Georgia to Florida - Saturday - January 7, 2012

Nancy here:  Well, today is actually Saturday, January 14th and it has been a week since we have blogged about our vacation.  We have been a little busy.  Have you heard,

WE SOLD OUR HOUSE ???!!! 

Well, it has been a whirlwind of things going on and now we hope to catch up with the blog so we have a record of this time in our life.  It is such a fun ride!!

So here we go, backing up and catching up with what has happened this past week!!!!

Today as everyday,

Nancy is up very early and working in her office ;o))

Just before the sun came up,

we headed out the door to do our morning power walk and

were greeted by these two cuties!!

During our walk, we could hear the roosters and finally found them. 

Doesn’t this look like a 3-headed rooster?!?!?

After our walk, we packed up and hit the road for Florida!!

We were headed to Silver Springs State Park near Ocala, Florida. 

We were meeting Sherry and David there.

Our first stop was the Florida Welcome Center where we intended to have our breakfast.  As we were approaching the rest stop, a car kept passing the Van and then backing off and getting between the Van and the Tahoe.  Well sure enough as we pulled off, they pulled off and followed us to our parking spot.  We then realized they were really interested in our Van and we spent almost an hour talking about and showing it to them. 

So a quick breakfast stop turned into an hour and half rest stop.

They wanted to know why we brought our car and the Van. 

Well, our car is really our garage.

 

It carries the bikes, kayak, hiking gear and

whatever else we can’t fit in the van ;o)) 

 

We will be looking for a new garage when get our Motorhome. 

We kinda liked this toad that pulled in next to us.

 

After a quick bowl of cereal,

we followed 295 around Jacksonville and

across the St Johns River. 

 

Nancy wanted to stop at the Whole Foods Store

 before turning south on Rt 13.

We took Rt 13 south to Rt 16 west

back across the St. Johns River.

Once across the river,

we turned south on 17 to Hwy 19 through the Ocala National Forest. 

This whole trip shouldn’t have taken more than a few hours. 

However, after spending so much time at the rest stop and

then the Whole Foods Store,

 it was taking a little longer than planned. 

We got a call from Sherry wondering where we were. 

We told her we were almost there... or so we thought…

Well, as it turned out we were a little lost;o((

  We had missed a turn onto Rt 314

which was a direct connection to the State Park. 

Instead we went the long way around. 

We finally stopped to get a quick lunch at the Juniper Spring Wayside.

Finally, late afternoon, we arrived at the park and got checked in.

As we came around the corner to go to our site,

not only were Sherry and David there to greet us,

but Gin and Syl

(who are heading to Lazy Days to pick up their new motorhome)

were there also.  

What a great surprise!!

We had the Van backed in and plugged in quickly so we 

could spend the next couple hours enjoying time with all of them.

We didn’t get to see Gin and Syl for very long. 

They are staying outside the State Park.

In the morning, they are heading to Hillsborough so

 we knew we would be seeing them again in a couple days!!