Settled in Orlando

Friday, April 16th;

The Flying Blue Angels replica is still flying at the Pensacola rest stop. It is a very nice tourist information center with free WiFi and hosts serving information along with orange and grapefruit juice. We are back in Florida!

We drove on past De Funiak Springs and stopped at Falling Waters State Park . The plan was to make the last day a little shorter and to stop somewhere we could walk about and enjoy. It was a lovely little park. There is a lake with a small swimming beach. Do the alligators know it is for people only?

Past the lake there is a boardwalk that takes you past a number of sink holes to a 100 foot sinkhole that has created the tallest waterfall in Florida. Not too impressive if you come from a place with mountains and waterfalls. On the other hand I would not want that sink hole opening up in my back yard.

We traded stories with other campers and it made a very pleasant last night on the road.

Monday we finished the Panhandle and headed south on I-75 to Howey-in-the-Hills. We stopped at our friends Steve and Glennys for a good visit. It was good to be in doors on a rather blustery evening.

Howey has strict rules about visiting RV’s so we moved on to Orlando Tuesday and parked among the citrus trees in Abe and Frances back yard. Also a lovely spot to be. We could smell the blossoms and step out the door in the morning to pick oranges or grapefruit for breakfast. The pecan tree is covered in Night Blooming Cereus. It will be a wonderful show later this spring. It lasts only for the one night and then the bloom is over.

We got the RV in better order while having a good visit. Friday we moved on to Twelve Oaks RV Resort on SR 46. Back in our old neighbourhood not far from my office on International Parkway. Now the front window cover is up once more. We have a mini herb garden Abe created for us sitting on our picnic table. We can get the easy chairs out.

Having settled in we are filling the calendar with people to see and things to do. I will add to the blog less frequently while we are sitting in one place. We plan to be here until the middle of June and then the Doves will be rambling once more.