Marathon, Florida keys

We made it to the Keys! Last week in Orlando was a bust...Disney & Universal were about $100/person, golfing was $30/person/9 holes, so we did nothing; except bingo...that was fun...Bob won $15 and p'ed off the little old ladies! We went to the RV repair shop, and they fixed everything on our list, almost, but also found that our kitchen slide is a bit too heavy and causing some floor buckling issues. They were unable to fix it at their shop, so we called the manufacturer, and they wanted us to travel to Indiana (to the factory) and they would fix it there. Needless to say, we opted to head south rather than north, and arrived here in Marathon Thursday evening. Mark (the owner) gave us Friday off, and Saturday we went to work and have been cleaning rooms, raking leaves, pool cleaning, and dealing with perma-grin! (My face is sore!!!) The weather is gorgeous...70-80 and sunny:) Today we were inside watching the Packers kick some Panther butt, and it seemed a shame to be inside, but well, it's the 9-1 Packers!!!!! We love it here, all of us...Chey is right at home, taking herself for a swim occasionally; we walk daily, exploring, and she's happy to be settled for a while too. We're attempting to bike everywhere for the next 3 months and save on some fuel costs. We did have to drive yesterday to the Big Pine Key flea market (one of our favorite things to do here), but otherwise, we don't plan to drive much, except maybe to Key West, but that's an occasional trip. Life is good...We'll stop in Indiana on the way home next spring.

orlando, fl

We had a great stay in Charleston, waiting for hurricane Noel to leave the southern east coast.

Went to Savannah from there (one of my favorite cities in the country),

spent only 2 days there in a gorgeous state park campground (Skidaway Island SP), and walked around historic downtown Savannah one day,

then went to Tybee Island the next. That was a great place we'd love to go back to and spend more time...a very laid back beach community with a beautiful beach (no dogs allowed :(, like everytwhere on the east coast). Then we got to Florida 2 days ago, where the temperature had plunged drastically! On Tybee there were people on the beach in swimming suits, then in FL we had on 3 layers and stocking caps! Spent 2 days in Flagler Beach at another state park (Gamble Rogers SP), right on the ocean, but it was SO windy and chilly!

We drove to St. Augustine from there, another of my favoritie places. It's the oldest city in the nation, and very well preserved and beautiful. Also scoped out Daytona Beach for bike week in March, and think we found a place to stay... right at the race track.

The big oak tree in the photo is 300-500 years old! It's in a state park near St. Augustine. I love the spanish moss! Now we're in a campground outside Orlando for 4 days. There's lots of older people here, and tons of activities...tomorrow is donuts in the community room, the a flea market right on sight, a driving range, then "Wild Hogs" tomorrow night; Sunday is bingo, and there's always shuffleboard (which we haven't attempted yet), miniature golf, a swimming pool (actually very nice), ping pong and pool! And it's warm here:) We may go to Universal Monday, not sure yet. We are this close...