We headed to Titusville, Florida a couple of days before Thanksgiving. We were supposed to stay in Christmas, FL, but we heard some unpleasant things about the RV park, so we called The Great Outdoors RV Park and were able to get in. The site was pretty tight, but we squeaked the 5th wheel into it. There was no room for the truck, so we had to park it in a lot by the office, which was 2 miles from our site. The park was built around a golf course, and our site was on the 15th fairway. Unfortunately the course was closed for repairs, the entire time we were there. They did have 6 pickleball courts, so we got a lot of pickleball playing time. The pickleball group was great! We had a lot of fun! We were close enough to Cape Canaveral that we could hear and see the launches. Our first night, we were woken up around midnight to the sound of a launch. Luckily our neighbors were not home and there were no visiting alligators, because David went out in his underwear to watch it. We got to see lots of wildlife from our RV site, including an alligator in the pond behind us. The birds there are very cool! We enjoyed this park and the surrounding area, so we would return if we find ourselves back in that area.

Kim’s former coworker, Sandy (and her husband, Dave), invited us for Thanksgiving with their whole family and another coworker, Diane. Kim made her awesome lemon meringue pie and delicious chocolate pie to take with us. They put on a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, and we really enjoyed ourselves. We were very appreciative for the invitation. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Diane (who we are apparently now calling Neva), put on a BBQ at her house and invited all of Kim’s former coworkers. We had a great time catching up with everyone and Kim finally got to meet her DBA replacement in person. We were able to host some of Kim’s former coworkers at the RV while we were their also; Tracey and Bill stopped by for wine and cheese, Spiro popped in for breakfast, and Neva and Vinnie enjoyed some ribs and wine one evening. Kim had a girls’ night out with a bunch of her former coworkers and other coworker’s wives. She also got together for lunch one day with Sandy and Neva. Kim was able to fly back to Portland, OR for a few days, to help her daughter, Hailey, who broke her ankle a couple of weeks prior. Hailey’s father had been on duty since it happened and took really good care of her. Kim really enjoyed spending time with Hailey and she flew first class both ways for the first time. Pretty sure this is going to be a regular occurrence going forward. We were able to make it to Orlando to visit Kim’s cousin Caren and aunt Diane. We had a nice lunch at Caren’s and spent several hours catching up.

What else did we do while we were there?? We had new front tires put on the truck, which was just a little expensive, lol. We did our normal exploring the area and eating at the local restaurants. There was only one brewery on this stop. We walked around downtown Cocoa, went to Coca Beach, and drove around Merritt Island. We met Jason and his girlfriend, Debbie, for dinner one evening at The Garlic (excellent restaurant) in New Smyrna Beach. Kim and Jason really enjoyed catching up. We also took a drive to see our fellow RVers, Tony and TraciAnn, in The Villages. They bought a house there this past year. They took us all over the place in their golf cart, and we really enjoyed the time we got to spend with them. The Villages are very cool. We loved the planned community concept. It might be a winter possibility for us someday. We are now in Okeechobee for the next month.

Once again, we forgot to take pictures of everyone, so if you want to be represented in our famous blog, post one of yourself in the comments, so we don’t forget what you look like, hahaha.

Weird Florida things…sign for BBQ place that said, “Vegetarian Recovery Center”; a quarter mile of nonstop No Parking signs, with a semi truck parked in front of them; Santa with his pants down, hanging from a house gutter.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We hope to see you all in our travels this next year.