Heading Further South

We left "M" RV Resort earlier this morning heading further south. We took State Highway 27 down past Lake Okeechobee covering the same territory we had a couple of days ago when we drove around the lake. You sure can see a lot more from the height of the motorhome than you can when driving in Toad.

Highway 27 is a really nice four-lane road, but we turned off onto 997 to avoid the congestion around Miami. We saw these HUGE power lines heading in that direction --

Not sure if all of these dead trees along the road are left over hurricane damage, but there were miles of them --

 As we got further south, we picked up a bit of a shower -- there was just enough rain to make the windshield wet. As you can see 997 is only a two lane road, and it is not in very good shape --

We had put the address of our destination, The Boardwalk RV Resort, into the GPS unit, but when we got to where it said it was, we found a school instead. After a couple of phone calls, we finally got to the right address... It turns out that Homestead has both numbered streets AND avenues -- we went to 6th Street not 6th Avenue!

A Rest Day

After a couple of pretty busy days, it was time today for a down day. One of the things we've discovered as we've gotten older is that we cannot go "full-steam" too many days in a row without getting cranky (or crankier than normal...) or too tired.

I had washed three loads of clothes yesterday before we took our jaunt to Lake Okeechobee, so I didn't even have that to do. I suppose I could have spent some time cleaning -- Auntie Violet's cabinetry could certainly use some Liquid Gold -- but it was too nice a day to spend inside.

So I took my Kindle, my cell phone, a can of Diet Squirt and a fresh pear and went to sit outside in the gorgeous warm Florida sunshine. What a lovely way to spend a couple of hours!

When I came inside to start a pot of chili for supper, Forry (who had been napping in his chair...) suggested we go for a walk first. Looking back at Auntie Violet, you can see what a beautiful day it was --

I'd guess that "M" RV Resort is only about half full. I don't know if it will fill up as people move south following the holidays or if this is normal for them.

I do know that when we were in process of making reservations for further down in the Keys, we ran into Parks that had no openings until next March. We did get neighbors toward evening, but I noticed that the office was nice enough to escort them to a site a couple over from us, still leaving space in between.

On To Moore Haven

It was just plain chilly this morning! It got down to 28 degrees last night -- that's COLD for Florida! By the time we got everything organized and were ready to go this morning, it had warmed up enough to ditch the sweater. We took Highway 66 for the first portion of the trip. It is a two lane road that went through some lovely agricultural areas. We have been surprised by how many cattle ranches there are --

And still lots and lots of orange groves!

We switched over to Highway 27 as we went further south. 27 is a four lane highway that has unlimited access, so there is lots of on and off traffic AND traffic lights!

As we got closer to Moore Haven, we began to see fields of sugar care --

We are settled in at "M" RV Resort. What a change from where we have been the last two weeks. We were met and escorted to our site -- and assisted to back in (though Forry really doesn't need help...). We are basically right in the middle of Florida, the Park literature says they are equidistant between the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and just a few miles from Okeechobee Lake. The park is nowhere near as busy as Peace River was and there is lots of space between sites. And we had a pretty sunset as well --