March 6, 2009

Well . . . the good news is that we are officially "retired". The bad news is how it happened. It definitely wasn't pretty - we were fired on Thursday and thrown out of the Daytona Beach KOA. It was a shock to both of us but as they say - all things happen for a reason and we are waiting for the answer to this one.

We traveled south from Port Orange and spent thursday night in a Flying J truck stop just outside of Fort Pierce as campsites were not to be found - anywhere. On Friday we went to the Kissimmee Prairie Preservse State Park but no sites there until Sunday so we kept on traveling until we got to Okeechobee and found a campground, actually a county park and marina, we are now staying until Sunday. Tomorrow we will head back to the Prairie Preserve and stay there for a number of days. With us being Florida residents the fees for state parks are half price for residents so it will cost us $8.00 plus tax a night. Can't beat that! Plus the benefit besides the price will be the wildlife that is abundant in the park.

So for a brief synopsis of the bad news - 1. got thrown out of the park 2. No room at any of the inns 3. pulled out of the Flying J and clipped the motor home's mirror, took it off and broke our dining room window 4. Got another phone call from the owner of the Daytona Beach KOA with several more untrue accusations and told no pay check 5. And lastly, when we got to the marina and park and had a few moments to chill out - decided to take a ride and had a dead battery. Decided that was enough of the bad stuff and made the decision that we will go forward and grow from our experiences. Watch for updates on these situation.

The best thing about today is we were able to have time with our friend that lives in Moore Haven and is the director for the Agape Home, a home for wounded women - drugs, jail, alcohol and the like. These women coming out of there after a year are blessed to say the least and I believe the success rate is in the 90% and up bracket.

I will be posting periodically on this blogspot until we get back to Pennsylvania and finally in May leave for Alaska. Til then - have a wonderful day or day's until then.