Daily Journal 2019
We left Texas in the middle of December 2018 and headed east toward Florida. By New Years we were in Louisiana because we wanted to be in Florida by the end of January. I made reservations at a few Thousand Trails parks, Encore, and Coast to Coast. We also stayed with Bill & Julie in their back yard in Sebastian, Florida for a couple of weeks. Sebastian is a very nice, quiet city just north of Vero Beach, and still has that small town feeling. We also stayed a week in Apollo Beach, Florida so we could visit with Jacklyn. Florida also brought the wedding of Lisa & Justin in February, Lisa being Bill & Julie's daughter, whom we have known since she was two years old. We also attended the 100th Anniversary Rally of the Tin Can Tourists in Brooksville which was also held in February.
We decided to slowly make our way north up the eastern side of the U.S. this year, stopping in St. Mary's, Georgia to visit with a old co-worker from our law firm in Atlanta. From there up to Charleston and Savannah. We spent a week on the Outer Banks in April (before season) so the park was pretty empty and the roads were not crowded. There is only one road on the Outer Banks covering the over 70 miles from one end to the other.
From there we went inland and spent a week at a COE on Lake Lanier to visit friends and family in the Atlanta, Georgia area. We then went north again and eventually ended up in North Carolina where we met up with my oldest friend Karen (who I have known my entire life as we grew up on the same street in Maple Heights).
We were going to go to Michigan UP but as we were already heading up the eastern coast, we decided to make a trip to Maine instead and visit with Bill & Julie at their China Lake, Maine house, which we had never seen. Both of our children had already been to Maine to visit with them, so now it was our turn. We took our time getting to Maine, going to Pennsylvania to see the Flight 93 Memorial, then heading to eastern Pennsylvania, up to Massachusetts and New York.
We had a great time in Maine and really enjoy our time with Bill & Julie, being our dearest friends who are like family to us. We've watched each other's children grow up, and they call our daughter, their "second daughter." We stopped in Jefferson, Ohio at Kenisee Lake Thousand Trails, then headed closer to Cleveland to Chesterland where I found an RV site at a 55 & older mobile home community. This place was really nice; I just wish I had known about it in 2014 when my Dad passed. Oh well. This time here we came to visit friends and family. Had a great reunion with my Cousins whom I had not seen since 2005.
After our visit with friends and family in the Cleveland, Ohio area we went to Wapokenata, Ohio where we met up with an old friend of Jim's brother from Kent State. We also went to visit a few interesting sites in the area, such as the Temple of Tolerance. We headed west again to Indiana to visit with another old friend and co-worker.
Now we are back in Texas, a state we really enjoy being in. The people are really nice, the roads are in great shape, and it's home to the resort we spend the winter at, being Tres Rios in Glen Rose. October is when we have our yearly visit to our doctors for check-ups and blood tests.
January - March 2019
April - June 2019
July - September 2019
October - December 2019
We left Texas in the middle of December 2018 and headed east toward Florida. By New Years we were in Louisiana because we wanted to be in Florida by the end of January. I made reservations at a few Thousand Trails parks, Encore, and Coast to Coast. We also stayed with Bill & Julie in their back yard in Sebastian, Florida for a couple of weeks. Sebastian is a very nice, quiet city just north of Vero Beach, and still has that small town feeling. We also stayed a week in Apollo Beach, Florida so we could visit with Jacklyn. Florida also brought the wedding of Lisa & Justin in February, Lisa being Bill & Julie's daughter, whom we have known since she was two years old. We also attended the 100th Anniversary Rally of the Tin Can Tourists in Brooksville which was also held in February.
We decided to slowly make our way north up the eastern side of the U.S. this year, stopping in St. Mary's, Georgia to visit with a old co-worker from our law firm in Atlanta. From there up to Charleston and Savannah. We spent a week on the Outer Banks in April (before season) so the park was pretty empty and the roads were not crowded. There is only one road on the Outer Banks covering the over 70 miles from one end to the other.
From there we went inland and spent a week at a COE on Lake Lanier to visit friends and family in the Atlanta, Georgia area. We then went north again and eventually ended up in North Carolina where we met up with my oldest friend Karen (who I have known my entire life as we grew up on the same street in Maple Heights).
We were going to go to Michigan UP but as we were already heading up the eastern coast, we decided to make a trip to Maine instead and visit with Bill & Julie at their China Lake, Maine house, which we had never seen. Both of our children had already been to Maine to visit with them, so now it was our turn. We took our time getting to Maine, going to Pennsylvania to see the Flight 93 Memorial, then heading to eastern Pennsylvania, up to Massachusetts and New York.
We had a great time in Maine and really enjoy our time with Bill & Julie, being our dearest friends who are like family to us. We've watched each other's children grow up, and they call our daughter, their "second daughter." We stopped in Jefferson, Ohio at Kenisee Lake Thousand Trails, then headed closer to Cleveland to Chesterland where I found an RV site at a 55 & older mobile home community. This place was really nice; I just wish I had known about it in 2014 when my Dad passed. Oh well. This time here we came to visit friends and family. Had a great reunion with my Cousins whom I had not seen since 2005.
After our visit with friends and family in the Cleveland, Ohio area we went to Wapokenata, Ohio where we met up with an old friend of Jim's brother from Kent State. We also went to visit a few interesting sites in the area, such as the Temple of Tolerance. We headed west again to Indiana to visit with another old friend and co-worker.
Now we are back in Texas, a state we really enjoy being in. The people are really nice, the roads are in great shape, and it's home to the resort we spend the winter at, being Tres Rios in Glen Rose. October is when we have our yearly visit to our doctors for check-ups and blood tests.
January - March 2019
April - June 2019
July - September 2019
October - December 2019