Blogs from Wauchula, Florida, United States, North America - page 2

Here and settled I left Lake City and 6 hours later finally got to Peace River Campground in Wauchula. It was supposed to be a 4 hr trip but like always there were stops to make and this time a traffic jam at a flea market.. I can’t believe the way flea markets here are so incredibly popular. The markets are HUGE and traffic is backed up miles in all directions. It took 20 min to just make it past the entrance and then I thought I was home free, not to be. There was a traffic light about 5 miles up the road and it took an hour to get through it. This was a two lane road through the woods, straight and flat so to have this amount of traffic was totally unexpected. I ... read more

Travels with Snowbirds Sunday January 20, Tampa to Thousand Trails Peace River, Wauchula, FL I own a new RV. Well, almost own. I have a $500 deposit on a new RV. I thought perhaps it would keep me up last night thinking/worrying about it, but I slept reasonably well until 5:15. I seem to have fallen into an ugly pattern, awake early, then passing out around 4:00 pm for 30-45 minutes. That is not good. I will work on that this week. An easy unhook, as the only land line I had out was electric. We were parked on reasonably nice grass and my mat wasn't dirty. Ginnie went back to the Camping World store at the Rally. I stayed home and vacuumed and straightened cupboards. We were on the road at noon, heading for Thousand ... read more

Blog 02-18 A Tribute to George I must have been anticipating my trip today because I woke up at 5:30 and decided it was time to get the coffee going and have a shower. All that was accomplished by 8 am. You know how some days just go like a dream and others it seems like nothing works? Today was a struggle. On my walk with Oscar I went to Ginny’s and the vet had called her to say that George was worse and he took an x-ray and there was a large tumor. There was no choice but to end his suffering. I said good-bys to Ginny and Kat, they left to go to the vets. Most of my stuff was stowed by then, just had to unhook. The sewer line gave me fits. I ... read more

The days go by so quickly, I can’t remember what I did. Update on George. The transfusion helped but he is still in the hospital, 3rd day now. The DR doesn’t know what is causing his internal bleeding. So again we wait. I took Oscar on a long nature walk this morning before it got too hot. (sorry you northerners) . It was about 1 ½ miles through the jungle / woods. There were signs along the way as to what we were seeing, trees, snakes and plants. There was a beautiful snake on the path that Oscar missed completely which was good. It was light brown with 2 black strips from head to tail, about 2 ½ ft long. I asked somebody and they said it was a garter snake. This is wild country so ... read more

I slept like a log again last night. I keep mentioning it because I haven’t slept well since I broke my collar bone in Nov. The collar bone feels almost normal now, so it must be almost completely healed. No kayaking yet though. After walking Oscar briefly, I went to the office where they have wi-fi service. I wanted to get there before the crowd and slow service. I had so many e-mails it took me 2 hrs to go through them and then I posted my blog from the 13th and 14th. When I was leaving the office I found out that my friend Ginny was having trouble with George again and was going to the vet again, 2nd time in 2 days. So Kat went with her and I am staying to take care ... read more