Our site at Trimble Park
Rain and thunderstorms welcomed us to Central Florida today. And the rain will be followed by cold — but not nearly as cold as it will be back home. The high there will be 33 degrees. Here it will be 55. And the rain is supposed to end tonight.
View from the curb side of the trailer
We are cocooning this evening. We’ll pass the dreary weather reading, listening to music, and working crosswords. I’m not sure about dinner yet, but we are only two miles from the town of Mount Dora, so maybe I can talk Ron into getting a take-out meal for us.
This park is pretty in the rain. It should be delightful when the sun shines.
The rate for senior out-of-county residents is just $17 a day! There are only 3 other rigs here now. Of course, it’s a bit muddy from the rain, but our pad is dry.
View behind our trailer
Our welcome to Central Florida
Marcia GB in MA
/ November 17, 2014That looks like a nice park, Sharon. I’ll put it in my notes for future reference. I hope the weather has cleared for you.
We’re spending the month of December at Camp Venice Retreat, then we move on to the FL State and County parks, mostly near Sarasota and St. Pete for the next two months. Mid-March we head for Anastasia and Little Talbot SPs, then a week near Savannah and another in SC, then home to MA by Mid-April.
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Sharon
/ November 17, 2014Marcia, that looks like a great itinerary. I love Anastasia. Have never stayed at Little Talbot. Many years ago I stayed at Oscar Scherar and Myakka River when I was tent camping.
It’s still raining, but is supposed to clear up tonight. We are deliberately not making plans. Will just go as we feel like it. We’ll miss out on some of the places we”d like to see that way, but will discover others.
Would be nice if we ended up the same place sometime.
Wishing you good weather and great times! 🙂
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Kim
/ November 17, 2014What a cozy spot. Good place to wait out the rain and cold with crosswords. I spent the afternoon winterizing. Brrr….
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014I just checked your weather. It looks like you got the winterizing done just in time. Sorry to see that kind of cold so early.
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Anne H
/ November 17, 2014Sounds like a cozy camp! It’s funny but I rarely use my awning as a sun shade – usually, it’s to provide a dry ante-room for taking of wet boots and coats before entering the trailer on rainy days.
I always carry a couple cans of soup for those rainy days when I don’t want to put much effort into cooking – but take out sounds even better!
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014Anne, Ron is sick now so I couldn’t send him out in the rain. So I made grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. I think I will get a few cans of soup for days like this.
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Jo
/ November 17, 2014Looks cozy and what better way to spend the day doing crosswords. I just now the sun will come out and dry everything out.
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014Jo, it’s still drizzly this morning. So Ron is playing Spider Solitaire and I plan to catch up on email.
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Wayne Scott
/ November 18, 2014I;m almost jealous. I said almost but not quite, we have not been in any rain in 4 months. Now a dust storm,,, hummm maybe I could use a little rain.
Enjoy every bit of it is fun till you get back home to the 30 +/- degrees!!
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014I think I would prefer a rain storm to a dust storm! Rain or not, we are loving our escape from home.
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Wayne Scott
/ November 18, 2014Yup you are right, good thing we have not had many of those dust storms. A bit of rain would be nice.
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Marsha
/ November 18, 2014Cocooning. Love the sound of that. Some days it’s just what you need.
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014It is a comforting word, isn’t it? 🙂
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Judy Crankshaw
/ November 18, 2014It’s cold and weather unfriendly everywhere! We’ve got a foot of snow here – our local ski area is having their earliest opening EVER this Saturday. 17 degrees as I write this – 55 sounds like heaven! Stay warm.
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014I guess we need nasty weather to appreciate the sheer joy of beautiful weather. YOU stay warm! 🙂
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cozybegone
/ November 18, 2014Beautiful!!!!
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014Such a wonder to be able to leave winter behind for a few weeks!
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happytrailsga
/ November 18, 2014What a beautiful campground and the price is great and you all nearly have it to yourselves!!! Good deal!! 🙂
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Sharon
/ November 18, 2014We got a few new campers in today, but it doesn’t seem crowded at all. I was only able to get reservations for 3 nights, or we would stay longer.
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