If you need some drama in there to get the job done, I can send you my DIL..........drama is her specialty.

Hahahahaha

Mine is fairly tame

She could teach you a thing or two, then, Rosie. She has 2 sisters...........all 3 of them are drama queens. I think their mother helped.

My DIL is great, even does some weeding for me when she is here, and I don't even ask her to do it.

She is ok..... It's just that most everything is a production.

Sad day yesterday....................we winterized the RV. We know we're not going to get out of here before it freezes and for sure not going anywhere BEFORE we hit the road for Texas. I guess I need to go up there and sleep; at least I can pretend.

Figured this needed to be bumped up..............and I see that mine was the last post in OCTOBER!!! My, my............we spent our winter in Texas, came home for Christmas in our car we rented at the McAllen airport.

Our park had no virus people when we left March 30th. From what I have been reading on the park's FB page, there aren't any positive testing people. There are about 100 or so full time residents at the park and for the most part I think they are masking, even when they are out and about IN the park.

We washed up the outside of the RV and cleaned the whole inside the week after we got home. Yesterday and today we have been waxing. Well, yesterday it was spraying and cleaning with the "pre-wax" concoction. Today we put on 2 coats of the wax and will do another tomorrow. Do you know how long it takes 2 people to put 1 coat of wax on a 44 foot 5th wheel?? 2 hours, at least.

Our only real "planned" trip (if you want to call it that) we had for the summer was taking it up to Plover, WI, when we were going to do a fireworks show there. About 5 of us go the night before and do some setting up. We take the RV and we are allowed to park it in the venue so we don't have to get a hotel. Nobody has cancelled any fireworks shows as of yet. Hope they don't; we're really looking forward to helping put on shows for the communities.

So, what's everyone else doing? Let's keep this thread a little more active!

We arrived to our RV park in Punta Gorda the week before thanksgiving. We have lots of family there..( two of my siblings, nieces, nephews ) so the holidays flew by. I missed the kids and grands... we did a LOT of FaceTiming...but it was sure nice not to have to host the holidays as I have done for more than 4 decades. Gift cards and checks this year and no shopping and no wrapping nice too. I did. LOT OF COOKING ..all our family recipes... and in that tiny RV kitchen (it's a joke calling that!) We saw many new cities..met LOTS of people, went to the beach, ate in different settings, floated down rivers.. visited galleries, festivals and Heavenly HUGE farmers markets with great crafts and food..... we did the things we both enjoy. We also participated in some resort activities.. but we did not drink as much as many do - which is integral part of many activities. Mardi Gras was a hoot, we played this poker card game at many different sites.. But, I never rode the pool bull. Didn't eat the free donuts at each weeks residents meeting either. Yes to sundae Sunday. Encore did put on some fine soirées .. food and entertainment. Next year I may get on the board to help with charitable activities. We did sit round many a fire and or play Jenga until the no seeums got bad. Then, the virus hit.. everyone sheltered in place ..ONE person "Joe Ronzoni" BEFORE the virus was official was sick with every single symptom.. this was January.. We took turns bringing him food and he laid low for many weeks. I would love to see an antibody test on him.. I discovered Culver's .. fast food but good.. and Soet .. it is an ice cream shop..Dutch.. oh my HUGE FRESH CREAMY and half the price it should be. That's why I skipped the donuts

It was getting hot by the time we left..first week April..although the breeze on the deck along with the awning left out was divine most days. We really got to know our RV since this was first long stay. the fireplace did a great job hardly used the furnace. Our son visited once and he said the sofa bed was fine. He wanted to try the kids bunk, but I reminded him that he is 40. We polycoated the RV before we left. The treatment is good for a year.. just a hosing makes the dirt run off. It does a great job. It goes on real easy. no buff... dries in minutes. We put on 5 coats ..took about 3 hours?? Checked the caulking.. powdered the slide seals.. lubed the toilet bowl .. shined up the stainless and put the peppermint oil puffs and set out the damp rid... sprayed the underside for insects. blocked up the windows.. set the air.. power washed the tanks and off we went .

Home after an overnight at Marriott..we were the ONLY guests.
Home now sheltering in place ..enjoying our garden in the woods we have some mulch to,put down ........ugh.....
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It says this thread is closed..............I guess I'll see if this posts.

I'm pretty sure we're going to head back to Texas mid-November. However, we have decided that if something happens and we don't go, we are going to pay the site seasonal rent. We KNOW that if we don't, we will never get that spot back again. I was talking to the office manager at the park just last week and asked her if this was allowable........paying for it and maybe not coming. She said yes. She also said that about 4 people have asked about renting it and one was quite insistent about it. So, we'll pay whether we go or not, but I'm pretty sure we will be.

The thought of a Wisconsin winter with snow, ice, and cold does not appeal to me at all since I have been away from it for 2 years. LOL

What are the rest of you planning?

You should have made a deal.. "if we don't come and you double book it.... we get a big reduction in rent"

We pay a yearly rate.. it's the only way we can since the RV is there waiting 365 days!

The list for that resort is two years long we hear. We planned on going end October to mid November thru First week April . .. but Florida has a governor that hides numbers and is not cautious with regard to COVID .. also if COVID surges.. the resort will close all activities ..which is neither here nor there to us but it reflects what will likely be happening in the larger county .. every day we go to beach or exploring the historic cities, huge farmers markets, arts and crafts .. I do have family there but my nieces and nephews are not cautious .. The RV gets pretty tight if we spend the days in or around it. Thank goodness for the deck we built.

So, we come down to playing it by ear. We may go for the planned time or just weeks here and there .. we love it here on our NC property, and so the winter cold is the only thing that we would be trading as a "trade up" In favor of Florida.. the rest leans strongly toward NC