At daybreak we had a leisurely breakfast then packed up the rig to head south a few miles where we will finally arrive at our winter home in Bonita Springs Florida. We will spend three months at Imperial Bonita Estates and since we have spent several winter seasons here we have made many friends who are a mixture of snow birds and a few permanent residents.
This is an interesting RV park in that it had three sections. We stay in the area that is mostly RV’s with some semi-permanent park models. Then there is another section known as the co-op where people have the option to purchase a share of the co-op and put their own park model on it. This way they own their park model but are simply “borrowing” the land as they can always opt to sell their park model plus the cost of the co-op share. The last section of the park allows one to purchase both the land and the park model to become true home owners.
Many of the park models were destroyed last winter when a hurricane pretty much hit this area head on causing long lasting flooding and damage. As a result nearly 30 park models were destroyed and bulldozed into a pile of rubble which was hauled off site leaving nothing but the bare dirt beneath it. The park has since converted most of those back to RV sites and some who wished to rebuild had to do so under new city codes requiring the new place be elevated some four feet or more more than the original units.
Needless to say last season when we were here the place looked and smelled pretty bad but we came down anyway to help in any way we could. It has come a long way this winter with new RV pads and new park models certainly sprucing up the place. Onsite repairs to the recreational facilities is complete as well and now the park looks better than ever.
With us being here for three months I have several projects to tackle on the RV before we head north for the spring. I will pen blogs about these projects as they are completed and I will also write a few blogs about projects I recently completed but haven’t yet written about. Blogs will be a little less frequent during our winter stay as there is usually less for us to talk about since we are in one spot so long…
NOTE: We are now at our winter site for the season in Bonita Springs, Florida…
Enjoy your time there at your winter home, like you always do.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how far they can come in a year, we've experienced the same here in Port A but still lots to do. We'll be staying in Moore Haven, 3/8-3/13 to visit family in Punta Gorda, maybe we can meet up at a local brewery one day. Enjoy your stay!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like we will keep missing each other as we leave here on March 1st... some day our paths will cross...
DeleteBummer, one day the timing will work out.
DeleteGood to see things are getting cleaned up and repaired. We will be at Indian Pass near Appalachicola in February, and the hosts there said they are working hard to clean up after Michael. Our reservations at St Joe were cancelled because of the damage there. SO sad.
ReplyDeleteYes, we often stop in Mexico Beach at Rustic Pine RV Park on our way out of Florida to Texas... so very sad what happened to all of that area.
DeleteWe spent two winters there, a great area:)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great location. I'm glad to see they are doing well after Hurricane Irma.
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