Retired and Happy (Ken)

I agree with Good Sam.  They've been good to us for many years, including multiple tows in a couple of cases.

I just got my motorhome out of the shop.  I had some body work done to repair where I argued with a pine tree last summer.  It looks like they did a great job, even somewhat matching the finish of my 16 year old paint.  While it was there, they repaired an electrical problem at a reasonable price where some generator wiring had fried itself.  Apalachee RV is location near AUburn GA on GA 316.  They seem to be a full service center including authorized Onan work.  When I picked the MH up, the body man noticed a dent in our van that was there when we bought it a year and a half ago.  He is sending us an estimate for repairiing that too.

Not to offend anyone, but we would like to (and probably will) retain purple ears as our sign.  It represents something Disney, but separates us from the people "over there".

Ours stays out at the Fort.  We would usually have a screen room hanging from it.  Sometimes use deflappers and occasionally tie downs.  Always leave rear end lower for runoff.  When we use the screen room, we also use Awnbrellas (4) to arch the roof (awning).

Has anyone heard or seen anything definitive (more than rumor) on the Fort limiting displays for any of the the holidays?

Explain.  Is this a virtual or a real race?  What age group?

We take ours out for an extra week before Christmas (Winter) vacation.  Our schools withdraw them so they don't count against their attendance counts...then re-enroll them when we get back in January.  Never been a problem.  If it was, we would fight.  Our time with our kids is indeed priceless as is the time at the Fort for them and for us.  For several years we took them out a few extra day before Thanksgiving for a trip to the Dollywood area.  Also priceless.

Looping.

I'm not a fisherman, but i miss the big blue writings of Frank.  Frank are you lost on the other side? :dance:

Good locations, but hard to get into many of the sites with a big rig.  Older sites and mostly smaller sized.

I like the 1400 outer loop, especailly the few sites that back toward the meadows.

Now they will put and age warning on all moving apparatusses...apparatii?  No one over 70 allowed without a doctors approval.

One 3-weeker around Christmas/New years and sometimes a week summer trip.

Nikki,  Yes, That would have been us at the bus stop.  Some of the newer busses will handle three chairs, but it seems we hit the older ones the whole trip...or until the accident.

Were you in loop 300 or 500?  We were in 500 (518 to be exact) and the rear of our site was on the main drag near the CS. TCD pictured it in his last TR "over there".

Great TR.  I wish we took more pictures of the colorful spots around WDW and especially the Fort.

Hey Duane,  Can't walk across the pond?  Welcome.  Drive up your post count with your info and activities.

I always use Enterprise over on hotel Blvd (or whatever the street is called).  National, Alamo, and Enterprise are all one company pulling cars from the same lot, just charging different prices.  Enterprise has always picked me up at my campsite and dropped me back there after turn-in.  Enterprise is the cheapest of the three "companies".  Sorry I can't give you the number right now.  It's in my MH which is in the shop.

I have always also left my trailer at the back of my campsite (usually sideways), but I guess that depends on how big it is.  Mine is a 6x12 cargo.  I just unload the GC then push the trailer in by hand before backing the MH in.  If I didn't have the trailer loaded with decorations, I would unload the GC at the hitch/unhitch area.

KFK,

I agree, it is absolutely necessary to get the help needed to give your children the best opportunity to grow, physically or mentally.  And you can't get the help unless you kow what is wrong, or what is needed.  I wouldn't call is "labeling".  I would call it "diagnosing".  As Judy would say, a wheelchair doesn't handicap a child; it give the child mobility.

Am I weird?  I like Small World.  No trip is complete without it.

Fortunately our kids schools agree that our travels are just as educational as being in a classroom.  Or maybe we just didn't give them a chance to object since we've been doing this for so many years.  Maybe bringing back litle gifts for the teachers doesn't hurt, either.  Our schools have a procedure wherein they withdraw the kids from school so their absences do not affect the school's attendance records (or their funding), then they are put back in the system when we return.  Works for us.  Shawnee will talk about the trip for days before and after each trip and we usually send pictures or an email report about what we did while we were gone.

We stop at the Inn & Out RV Park in Lake City US 90 at I-75.  Convenient to the interstate (but far enough away from the noise), lots of places to eat, WalMart, Home Depot (or Lowes).  Nothing special, but level pull thru spaces, a convenience store, and a Subway on the property...gas, deisel, propane.  Never used the bathhouses, so i can't speak about them.  Some apparently permanent residents near the front.

Carol, But where is your identifyable avatar?

Our DS14 also shows some signs of autism, not diagnosed.  But he enjoys sitting outside in his chair or in the GC.  If we're outside - working, decorating, or whatever, that's even better for him.  But if I take hm for a ride to get a paper or icecream at the trading post, his day is made.  He sits in the cart while I run inside.  If I bring out a big bag, he knows I've gotten a frozen pizza.  None of this would be possible at another resort.

Great start.  Questions:  1.  Were you the one who questioned whether the Ole Airstream would be welcome at the Fort?  If so, it is a great looking RV.  We would appreciate seeing some inside pictures.  2.  What was that brown "box" being worked on...where the leak was?  3.  A delicate question..Is it a personal concern about not showing the kids?  I've seen other posters with the same outlook, and others who willingly show the kids having fun.  Comment:  Love the holstein.

Hope to see you at the Fort some day.

Donnie,  I'm not a biker, but from your description, this place sounds like a place you REALLY enjoy.  It's nice to find someplace where there care about catering to their clients.  150 miles of tracks sounds awesome (or as Jen might say AUsome).  Thanks for the report.

It's great to see this category on this forum.  As most of you probably know we have three special needs kids, now all teens.  :)  Our aim in life is to give them the best life they can appreciate and enjoy.  They will probably all be full care all of their lives, but we try to expose them to those things they can appreciate.  Kenya enjoys personal attention and is somewhat coming out of her shell to look at the world around her.  Kimberly enjoys everything and laughs at anythiing.  Shawnee is the most advanced and loves to ride and to eat.  He has most eating places spotted at WDW and knows what to order at each.  We have learned to pace the children and ourselves to be able to enjoy whatever we do.  We spend a lot of time at the Fort and short times in the parks.  The GC is invaluable (as is the MH).  We could not travel much without either one.  We now have a van equipped for three wheelchairs, so that gives us another short trip alternative.

We are looking to foster an infant again soon, but if that doesn't work out, we will be content with the family we now have.  We will visit the Fort and Dollywood and maybe find a couple of other places to visit with three wheelchairs.  The saga continues.