Sunday, January 19, 2014

January 19, 2014


Sunday Jan 19, 2014

We are parked just a few miles from the Silver Springs attractions that have been popular for generations.  With dwindling popularity of the springs because of pollution and lack of upkeep, it is our understanding that the state of Florida has purchased the Silver Springs park.  It is now Silver Springs State Park, and the state has been busy renovating and upgrading everything. This includes removing the exotic wildlife, taking measures to prevent further pollution of the springs, cleaning up what can be cleaned up, and doing a makeover of the famous glass bottom boats. We will check it out in the next few days and let you know how well the $4.5 million has been spent.

We chose this area for it's location and proximity to both coasts. This is the most narrow point along the central Florida penninsula, making for easy day trips in both directions to either the Atlantic coast or the gulf coast. It also is convenient to Orlando and central Florida attractions, not to mention the Ocalla national forest with its hundreds of miles of Jeep trails (woo hoo).

We also wanted to visit Jo's cousins Pam and Tom. We are meeting them for lunch later today.
 
January 19, 2014 - 5:00 pm
 
We had a truly great visit with Pam and Tom over lunch.  Then we visited their home and all their "critters". 

They regularly have bears, deer, foxes, coyotes, and even an occasional wolf wandering through their property.

Today was a really special day with Jo and Pam being reunited after 40 years.  Tom and I also hit it off and we all had a fantastic visit.  We are also looking forward to spending more time with them.


Today has been a good illustration of another nice feature of being full time RVers.  You can visit family or friends, then go home to your own place without being a burden to each other.  It's just as if you have moved into the same area as your friends.  You can simply set up your own housekeeping, visit each other when you have the time, and still go about your own lifestyles.  You don't have to worry about overstaying your welcome because you are not visiting.  You just simply live nearby. 


 
 

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