Sombrero Beach

We made at visit to one of the beaches in Marathon Key.   The water was cold, no swimming for us!

Lunch and laundry!

Checked into the rv park at the USCG base in Marathon Key yesterday.   Today went across the street to do our laundry at the "The Marathon Laundromat".    While waiting we are our lunch in the RV, that way we can take a drive around and sight see some after the laundry is done.

Made it to Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring.

We had a nice trip from Jacksonville,  stopped and ate lunch with some friends are saw their new Holiday Rambler.   We also stopped and saw a Pleasure Way XLTS for sale.  It really looked nice and roomy.

Dinner at the Sandollar tonight.

We took the ferry from Mayport Village across the St John' River and ate dinner at the Sandollar.  We ordered the the Platter for Two, and it was more like for four people!

The food was great and we brought home enough for lunch tomorrow.

Made it to Pelican Roost RV park in Jacksonville, Florida

Had a nice drive, made the trip avoiding Interstates as much as possible.   We spent Friday night at my brother's place in Byron, GA.  We headed toward Jacksonville on US 341 and found ourselves traveling along the Peaches to Beaches yard sale.

We pulled in Pelican Roost to see a beautiful sunset silhouetting some navy ships.  It a nice sight for the end of this leg on our trip.

Getting ready for our next adventure! Key West here we come!

I have spent the last week getting our Roadtrek ready for the road.  I de-winterized it by flushing the anti-freeze from the water lines and tank followed by sanitizing the the fresh water system.  We gave the interior a good cleaning and started packing all our clothes and food.  

Friday we are heading out to our final destination at Trumbo RV Park in Key West, Florida.  

It's going to be a fun trip, been looking forward to Key West for the last six months or so.

The early bird gets the worm, or in our case, the cash.

We had a good night sleep in the Beau Rivage oversized vehicle parking lot.  We got up early, had a little breakfast and headed over to the casino.

We enjoy playing the Heidi Beer Haus machine, they are fun to play.  I ending losing  $50 in one Heidi machine and Deb lost $60 in a different  Heidi machine.  As we were getting ready to go I said let's play $20 more and Deb said to put it in a different Heidi machine.  I said after that we will leave.

That turned out to be a good choice!  On her third pull she hit a nice jackpot and we cashed out with enough money to pay for our five day trip and even have money left over.

Ocean Springs Mississippi

We found a great place to park for the Mardi Gras parade.   It was the first time Debra saw a Mardi Gras parade, she enjoyed it.  After the parade we drove to the Beau Rivage and parked in their oversized lot across the street.  We had supper at the buffet and I am stuffed.

Here is the pile of beads we collected today.

Visiting Biloxi

We arrived in Biloxi about 7 pm and found a spot to park across the street from the Hard Rock Casino.  We lost $20 in the Hard Rock casino pretty quick and decided to head back to our RV for dinner.

Debra had cooked some filets in the oven back home and all she had to do was brown them in a skillet.  We enjoyed some boiled potatoes and some Asian kale salad along with the filet.

We heard several trains thorugh out the night, some people might not like that but we do.  We also had a little rain during the night.

It is suppose to rain today, but we are going to visit Ocean Springs for the Mardi Gras parade and shop a little at Shearwater Pottery.

NCL Sun Miami sailaway Nov 28 2017