Heading for Virginia Soon!

                                               MONKEY ISLAND
                          

                                            CRAIG ENJOYING THE VIEW

                     OUR CAPTAIN BARRY AND THAT'S MIKE IN THE BACKGROUND!

                                           GETTING SOME RAYS!

                                             CRAIG ENJOYING THE DAY

                              MY FRIEND ANNETTE WITH TRIXIE AND ME!
                                          BELOW; ME AND LENNY IN ANNETTE'S POOL

   

Had a great time here with our friends Annette, Barry and Richard for the last two weeks, they made us feel so welcome and had a lot of fun! Went out in Barry's boat and seen dolphins in the wild, it was so very awesome, enjoyed the best pizza ever, oh, can't forget Trisha and Mike, Annette's daughter and boyfriend, had some fantastic meals together. But it is time to move on now because we got a new gig in Michigan as campground hosts, we have to be back in Michigan by April 25th for our camphost training for two days! So we are leaving Thursday morning and heading for Virginia, we want to stay at Ichetucknee Springs by Lake City before we leave Florida, then we want to stay a night in each of the Carolina's also, hoping to get to Virginia by Sunday or Monday! My daughter and her husband have been working there butts off getting their already beautiful home in shape before we get there! We also want to be back in time for our granddaughter Kennedy and grandson's Blaken's birthdays in April, my son Richard's is on the 11th but can't possibly make it by then! Have missed too many birthdays and holidays but will soon be home to celebrate the summer together, my son Matt and daughter-in-law Courtney have already got a new tent and all that goes with it so we can spend as much time together as we can, called my son Richard and told him to pick up a tent also, he was going to get one in the next couple of days! I believe a family that camps together stays together, lol, nothing like bonding in the woods! 
                                          I have been busy listing a lot on e-bay and selling quite a bit, but problem is I have bought a lot while here and now have to make room for it all! But, hey, it's gas money!  Can't wait to hit the road again, getting hitch-itch! I can't wait to see my daughter and son-in-laws new home, can't wait to hold my grandbabies again, been a long winter for them, but am proud how they all survived some rough times while we were gone, they are tougher then I thought!  Well, supper is ready, so until next time, God Bless!

TEXAS, LOUISIANA,MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA!

                                                  HELLO ALABAMA & FLORIDA

          CRAIG AND LENNY ON THE BEACH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO IN MISSISSIPPI!

                   ME AND LENNY ON THE BEACH TOO!

                                               OUR DOLPHIN WAITING FOR US!

                                                      A BUTTE IN TEXAS!

                                              MY DASH WITH ALL THE BOOKS I USE!

                                            HELLO LOUISIANA

                                            CAMPGROUND IN LOUISIANA

                                                 HELLO MISSISSIPPI!

                                                     ENTERING MISSISSIPPI!

                                  ADDING ARKANSAS AND FLORIDA TO OUR MAP

                                             SUNSET IN FLORIDA CAMPGROUND!

 Left Arizona a week ago, took us 3 days to get thru Texas, and 4 to get thru the rest, we left Mississippi this morning and went thru Arkansas and made it to Florida today!  Louisana was so so, a lot of swamps, but we didn't drive thru New Orleans because of the flooding going on there right now, Mississippi was beautiful, we drove along the coast and stayed at a the Buckaneer's State Park, in was right on the Gulf of Mexico, beautiful, we could of  stayed on the gulf side for $15 more, but it was very foggy out and couldn't see much anyways until morning when the fog cleared it was and it was awesome, the sand is so white and the water is so clean!  We finally was able to stop alone the road and walk on the beach, looked just like the beaches in the Caribbean!  Was only in Mississippi about 2 hours and Arkansas for about an hour and a half, we drove along the bottom of each state on I-10!  Made good time today, should make it to our friends in Homosassa by late tomorrow or early Sat.
                                  I included a picture of all the books I have on my dash, I use everyone of them, Woodalls is for letting me know where every campground is in every state, most even have the prices, I use the Next Exit so we know what is off each exit, gas stations, camping, stores, restaurants,etc. I use the Walmart book so if we need to boondock or need a few items I know where everyone is in every state and last but not least is our Escapee's book, we are skp members and get up to half off rv resorts that honor our memberships, we have saved a lot of money this way, helps a lot, especially with the cost of gas right now, we are paying between $3.56 to $3.89 a gallon and it is a killing us, there are days when we are putting $200 a day in the tank! Hoping and praying the fuel prices go down by the time we leave Florida! We try to save by eating most meals in the motorhome or fast food places, we stay only at state parks or Skp parks!  Been cutting back on the souvenirs too! But we will be staying put at our friends for about 2 weeks before we head to our daughters in Virginia, that will save us a lot on gas, we will give them money towards our expense for staying there! I also use travel books from AAA travel. Well, tired and ready to hit the bed! Until the next time God Bless!

GOOD BYE ARIZONA! HELLO NEW MEXICO!

                                         HELLO NEW MEXICO!

                                                   A TEEPEE IN NEW MEXICO!

                                         OUR CAMPHOST READY TO SHOW US OUR SITE!

TWO STRANGE BIRDS, THINK THE ARE FLY CATCHER BIRDS!

Had a great time in Arizona with family but time to move on, having a bad attack of hitch-inch!  We left Arizona Thur. around 11:00, stayed at Saguro SKP(escapees) Co-op resort in Benson, Az, because we are Escapee members we stayed for $15 plus electricity which was on $2.50.  Left there around 11am Fri. and headed for New Mexico! The wind was horrible plus we were really pushing the motorhome up some pretty high mountains, so we decided to quit driving around 4 pm and settle down for the night, found another SKP park for only $16 a night including electric at Low Hi RV Ranch in Deming, NM. Both were nice parks but still love State Campgrounds the most, resorts are like living in a trailor park, where state campgrounds are more with nature and usually more scenic! Temperture dropped down to the 30's last night, going to be raining and only in the 50's today! Should be in Texas today and Craig said it will take us about 3 days to get thru it, hoping to be in Florida by the 17th, where we plan on staying for a couple of weeks and visit our friends Annette and Barry, then head for Virginia to see our daughter Susan and Russ, stay there until the end of April then head for Michigan.  Got a bite on a couple camphost positions, we have decided to go for  the camphost positions only, less physical labor, so we are going for state campground camphosts only!  We are looking into the Bay City and Caseville area in Michigan and for next fall the Homossasa area in Florida! With the price of gas possibly going as high as $5 a gal. we are not going too far from home, Mich. for the summer months and Florida for the winter months!  We have been pretty lucky with the gas prices so far, it was up to $4.05 in Arizona when we left, we were able to fill up for $3.77  and $3.61 so far, still a lot but prices are getting lower as we head east! Gas prices are one of the reasons we decided to find only escapees and state campgrounds to stay at, gotta cut cost somewhere, plus finding camphosting positions will help also! But the biggst reason to stay in Mich. and Florida we will still be closer to our kids and grandkids, miss them all so much, but have to admit how proud I am of all of them, they have made it thru some very hard times since we left and have done ok, a couple of times I was ready to fly home but was told not to worry that everything will be ok! And they were, I pray EVERY NIGHT for them and am so proud to see how well they have handled everything that camp up, my boys were there for each other, big brother was there for his little brother and vice versa!
Their sister Susan and husband Russ have been there for us and her brother, love them all so much! Well, gotta get packed up and get out of here, believe it or not it is snowing, only light flurries but it's still snow, time to move on!  UGH!!!! Texas here we come!