Final Gator sports before leaving Florida

We have really enjoyed seeing so many Gator sports while staying near Gainesville -- several men's and women's basketball games, women's lacrosse, and even women's gymnastics.  We cap it off with a final men's basketball game tonight before we hit the road again.  Didn't make time for any baseball or softball, so we'll save that for next year's visit.  We have already made a reservation for this same RV park for March of 2014.  It is amazing how busy Florida is for RVers in the winter, so you need to book way ahead for a nice RV park.

Aside from Gator sports, we have had a great visit with Jeffrey's parents and even made it down to see my uncle Marshall and aunt Diana in St. Pete one more time while letting Lazydays in Tampa have Max a few days to replace a part that wasn't available on our first service visit.  We are hoping that things will even out and we'll have fewer issues now that we've had a few good "shake down" months.  We opted to defer having the floor grout fixes done until this summer, so we'll get back down here sometime early July (yeah I know it will be hot and humid!)

We also drove down to Brooksville for a day visit with our new "RV" friends, Bill and Linley Zinger.  We met them on our first trip to Lazydays as they were purchasing their first Class A motorhome and will be fulltiming as soon as their house is sold.  It is fun to share experiences with folks who are also choosing to embark on this somewhat wild lifestyle :-)

Our adventure now takes us over to Jacksonville and then up the east coast
to North Carolina, so stay tuned!

Jeffrey with his parents, Jack & Evelyn Martin

Go Gators!

After enjoying our final week in Lake Louisa state park, we made the short drive to Williston Crossings RV Park in Williston FL, less than 20 miles from our alma mater, the University of Florida in Gainesville.  This also put us close to Jeffrey's parents who retired in that area.

Our first 3 days were a happy whirlwind of watching live Gator sports... first a swim meet Friday night, then men's basketball Saturday night, and finally women's basketball Sunday.  I'm in heaven!  Hopefully we'll be able to squeeze in a few more matchups before we move on later this month. 

Our new park is really lovely.  We have barely had time to explore, but we managed to find the clubhouse and take advantage of the $4 pancake and sausage breakfast they host every Saturday morning.  Our nice pull-through site is surrounded by tall trees, but Jeffrey was still able to get our portable satellite dish to work (after the roof mounted one couldn't get a clear signal).  I have attached a photo of Max "head on" in his current home with his slides extended. 

We also met our neighbors on one side, CW and Sue.  Everyone we have met on this adventure has been extremely nice and these folks are no exception.  It doesn't take long before you start swapping experiences, park recommendations, maintenance tips, lessons learned, and my favorite -- problems that you've had and how they were fixed.  All of the these items are PRICELESS when you live this lifestyle!

We head to North Carolina by plane tomorrow to attend a friend's wedding and as soon as we get back, we take Max back to Lazydays for his final 2 service items... fixing a few issues with the tile floor and replacing a "slide lock" (helps keep the wall slides tucked tight).