This is our third trip to the Keys , our second by RV. We had another trip to Key West by a fast ferry out of Fort Myers in the past . Again this is another trip using our Trails Collection with Thousands Trails . We are staying at Sunshine Key RV Resort , newly opened after hurricane Irma . What a difference from the last time we stayed at this park. All the sites have been redone . There is some work still needed to be completed. About 95% of the sites are pull thru full hookup with new utility's. There is also cable TV at all sites. This is a Encore Park and consider to be a premium park so there is a $20.00 a night change. This is a super bargain for this location especially this time of the year . A non member rate is $870.00 a week. We where at the Keys with friends Lance and Andrea.
We drove down without an overnight stop. We originally planned on stopping somewhere around Homestead but with high winds and rain predicted for the next day we pushed on. We called the RV park to see if we could come in a day early and got a ok. So instead of 14 days we had 15 days .
The first day we spent just chilling out. It was a long ride of 331 miles. We usually try to keep around 200 miles travel a day. But, this was all interstates. So we did make good time.
Campground etiquette is falling to the wayside . RVER'S just walking thru your site Not only kids, but families. Maybe just call me an old grump, but come on I don't walk thru your yard. RVing isn't quite the same. Unfortunately we are at the point in our lives were we do require some hookups, mostly electric. That is because we are traveling with our beloved four legged family member our dog. We can not always take her with us on day trips so we do often need AC . This fact means staying at a RV park. Here in Florida the state parks were camping is allowed usually all have electric and water. The problem is trying to get a reservation on short notice . Most do have a few first come first served sites , but it is not how we like to travel . Popular parks require making a reservation eleven months in advance. When we were full timers we usually always traveled without reservation, at least in the beginning. Then as time went on it became necessary to make reservations. Times have changed . I know if you keep trying on a daily basis, you can sometimes snag a site at popular state parks. But what I don't understand is why we just don't seem to have the time. Older retired folks will understand what I'm talking about. NO we are not ready to give up RVing. Sorry I'm just ranting.
Bus. Restaurants.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
2019 April, Woodbine GA,Walk a About Camp and RV park
After 189.8 miles we arrive to Walk a About RV park. We had stayed here in the past. It is a older park, but they are adding a number of new RV sites. Looks like all new sites are 50amp electric, FHU. The new sites are still close together, maybe a tad bigger then the old sites. The draw here is it is right off I 95, and Passport America. Also we wanted to revisit St Mary's, a quaint old town. To our dismay the main downtown was a mess with all the road work. We where disappointed. We did however put on about 50 miles on our car just driving around. Total costs for the RV park was $42. And Change. Roads were very dusty. Sites were mostly packed dirt and grass with some gravel. Good size fenced dog park. Small clean pool. New pickle ball court. Nice rec hall. New laundry w/3w/d. Very helpful stuff. Free range chickens. Some permanent sites mostly well kept. I would like to give this park a higher rating because the staff and the improvement's, but it would be unfair to other parks with better facilities. But for the price it's a good/great deal.
Thousand Trails Orlando 2018
We where at Thousand Trails called Orlando but is actually in Clermont, but is about 8 miles from town. It is a very large park with over 700 sites . We where there for 13 days.
RV,er's are the best. We could not receive any over the air TV. Problem was a connection to our antenna and the cable connection . Our neighbor happen to notice our delemium and said I have one of those connection. Well sure enough he did, and solved our problem . My problem was he wouldn't take anything for the connector and his help, seans he had the same problem. Pass it on would be his payment. RVer's helping RVer's.
. Today we took a drive to the small town of Center Hill Florida . The reason for the trip was to order a sun screen for our awning . There is a manufacturer there that makes sunshades, grass mats and windshield covers. We had been to their own in the past and knew the general location . The town is very small so it wasn't to difficult to locate. It is very old Florida. The dealer will bring the finished screen to the Webster flea market for us to pick up on Monday . We would have gone this past Monday except we had a problem.
The problem was a pair of bad batteries. So we rolled up our sleeves and went to work, first taking a photo of the wiring before removing the old batteries. Unfortunately we couldn't locate any near our location . Located two at Sam's Club about eighteen miles away. So we loaded up the two old batteries in our car. If you don't have a old core, as they refer to our old batteries, there is a eighteen dollar charge for each battery . You can always bring back the old batteries at a later date for a refund of eighteen dollars. After installing the new batteries we chilled for the rest of the day . For my safety I better make sure we get to the Webster flea market on Monday or Linda will have my head . She loves flea markets almost as much as murals. Also I do have to pick up our new sunscreen we ordered. This is a super large flea market that is only opened one day. For any of you who ever attended this market know you can not cover it in one day, unless you speed walk thru and don't really look at anything. I'm sure there is something there for everyone, if you look hard enough. Well the flea market done we return to our RV.
We have a very roomy site, as far as most commercial RV parks especially the size of this one. With over 700 sites it is huge. Not all the sites are big, but we lucked out in choosing a nice site. There is no privacy between sites. We have a fairly new picnic table and "new" electric hookup. The only problem was goat head stickers in some places in the grass. Didn't bother Hannah at all, but I always seem to wind up with them in my soaks. Many, many amenities. See older post about this campground.
Now that I found a way to include photos, I'll be working to include some in our blog. But, and this is a big but I can't find a way to adjust the quality of them. I like to crop, lighten, straighten and the like so I can include a nicer photo . Hopefully you'll see photos soon . With Linda's lost camera and using an older camera and our phones the picture quality is not as good as I would like.
RV,er's are the best. We could not receive any over the air TV. Problem was a connection to our antenna and the cable connection . Our neighbor happen to notice our delemium and said I have one of those connection. Well sure enough he did, and solved our problem . My problem was he wouldn't take anything for the connector and his help, seans he had the same problem. Pass it on would be his payment. RVer's helping RVer's.
. Today we took a drive to the small town of Center Hill Florida . The reason for the trip was to order a sun screen for our awning . There is a manufacturer there that makes sunshades, grass mats and windshield covers. We had been to their own in the past and knew the general location . The town is very small so it wasn't to difficult to locate. It is very old Florida. The dealer will bring the finished screen to the Webster flea market for us to pick up on Monday . We would have gone this past Monday except we had a problem.
The problem was a pair of bad batteries. So we rolled up our sleeves and went to work, first taking a photo of the wiring before removing the old batteries. Unfortunately we couldn't locate any near our location . Located two at Sam's Club about eighteen miles away. So we loaded up the two old batteries in our car. If you don't have a old core, as they refer to our old batteries, there is a eighteen dollar charge for each battery . You can always bring back the old batteries at a later date for a refund of eighteen dollars. After installing the new batteries we chilled for the rest of the day . For my safety I better make sure we get to the Webster flea market on Monday or Linda will have my head . She loves flea markets almost as much as murals. Also I do have to pick up our new sunscreen we ordered. This is a super large flea market that is only opened one day. For any of you who ever attended this market know you can not cover it in one day, unless you speed walk thru and don't really look at anything. I'm sure there is something there for everyone, if you look hard enough. Well the flea market done we return to our RV.
We have a very roomy site, as far as most commercial RV parks especially the size of this one. With over 700 sites it is huge. Not all the sites are big, but we lucked out in choosing a nice site. There is no privacy between sites. We have a fairly new picnic table and "new" electric hookup. The only problem was goat head stickers in some places in the grass. Didn't bother Hannah at all, but I always seem to wind up with them in my soaks. Many, many amenities. See older post about this campground.
Now that I found a way to include photos, I'll be working to include some in our blog. But, and this is a big but I can't find a way to adjust the quality of them. I like to crop, lighten, straighten and the like so I can include a nicer photo . Hopefully you'll see photos soon . With Linda's lost camera and using an older camera and our phones the picture quality is not as good as I would like.
Christmas Florida 2018
Christmas Florida.
That's Christmas Florida , not Christmas in Florida. Although it is the Christmas season. Friends suggested a trip to Christmas Florida on the first weekend in December. There is a large craft and art festival held the first weekend. So we took the trip of about 25 miles. What a great day. There were tractor displays, about 100 vendors, a cracker village and Fort Christmas. The village was made up of houses brought to the area and restored . Then there is Fort Christmas. A small restored replica of the fort. It was a fun day even with temp in the high 80's.
I noticed a large group of Airstream trailers in the back of the craft area. I also saw a few folks with badges from a Airstream club. Turns out they are having a rally. The rally is as volunteers at the fort distributing different buildings and events from that era. I believe the club chapter is from the Jacksonville area, and I believe this was there 7 or 8 year of doing this I ' sure I'LL be corrected if wrong. RVer's are a great group of folks. Forgot to mention, the fort was built in 1837 for the second Seminole war.
The meaning of the term "cracker " refers to the early cowboys of Florida. The term comes from the cracking of their cow whips, one of the primary tools they used for getting their cattle out of the thick brush. They also used dogs. Hence the term "cracker ". We did attend a festival where their where whip cracking demonstration and contest at the Osceola county fairgrounds several years ago.
That's Christmas Florida , not Christmas in Florida. Although it is the Christmas season. Friends suggested a trip to Christmas Florida on the first weekend in December. There is a large craft and art festival held the first weekend. So we took the trip of about 25 miles. What a great day. There were tractor displays, about 100 vendors, a cracker village and Fort Christmas. The village was made up of houses brought to the area and restored . Then there is Fort Christmas. A small restored replica of the fort. It was a fun day even with temp in the high 80's.
I noticed a large group of Airstream trailers in the back of the craft area. I also saw a few folks with badges from a Airstream club. Turns out they are having a rally. The rally is as volunteers at the fort distributing different buildings and events from that era. I believe the club chapter is from the Jacksonville area, and I believe this was there 7 or 8 year of doing this I ' sure I'LL be corrected if wrong. RVer's are a great group of folks. Forgot to mention, the fort was built in 1837 for the second Seminole war.
The meaning of the term "cracker " refers to the early cowboys of Florida. The term comes from the cracking of their cow whips, one of the primary tools they used for getting their cattle out of the thick brush. They also used dogs. Hence the term "cracker ". We did attend a festival where their where whip cracking demonstration and contest at the Osceola county fairgrounds several years ago.
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