The Road Back to Michigan

Well we left Florida on 3/22 and are making our way back to Michigan. So far this winter we have been in 12 states. Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. We will go thru Kentucky and Tennessee on our way back making it a total of 14 different states we went thru and some of them twice.

We traveled as far as Albany, Georgia the first day. It took us about 8 hours to get there. Spent the night in Che Haw campgrounds. It was a real nice park with lots of tall pine trees. They had a zoo there but we arrived to late to see it. A real nice play grounds and lots of area to hike or picnic. Would be a great place to take the family for a get-a-way.

The next day 3/23 we went to Tuscumbia, Alabama. About a 7 hour drive. We are here now at Heritage Acres RV Park. We are spending about a week here visiting some of Denise's family. The park we are staying in is a nice place but not a lot to do. It has all we need as far as hook ups and laundry, but nothing for the grand kids to do. Just a parking place and reasonably priced. Took some pics of both camp sites so you could see the differences. If I was staying long term it would be at a place with trees and things to do, not a parking lot. This works for the week as it is close to everybody, neat and clean. We will be here till probably Monday 3/29. Will update when we move.

So far it has been a boring trip. No deer jumping into our 5ver, no tires falling off, not even a good disagreement between me and Denise about any thing like how long to drive each day or where to stay each night. SHIT; we might be getting good at this. Ooh ya did have to replace the rear shocks while here in Alabama. One was leaking and Just couldn't go the whole trip with out some kind of repair. :-)

That's all for now. I can only think for a few minutes at a time. So you will have to tune in later to catch more. After all, I'm retired now and don't have to think or work or, or, or, or, or, or ( whoops senior moment) anything now.

Life is GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

What else can I say. The pics pretty well say it all. Just look at that sunrise. What a way to start a day fishing and a sunrise like this.

This is our last week in Florida. We will be leaving Monday morning and slowly making our way back to Michigan. Stopping in Georgia to visit Denise's sister and family. Then to Alabama to visit kids and grandkids. Then to Indiana for a visit with Denise's family and finally to Coldwater for a visit with my family. We will be back at Matson's this year helping out at the campgrounds. Any body gets that way stop and visit.

Update on Water Balloon Incident

Well, I found a person that happened to take a picture of Denise right when she squeezed that balloon to hard. In case you don't remember what I'm talking about here is what I wrote.

"We had a water balloon tossing contest and Denise and I were in it. ( I know, I know she wasn't thinking right when she decided to be my partner. I think to much pie affected her judgement.) Any ways we came tied for first. Would have won but I lost my head for a second and thought I was pitching in the major league's and let one fly. She did good. Had it in her hands. Just squeezed to tight and popped the balloon.Water all over her. She has to be more careful of how tight to squeeze a water balloon. ( That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!! )"

Anyway just look at the picture and decide for your self. Look at them fingers just squeezing the water every where. I couldn't have thrown it any better. Right at her face so she could see to catch it. I think that she just got excited and lost her head for a split second and thought she had to squeeze hard so she wouldn't drop it. It's still my story and I'm sticking to it but with evidence now. You can click on the picture to make it full sized and get all the details such as her fingers squeezing the water right out of that poor balloon. You will see that I'm not the mean person that she is trying to make me out to be, saying that I thew it to hard on purpose.

Key West, Florida

We left Monday 3/8 for a trip to the Florida Key's. We were waiting for some nice weather to take the trip, boy did we get the good weather; high 60s at night, high 70's during the days.

We stayed on Islamorada at the Pelican Cove Resort. It was a very nice place right on the ocean. The view from our room was beautiful. We had an ocean front room on the first floor over looking the pool, hot tub and beach area. One of the pics is off our balcony. There was a sand bar about a mile out in the water and a party every day out there.

About a mile down the road was a huge lobster sculpture. Denise seen it on the way by and wanted to go see it. As you can see she got her way. (I think she saw the junk shops behind it. She don't even like lobster so why would she want her pic with one. I know it was the junk shops behind it; she can't fool me.) Well, to make believe it was the lobster she wanted to see, she had me take a picture of her with it. (I didn't fall for it though, I wasn't born yesterday ya know.)

On Tuesday we went to Key West, Florida and did some site seeing. Went to the southernmost point of the continental U.S.A.. Took a pic of the buoy. There was a line waiting to stand by it for a pic so we just took a pic without us in it. (Would have waited but, Denise had to PEE real bad and I didn't want to see her PEE her pants.) Then we went to Duval St. and looked around. That is mostly junk shops and bars. Tourist traps for sure. We saw Hemmingway's house and Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville.

The streets are very narrow and was fun taking a dually truck down them. It was more fun finding a place to park it. We finally parked on the street with the inside set of wheels up on the side walk. It fit that way. It didn't take long for me to get tired of the crowd and want to go. So we started our trip back to the hotel.

The drive down and back was better than Key West. Breath taking views. The water is so blue it's hard to believe. Denise seen a dolphin surface and was impressed with the homes she could see.

It was a nice trip but, if I went to the Keys again it would be in the area of Islamorada to Marathon Island. To me that is the best part of the Keys. Not as much tourist trap and very beautiful.

OOh yea almost forgot about Denise's big thrill. We stopped at one of the beaches along the way and went for a walk. A ways down the beach we came upon a secluded spot on the beach. Looked up and there it was; the skimpiest G-string we have ever seen. I would have loved it if it was on a female but, it was an older guy standing there with it on. Denise turned red faced and giggled a lot. After we went by she was trying to sneak a peek of the front with out being to conspicuous. I didn't think I was ever going to get her off that beach but I did. Sorry I didn't get a pic for ya'll but when we went back by he held his mug over his but. What a kill joy.