It Took 10 Years of RVing to Happen

Tanglewood
Sebring, Florida

Yesterday we crossed into Florida.  I must say they have some beautiful rest areas in Florida.  I didn't expect to find a Blue Angel plane at one.



The welcome center was very helpful and suggested we get a Sun Pass for the turnpikes.  Coming from Arizona, which doesn't have any toll roads, we were happy that they helped us to obtain one.  

Now that wasn't the only first for a rest area--how about a windshield cleaning station for automobiles and trucks.  I didn't realize how important that was, until I noticed our nose on the fifth wheel was covered in love bugs.  

The night before I tried updating the GPS.  For some reason, I would lose the internet connection before it would finish.

We've already lost an hour as we crossed into the eastern daylight time zone.  We were trying to make Silver Springs and visit Faye and Don but realized we were way too tired to travel that far.  

Yesterday when I went to change something on the GPS it would turn off and on.  This lead to some major problems in finding a RV park.  The first place that sounded good on the internet and looked good on their website wasn't anywhere Bill or I would have stayed.  No problem we'll go down the road.

As I punched in an address and then the GPS turned itself off and on, we ended up going around in circles.  I'm not sure how much time we spent going around in circles, but when we found a RV park I was happy to be parked.

This morning is when the dreaded fifth wheel drop happened.  Everything was wet from the dew.  The power cord and water hose were put away when Bill decided to make a "pit stop".  I had tried again to update the GPS with only 15 minutes left before I lost the internet again.  I took the GPS to the truck, and sat in the passenger seat to program our destination.  Bill came out and climbed into the driver's seat.  I jumped out and said I didn't have the jacks up yet.  I hit the level up control and pushed auto retract, and shut and locked the door.  As the jacks retracted, I noticed the front end going down in the truck.  Yep, I forgot to hitch on.  Luckily, there was enough room from the hitch to the tailgate for it to land in the 8 foot bed.  Lucky also that we have a V-gate and it didn't cause any damage.  

Everyone says it will happen sooner or later.  I'm glad there was no damage.  We don't normally put on miles and day in day out driving like we've been doing.  Bill has done all the driving.  We need to spend a week doing nothing but resting.  

I tried calling a lot of RV parks in Avon Park.  They have plenty of empty sites, but many do not answer their phones or open their office.  

What's so interesting in Avon Park?  Bill's best friend of at least 75 years, is here.

It's been awhile since we last saw Ron Smith in West Virginia.

Ron recently bought a new to him Dodge Ram.  It's a real beauty.  






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