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.

   Hi everyone, its been a long time since I last posted anything. Well first off Linda is doing ok. Other news is we hung up the RV keys.  What a wonderful time it has been. We RVed for over 50 years. Many years as weekenders, several  6 months at a time, and 10 plus years as full timers. We have left our "for ever home" in Florida and moved back to Pennsylvania to be near our boys and their wives. It was a hard and easy decision at the same tine. 

     We had met so many wonderful people RVing in person and on line. We are thankful for the wonderful years and times. So, so, so many memories. But there comes a time when we must make some hard decisions. We are looking forward to our next adventure. We have been back in PA for about  a month. We have started a new lifestyle, apartment living. We are enjoying being with the boys and looking forward to reconnecting with other relatives and friends.

     We may occasionally add a update about our new life style and about many passed adventures we didn't post about, especially the early years. We are doing this as a memoir for the kids, and for us to walk down memory lane.    

    Until then, travel safe to our friends that are still traveling and best wishes to those like us that started a new chapter in life.

Happy Thanksgiving from Bob and Linda

      Happy Thanksgiving to you.  Linda is doing well after her kidney transplant. Other news is we hung up the keys. We sold our RV. We have many wonderful  memories. I just can't get back to blogging. Our blog is our journal for ourselves primarily, and others who want to read it. We have 1000's of photos that we never wrote anything about. Many could be at least a paragraph in a blog. When we view them they do bring back memories of places we visited or passed through.. We are now looking forward to the next chapter in our lives. We do follow along many blogs. Thank you to all who followed along on our many adventures. 

  Stay safe and travel safe.  Bob, Linda and our dog Hannah

Linda recevie a kidney transplant

 It is with Fantastic news that I write this blog. On Saturday the 27th Linda had a KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. I along with Linda could not be happier. HAPPY HAPPY. I will follow up with another blog shortly with details.
I know its been a long time, but I will try. 

      Bob and Linda