Left Apopka

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We spent the last 10 days in Apopka, Florida at a really nice KOA, visiting local family Mom, Dad, Julie and Tim. It was a time to get off the road, catch up on laundry, shopping and most importantly all the family news. The weather in Florida was a bit cool, (especially for the Florida folks) but after Charleston it was still really nice for us!!! Seeing family is always the best of times and so far this trip we've seen our Ohio, Maine, Boston, DC, Georgia, and Florida family. Hopefully, this week we'll see our NC family as well. I guess you could say we have a modern family spread far and wide...so unfortunately we only get to see them at best once a year. The northern folks we saw this summer/fall and the southern folks in the winter, worked out really well this year! On Saturday, we had a big family gathering at Tim and Julie's 5th Wheel, attended by my brother Jon, his family, and all the FL folks. For lunch Mi Hyon made fried rice and her special egg rolls, while our brother-in-law Tim, "the smoke master" spent 12+ hours caring for our supper of the finest beef brisket I've ever had. On our last day in Apopka, we took a little side trip to the picturesque town of Mount Dora and had lunch at one of the local Cuban restaurants. We had an appetizer (don't recall what it was called) and Cuban sandwiches, it was our first experience eating Cuban and for the most part we enjoyed the lunch. It is bitter sweet to leave family and get on the road again, but we have a appointment for a 40K service on our Freightliner, Camp Boss, at Oasis FCC in Gaffney SC. Almost everything is due service so this trip is going to be expensive, but 2018 is going to be a very busy travel year...if all goes as planned we'll zigzag across the country and travel to Alaska before ending our trip at the Albuquerque balloon fest in Oct. Haven't planned much beyond October, but we just may settle in for Thanksgiving in Ohio and Christmas in Maine, before we go on the road again...

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Photos

Lake Dora
Beautiful day at Mt Dora

Tim Prepping Supper
Slicing some fine brisket! Enjoyed by all