Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort, Clermont, Fl: Really cold last night. Stayed inside all morning waiting for it to warm up. When we finally ventured out it wasn’t too bad if you weren’t in the wind. Went for a walk and then sat outside reading for a while. Pork loin roast, southwest style mashed potatoes and vegetable for dinner. Tomorrow morning we have to get up early and get to the RV repair place by 8:00 to get our broken leaf spring replaced. After that we hit the road. Hopefully we’ll get out of there early enough to drive to Tallahassee at least. Low 70s today.

Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort, Clermont, FL: We had scheduled a RV detailing outfit to come in and wash/wax our fifth wheel. They showed up at noon and I left to get my hair cut. They did the best job. They washed it, then put on a cleaning compound and used buffers to rub it in to get the oxidation out. And then they waxed it. Two Mexican guys. They worked their butts off. Cost $450 and Mike gave them each a $20 tip. Hope the owner pays them a decent wage. I walked over to the “post office” here in the park and swapped two of our books for two of theirs. They have a pretty organized library. This is a huge park of over 800 sites. There are a lot of park models and some people in RVs who live here year around. There’s an 18-hole golf course and two pools. For a commercial campground it’s pretty nice. After raining all night, it finally cleared at noon today. Nice day, but really windy. Supposed to go down into the 40s tonight. When will this cold weather end?

Peaches

Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort, Clermont, FL: Cloudy this morning. Supposed to rain. So we headed out to do our laundry. Got that finished and put away and then did the grocery shopping. Went to Friendly’s for a late lunch and as we were coming back it started raining. Got the groceries inside and it really let loose. Lots of lightning and thunder. Spent the rest of the day inside. Played aggravation for a while and then watched TV.

Sunset in the Keys

Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort, Clermont, FL: A really nice day, but we basically did nothing. I couldn’t sleep last night but we should have at least gone for a bike ride. There’s a really nice paved bike path near hear. Mike wanted to (he said) but I just wanted to be a slug today. Took a walk later in the afternoon and then Mike grilled up the chicken breasts that had been marinating all day. Had left-over four-bean salad and a vegetable with it.

Morada Bay--Marathon

Long Point Camping Park, Melbourne Beach, FL, to Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort, Clermont, FL: Left Long Point this morning at about 11:00. Headed north on A1A and then west on Rt. 192. Took us over an hour to get through Melbourne and West Melbourne, but then it was a pretty easy drive through rural Florida on a limited access four-lane highway. Picked up Florida’s Turnpike just outside of Kissimmee and it was only another 20 miles to Clermont. When Mike had the window open I kept hearing a clanging noise of something metal dragging on the ground. When we got to our park we stopped and found out the leaf spring on the driver side of the fifth wheel broke in half. It seems Florida’s Turnpike is in a constant state of repair or modification. We went through a section of really rough road and that must have been the culprit. We have an appointment to see an RV dealer on Wednesday. We went to Ay Jalisco for dinner. When we left this morning there were large, dark threatening looking clouds. But by the time we arrived in Clermont it was sunny and 80. YES!

Long Point Camping Park, Melbourne Beach, FL: Started out pretty warm this morning and I sat outside in shorts and a tee shirt reading my book, and then the wind kicked in. Forced me back inside. We took care of a few things before leaving tomorrow. Then explored this park a little. This place has a lot of potential. It’s situated on a rather large peninsula in the middle of the Indian River. Just about all the sites are right on the water. So, if you have a boat or a kayak you can keep it right at your site. There are two laundry facilities in the park. If they’d just spend a little money, it could be an awesome park. We took a walk around and there’s a little bridge over to an island which is used mainly for groups. Walked a trail through the lacy Australian pines, palms, mangroves, and other lush vegetation. Very pretty. We’ve seen wood storks, sandhill cranes, ibis, pelicans, and dolphins. We leave tomorrow for Clermont, FL, and the Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort.

Schooners out for a sail--Key West

Sandhill Crane

Long Point Camping Park, Melbourne Beach, FL: A beautiful day today. We drove over to Jack and Karen’s around 1:00 and hung out on the lanai for a while and then drove over and toured the historic Rossetter House in Eau Gallie. The two Rossetter sisters lived in the house until the last one died at the age of 101. All the furnishings in the house are original. These two sisters were both single and very successful businesswomen. One managed a distributorship for Standard Oil and the other sister had an insurance business. Later we met Karen’s sister and brother-in-law at a Thai restaurant and had dinner. After dinner we said our good-byes and headed back home. Think it hit the upper 70s today. Jack wanted to go for a short boat ride. Wish we’d had time to do that also.

Rossetter House

Jack hanging out in the park