Sandy and Cory

Golly! I bet you were wondering if I had died or something. Never fear, I’m still here….just lazy and absorbed with streaming various shows on our TV. Now I’m ready to get back to business. Is that applause I hear? Bring it on folks! We had a Happy Halloween here at Tropical Palms. Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet! Some of the dedicated campers decorated their sites for the holiday with some fabulous blow-up figures. Us….the best we came up with was Lulu and a simple plastic pumpkin. Lulu didn’t even wear a costume! She usually puts on a fancy type headdress. It wasn’t even enough to take a picture of. Several costumed treat or treaters came by for some candies. Lulu was jealous! Theresa & Grant and Walt & Diane came over with their dinner ... read more

That’s right. Monday, October 4th, was surgery day for Cory. Using robotics, Dr.Johnston gave Cory a left total knee replacement. Everything went super. He spent one night at the Celebration hospital as an observation out-patient. He was almost in the same room I had one year ago! Before I get into the minute details, I have to finish up with our eating extravaganza we were enjoying prior to his surgery. Because we had a free coupon for a desert at Cheddars, we made that a definite stop. Our main course was their yummy chicken pot pie. It’s always a winner! The free desert was their legendary Cookie Monster…..Scratch-made chocolate chip cookie, baked to order, with vanilla bean ice cream, homemade hot fudge, whipped cream, chopped nuts and a cherry on top. Actually, we got two cherries ... read more

We have water! Finally! Remember how we told you about our broken water system? We’ll, it’s not broken anymore. We have water….yes, water..I’m repeating myself. Tom, from RV Force, came and fixed our problem. Yay for Tom! Cory had ordered the needed parts from Tiffin so Tom could fix everything right then and there. Hooray! We tend to take so much for granted. Once it’s not there (like H2O)…..woweeee……you really appreciate what you had. Now we can shower and wash clothes in our RV. We don’t need a bucket of water to flush the toilet. We can use our sinks again. Oh, happy days! Water, Water, Water everywhere. Today, Driver Cory took us on a little jaunt. We went to the Mill Creek RV park on Michigan Ave. It is at this park that the last ... read more

That’s what we think of South Carolina! The trek through it seems so long and boring. No billboards to read…..nothing but big pine trees line the route. Cory took route 26 east to I-95 south…95 is just as boring and bumpier! The old RV jumps and rattles with every rough patch he hits. No wonder all the screws loosen up and the metal clasps break! Our new friends we met at Red Bay in May had a liquid suspension installed in their RV…..now that’s the way to go! We have Koni shocks and Safe-T-Plus but still my innards are getting jiggled all over. My body feels like a human washing machine. Up until now, the roads have been very nice and not much construction to contend with…..all pluses. I guess I better stop my whining…..suck it ... read more

Inquiring minds want to know! Actually, in our last blog I told you I would let you know where we ended up parking our wheeled house for the summer. It was a tough decision….NOT! Lulu felt like a lost soul. She has to remember “Our Home is Where We Park It!” As I mentioned previously, we went back to Trout Run Camp Resort to confirm our site and reservation for 2 months. It’s located just about 8 miles down the road from our polebarn. Remember their sites were atrocious?! One site was located next to a buzz-saw man who is constantly making his wooden creations from tree trunks……Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…24/7. And if that wasn’t enough…..the site was right next to the dump station…..nice! It was also located under a huge, dead, pine tree with low hanging dead branches. ... read more