On Tuesday morning we left Myrtle Beach at 7:30 am. I took my last early morning walk with Keisha on the beach. It was a cloudy chilly morning but I won’t complain because our family and friends reading this blog that live in Ottawa and Gatineau are living very extreme cold weather this past week. Keep warm up there!
We started the pack up the day before. Denis packs the stuff outside the trailer and I pack the things inside the trailer. The morning of travel he disconnects the sewer and water connections and with this campsite we have telephone and cable to disconnect. I clean the inside and secure all cabinets and make sure doors are secure (bathroom shower door and bedroom door) not doing this results in REPAIR at the end of the journey. I then pack Keisha’s things into the truck and as soon as her crate goes in the truck she has to be inside the truck even if we are not leaving for an hour she has to be inside.
By then Denis is ready for me to back up the truck to the hitch. I do this extremely well. In fact I am always in awe when sitting in the driver seat how much this man must trust me!! It requires quiet foot pressure on the gas pedal. That’s it.
It was a long day ahead. We didn’t follow the CAA trip tick, we followed the GPS. It led us down a road that was longer than we wanted to travel to the I-95. We got there eventually and it was get out of South Carolina’s back country to Georgia. Well Georgia was uneventful – until- the semi tractor trailer that was travelling in front of us lost a tire. I saw the tire wobble and wobble more. I said to Denis this truck is blowing a tire and to “SLOW DOWN” ( ok, I was panicking) hey ... when you see little black tire parts flying off the back end onto your vehicle and the pieces just keep on getting bigger and bigger well that is just scary. We got hit with small debris which didn’t damage the truck. Fortunately Denis slowed enough to get further back from the truck and made the move into the left lane. We passed the truck as it was signalling his 4 ways and slowing down.
When we entered Florida the temperature was 23 degrees and the air conditioner was turned on. We got the Daytona Beach RV Resort around 5:00pm. We were tired but glad to be here. We slept with the windows open last night.
Wednesday Morning – Ground Hog Day
Spring will be early! But, here in Daytona Beach it is summer!! We brought out our summer clothes and went grocery shopping. We met the neighbours and Keisha met at least 8 new friends this morning.
We are really with the big boys. Two Motor Coaches and a huge 5th wheel surrounds us. (See the pictures) The motor coaches are from Ohio and New York State. Up the road are 3 sites that have Quebecers and Ontario represented. They all are very friendly and I know where I will be sitting during the Super Bowl. The Motor Coach right behind our trailer is owed by Carol and Greg and they have a TV on the outside of the bus; one of 4 TV’s in the Coach.
We cruised by the speedway this afternoon. WOW! It is huge, the grandstand is very big. Also is the parking lot with all the big johns. 150,000 people I can just imagine how many they will need and how often they will be used.
After supper I took a swim in the heated outside pool and just to let you know there are mosquitoes in Florida, they don’t live in hot heat so in the summer they travel north to Algonquin Park.
Tomorrow we will continue to explore Daytona Beach and as always continue to update you on our experiences and travels.
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Dee and Denis
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