Van Adventures

  Gainesville March 6-12 Welcome back to Florida! We had a nice visit back to Massachusetts.  We both passed our yearly physicals, eye tests and dental exams with no issues.  We feel lucky that neither of us has been sick on this trip, not even a cold.  We visited all the family and lots of friends and made a trip to the Worcester Art Museum for their annual Flora in Winter exhibit.  There was lots of snow while we were there that fulfilled our need to see some winter scenery.  By the end of the three weeks, we were ready to get back to the warmer weather in Florida! It's amazing what can change in a few weeks.  Spring is in the air here.   We plan to spent two more weeks in Florida and then start making our way back to Massachusetts. We flew into Orlando and picked up the van at the storage yard.  As it turned out, Cindy's cousin Judith and husband, Jeffrey, were also flying into Orlando just an hour later than us.  We had planned ...

 Mims and Apopka Florida Feb 2-13 We're staging ourselves in mid Florida, where our little Caravan is stored, in preparation to drive her back to Massachusetts mid February.  We both have four yearly medical/dental appointments scheduled the last two weeks of February. Y'all know how hard it is to reschedule in a reasonable amount of time.... We read that NASA was planning to launch Artemis on February 6 so we booked a week in Mims, on the Canaveral Coast, to watch the launch.  For this leg, we stayed at a Hipcamp property.  These properties are not traditional campgrounds but rather extra space that owners have on their land for hosting campers at significantly reduced cost.  This property had three campsites.  For an extra fee, electricity was available along with a (free) bag/gel biodegradable toilet. It also came complete with friendly chickens to greet you in the morning while breakfasting under the beautiful Live Oak trees. Unfortunately, due to the e...