do want to visit the The Low Key Hideaway Tiki Bar before we leave here next week. And hopefully see some manatees!! We did see the resident aligator today sunning himself on the bank of the pond.
Take care all have a super weekend...and be safe out there.

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

Lots of Fog-but At least no Snow-A good Snuggle Day!

Today was wet and foggy although we didn't have any rain to speak of today. It is warm and we don't have to shovel the fog so we won't complain. We didn't do much today, took the furkids for a few walks around the park, read blogs and emails and pretty much lazed around. The furkids snuggled in for a nappy afternoon on the sofa. Sometime the bond these two share scares me. I worry what would happen to her if anything ever happened to him. As some of you know Lilly is almost blind. She has PRA (progressive retinal atrophy) which is a genetic  disorder that the breeder apparently didn't check for, and dear Lilly inherited :( So Tucker is her seeing eye dog. And he takes his job very seriously. He watches out for her constantly and is never far from her. He seems to know somehow that she is blind and feels it is his job to take care of her. She is only 5 and he will be 2 in May. 

Tucker and Lilly napping

Snuggled up napping 

The resident chef put on a Jambalaya Dinner at the clubhouse this evening and we attended. Banana cream pie was the desert and it was very good also.  I had never had jambalaya before and I loved -it it was delicious. Janna had warned me that it could be somewhat spicy-and it was- but not as spicy as I had expected it to be.  We are now settling in to watch some tv, and are hoping the weather is good tomorrow so we can get out and tour some more.
Have a super weekend everyone and be safe out there.

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

Rain Rain and more Rain!!! Cedar Key Fl

Its a fact that Fl needs rain and wow we got some today. The day started off very nice weather wise-we had our coffee, read blogs and emails, cleaned up the MH, walked the dogs, showered up and headed into Cedar Key to tour the area. Quite a quaint fishing area. We walked around and visited on the fishing pier. There were a lot of people fishing!! A very nice area -

little islands on the way to Cedar Key

Fishing Pier

This guy was just hanging on the pier waiting for someone to give him some fish I think

I wonder if this was his wife hanging out waiting for him on the Pier to bring home the bacon? (Fish)

We did see some dolphins playing but no matter how quick I was with the camera I couldn't catch them in mid air. We strolled the streets and into the shops.

A shot of the main road....

A lot of places are built on Stilts

hummmm..

These guys were just hanging around

Before leaving we toured the cemetery over in Cedar Key-a beautiful old cemetery. We stopped at the store and then the post office as I needed boxes to fill up to send home the easter presents to the kids. We then ran to the dollar general to buy some packing tape-that store has pretty much anything you would need.  

We took the furkids for a walk upon our return and just managed to get back home before the heavens opened up!! And wow did it rain for a few hours. I checked emails, made us a lunch, watched some TV and took a nap..I just got up an hour ago so I hope I can sleep tonight.

Take care all thanks for stopping by, have a super evening and be safe out there.

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"