Remainder of May 2013

Traveled to Destin, Florida and stayed at Geronimo RV Resort (not a resort). This area sure does have the emerald beaches, as we were told.  We love the ocean color and powdery sand. This is a great place for families as they have lots of activities.

While in Destin, we had the pleasure of visiting friends from Colorado that are stationed in the Air Force, in the area.  Vanessa and Seth live in Navarre, Florida and recently purchased their 1st home.  These kids are doing great and have a beautiful home.  We enjoyed spending time with them and going to Destin for lunch.  They also took us to Sandestine Resort where they got married.  It was beautiful and we could not believe all the hidden treasures (shops and restaurants) inside the resort.  We had a great time and appreciate them taking time to show us around.  Loved visiting friends.

We left Dentin, Florida on the 25th of May to our next destination which will be Bushnell, Florida until we leave for our Aruba trip in June.  We so love this life.

Thanks Dear Lord for Bless us with this Life.!!!



May 1st - 17 Our Trip to the Gulf Coast - Alabama/Florida area

Arrived in Summerdale, Alabama on May 2nd.  John and I decided to go to the Crawfish Festival.
 Never had done it but thought we would be brave.  So we ventured to Pensacola, Florida and bought 3 lbs of Crawfish to eat (came with corn and potato). We enjoyed the day and also got to join in on the Cinco De Mayo festivities while we were there. 








New Acquaintances - Our 1st trip to the Escapees Rainbow Park. 

This is a very nice park and the people are just so caring.  We were greeted by Darrell and Judy Patterson and a few days later by George and JoAnn Forsythe.  These are all friends of Jim and Ellie Meacham, whom are also from Colorado Springs. It was a little lonely when we got here, but Ellie and Jim hooked us up with friends. We later met Janet and Al and they invited us to a Escapees lunch and we met about 30 people.  Cannot remember all the  names and did not take pictures (dang).
George and JoAnn took us touring the Gulf Coast.  We ate Mexican food and drank Margaritas in Foley Alabama.  We then went to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and loved the clean water and the nicely white sand. There was a restaurant called "The Gulf" made out of Cargo containers.

The setup was great and how creative.  Beautiful here.  We then went to the Alabama/Florida line and visited the Floribama bar.  Bras were strung inside the bar, but mine was too expensive to leave.
We also went to Lulu's (sister of Jimmy Buffet) and toured the place and I bought a cute shirt.  After our touring, George wanted to take us to this drug store where they make the best ice cream.  Of course, none of us refused.  We had a great food, great company, and a great time. 

 We met new friends of George and Joann when we went to the Dog Races in Mobile Alabama, named Ruth Ann and Harold Howell.  They invited us to the American Legion as their guests.  We enjoyed Prime Rib, $2 Margaritas  and dancing.  Great time with our new friends.

 

The Elks Lodge - Another evening out with friends.  We enjoyed Tacos and $5.00 pitcher beer.  We played Trivia and were not smarter that a 5th grader.  I think George needs better players.  Ellie you better get back to Alabama soon as we cannot cut it.  It was fun and again a great time.

 

May 16, 2013 - National Navy Museum in Pensacola, Florida. We have visited several museums, but this one is one of the best we have been at.  It is all free and accepts donations for a wonderful cause.

No greater amount of Naval History there here. As the birthplace of Naval Aviation nothing can compare. So many exhibits and it took us a few hours, but we would recommend this place to eveyone. It made me think of my Dad who served in the Navy back in the 1940's.  Great Place!!

 

March 2013 Rockport, Texas

March has been full of great times with friends and family. Lorilee  and Paige met us half way to drop off our granddaughter, Grace. It was nice visiting them for an hour in Comfort, TX. Gracie came and visited us for Spring break. She had never caught her own fish but she did here on the coast and John filet them and she ate them all up. I ventured with her to the Hurricane water park and went down the slides. (still not old enough to quit). We went swimming in the cold water but we got used to it after awhile. She  got to sit around with a lot of old folks at an Oyster get together.  We did some sightseeing in San Antonio then Gracie had to go back home so Lo met us and we had lunch in San Antonio. It was time well cherished.

 

Lots of our friends are heading back  home so we had a happy hour at our place before they left. It was great and lots came with food, snacks and drinks. Had to take a picture of our exercise group.  We met Monday thru Friday at 8 am.  Gonna miss them all.

We have a couple of friends that inspired us into this life of RV'ing originally from Colorado Springs.  Jim and Ellie Meacham came to Drifters RV park for a couple of weeks. We had time to go to Red Fish Willies and enjoy lunch and a couple of happy hours.
All in all our time at Rockport was wonderful and we look forward to meeting all of our friends again throughout our travels.
We left Drifters April 1, 2013 to stay in Aransas Pass for a month.
Did lots of fishing and the Sand Festival before heading east.

Colorado Friends February 2013

2/11/2013 - Here in Rockport we have found out we have more Colorado friends in the area.  We have made a date and had breakfast with the Bowers (Bobby & Sami) whom are now RV'ers fulltime.  They have been RV'ing for a few years and are staying in Fulton, Tx.  Bobby and I worked together at Utilities and he worked in the IT department. 
Kathy and John Borja ran into Bobby & Sami at lunch last week so now we have all reconnected.
The life of RV'ing is wonderful and full of surprises. We are so happy to reconnect and hope to stay in touch throughout our journey (s). 

January and February - 2013

Our New Year started out great celebrating the New Year with friends.  We enjoyed bringing in the NEW year at Drifters RV Resort annual Party.  Fun Fun!!
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Then we took off to Cancun for a week on January the 12th.  Loved Cancun and Isla Mujeres.
We just relaxed relaxed relaxed oh and some siteseeing.  We have seen  most in past trips.

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Every Month our neighbors have an Oysterfest and all of the rest of us neighbors get together and have potluck and drinks.  Gretchen and Greg are from Minnesota and love having this at their rig. John will not try the raw oysters, but I have with a spicy red sauce and they are not so bad. 

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Our friends from Colorado arrived, John and Kathy Borja February 1st.  They are staying in Aransas Pass but only a few miles from us.  Love these two and are enjoying our time with them fishing and partying.

LaMardi Gras in Lamar Texas was fun and we ran into Gayle and Mike and other neighbors February 10th.  The parade was awesome and the music, company and food just as well.  Of course, the "Johns" loved the Ladies in Blue giving kisses (literally).  So much fun will attend again.

2012 an Eventful Year

What a fantastic memorable 2012 of traveling, visiting family and meeting new friends.  We traveled over 7000 miles in 2012 and enjoyed every minute of it.
January - Aransas Pass RV Resort - near Corpus Christi
February - Canyon Lakes RV Resort - near San Antonio; Killeen, TX; Gainesville; Oklahoma
March - Jamaica Beach RV Resort - near Galveson
April - El Paso Texas
May - California
June - Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana
July - Wyoming, Colorado
August - El Paso
September - San Marcos near Austin
October thru December - Rockport; El Paso; Colorado; Abilene.
The year was very eventful and we are so blessed to be able to travel, meet up with family and meet so many new people that will last a lifetime.
What an amazing life and Thank you Jesus.

December 2012

Very Eventful Month - surprised family and went to El Paso, Colorado, and Abilene for an early Christmas Surprise.  We were missing the family so we went and bought a new car and decided to take a road trip.  It was amazing and so great to see all the family.  We are blessed to have seen them all but Colorado was so cold....-3 degrees.  We were quickly reminded why we started RV'ing towards the Gulf in the winter.  All went well and we were gone for 2 weeks but are so happy to be in the warmer climate.  Love the Gulf.