fladogfan aka Gretchen

Love looking at your camp setup Carol, it always seems so cozy. And the pics you took from your site into the woods are so peaceful and beautiful.

Was this report over so quickly because you didn't give anyone time to hyjack the thread?

I love long road trips even when it's someone else doing the driving....you really cover a lot of ground ..fast

Does anyone remember this check point just outside the Fort.

I do! It was there until the year of the hurricanes.

This checkpoint was severely damaged in 2004 with the help of Charlie and the girls, Frances and Jeanne. What was left was removed soon after. EEK gotta agree with Lou, would be nice if the road was restriped.

My daughter came up with new lyrics for IASW yesterday. I have to share it with you.

It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.It's a small world in boat.

What a delightful second verse. :banana: Now to get that out of my brain..while there's still some left :rofl2:

Great report Carol. Love the spur of the moment trip.

Your camp site always 'looks' cool because of all the blue...an illusion of cool even in the 90s.

Spitting southern ladies and lots of popcorn ... perfect!

Didn't take Gwen long to call you on the old comment..too funny :D

Oh Monique, what a terrible experience. Was reading along thinking this just happened and came to the August 1 post. THEN I noticed 2011. So glad you and your loved ones were OK. I'm a firm believer in seat belts. Wonderful invention! I've been hooking our dogs, 11# poms, in their harnesses with the back seat belts. But you are right, it gives them too much move around room and in an accident they could be hurt. So will be shopping for a crate and will use seat belt to secure that. Problem will be, mil and her 12# poodle who live with us. She just lets her dog have the run of the vehicle. Will try to get her to read this thread. Hope all 3 dogs will share same crate. We have an Avalanche, so limited space to use a crate when 3 humans in truck.

God is Good that's for sure, I'm so glad you use seat belts.

PJ, what a horrible way to start retirement, very sorry for the loss of your Abby, so sad. Good that hubby and Koda survived.

Monique has some good ideas for helping Koda recover from the terror of the accident. The short trips are good, you might even start by just sitting in the Jeep, petting him for a minute or two every day until he can relax, then try turning the engine on and sit some more. Then a short move down the drive. I'm sure you get the idea. Will be thinking of you and praying all goes well.

OH and welcome !!

Oh I HATE that! I had a whole update 3/4 done and accidentally closed it out!!!!!!!!

I'm starting over... :blowup:

SO sorry..have done simular things too many times

OK next time pack the waxpaper (for the slide) won't cool slide but boy will make ride down quicker. But NO BARE SKIN on slide!!

The mister set up is cool.. and cooling :)

This trip looks like fun. Inside is nice and bright, cool tile work in bathroom. Thanks for taking us along.

Rita, Bojangles fast food also has country ham bisquits, and they are GOOD! Only trouble..not many of them in Florida. I've been buying from one on RT. 436 in Altamonte. There is another one being built in/near Winter Garden on RT. 535. That would be the easiest one to get to from the fort. Maybe it's finished, haven't been by that way for weeks.

LOVE the "You are not the boss of me " shirt. My mil is now living with us. I asked her if she would like to go camping, she has never been camping, did not get a 'no'...so we will try soon...might wait for some cooler days. I'm going to try to find that shirt for Annie, she is almost 90. August 27 will be the day.

I've been away for weeks and am trying to catch up...having great fun reading the TRs. Of course it's making me drool wanting to be out camping.

Thanks Cindy for the info.

I use my mother's dutch oven( from the 1930's) for lots of in-house cooking. It's like 2 frying pans, a deep one and a shallow one that is also used as the lid. The bottoms are flat so it's not made for camp cooking. But I bet I could figure out a way to use it for pies. Tho, might not want to get all that charcoal on something used in the house, but sure sounds tasty. Do the pies have a baked on charcoal flavor? I do know the type of dutch oven you use.

Thanks for the easy to do receipe too.

Nice TR sure showed a lot of family time and fun together.

Now about those pies... "eating a freshly baked pie ( Sat was Mixed berry pie, Tuesday was Apple/cranberry pie, Thursday was Pumpkin and Sat was Mixed berry again by request). YUMMY!!! We carry a cast iron dutch oven w/ us and I love to bake. ;D"

Was hoping someone would ask for receipes and how you bake them in the dutch oven? So there..it's asked. Do you mind sharing...please :)

Whatever you do, don't actually EAT those pineapples.

You think the liquid inside them is strong...

Well rats! i was just thinking "bet the pineapples taste good" :)

Koodos to your Mom, Rita. She's right, it does look like fun and so does the Isle of Rita :)

Started reading this TR last night and took a few more hours tonight to get to this point. Really enjoying it. I grew up in Arlington and once, a cousin and I walked up the stairs of the Washington Monument. Set in the outside walls of the stairwell are stones and placques from a lot of the states ( do not have a clue as to how many states) My memory is that some of them are on the tacky side...but we still had fun.

Was a long hike up those stairs, most people rode the elevator. We were beat at the top and when the time came to head down, we took the elevator also. It's a neat memory and took place about 60 years ago. Hard to believe the memory is so fresh, thanks Nicki for the reminder.

Oh no, might have to invest in a Belgian waffle maker

looks good..sounds easy

I wondered when that bridge would be fixed...good thing!

Just a little up date. A lot of rehabbing is going on at JP. A bunch of new sites have been added, the roads have new layer of coquina shell nicely packed, and 8 cabins have been added to the park. Looked like new slides at the playground.

DH and a couple of his friends camped at JP for a weekend convention of wargaming (with minitures) in Cocoa Beach. Lots smaller cost than staying in a hotel. After the guys left, I joined DH on Sunday afternoon. Park was about empty. But so much has been done. Rest rooms fixed up, new shuffle board courts, gazebos, electric hookups. All the new sites are full hook up, from what I could see. And it looks like some of the old sites have sewer hook up too. Three of the cabins had been set up and they expected the last 5 Monday. Did not get inside, so don't know how many they would sleep. but look cute, shorter than the fort's cabins. Have a full front porch. They are buitl somewhere else and trucked in, like a mobile home.

OH yes, of importance to us--wifi has been added! Didn't have the camera so sorry, no pictures. Next time;)

............. :rofl2: :rofl2:

:banana: Ben's mustache :banana:

What a shame the man had to be such a creep. Ooooh even reading about him gives me the shivers.

The weather down here is beautiful. A small dab of fog this morning, quickly gone, and now sunny with high fluffy clouds. Temps in high 60s to low 70s. I know, that's heat wave territory. But Wait! a few days from now we are suppose to be getting temps in the 80s. Now I know that will be heat wave temps for our doddle. Safe travels!!

Plus you don't have to deal with the traffic at 535 and Apopka-Vineland, which can really get backed up sometimes.

I vote for Jetty Park too. And you get to watch the Disney ships come and go, depending on what days you are there.

It was my favorite spot to watch shuttle lift offs. You might get lucky and see some kind of rocket lift off. Never know.

I love that yellow awning, it looks like it was custom made for your TT.

Now I'm caught up too and waiting for the 'rest of the story'