It's hard to believe that our three months stay is about to be over here at Imperial Bonita Estates, but it's true! The time has passed fairly quickly and with only a few weeks left I am definitely starting to get the itch to hit the road. It’s not that we haven’t been having fun with all of our activities. We have done a little hiking, played a little disc golf and reconnected with RV friends from the past. It is just that it is about time to go!
We sure have gotten a lot done while we've been here though. We were able to install new slide toppers on our slide outs and they were definitely needed as they had begun to tear. We also bought new shades to replace out old and stained day/night shades and I installed all of them in our motorhome. They really do make the inside of our RV look real nice. All we need to complete our interior re-do is to replace what little bit of carpet we have left. We have also done a lot of other odds and ends and small chores to get the motorhome ready for the next season. So where we going to go next?
To start with I'm having the plan a lot more now than I used to in the past because it seems that there are so many more people are on the road now as compared to several years ago. So I have made our reservations from here all the way to Texas! Our first one is a stop outside of Tampa Florida for about three nights. at Little Manatee State Park. From there we'll hug the coastline and we'll stay at a little park at Keaton Beach FL for 3 nights. Then it's on to Mexico Beach, our last Florida stop, where we will stay at a park called Rustic Sands RV Park. We really love the Mexico Beach area so we're going to spend four nights there.
After Rustic Sands we scored our next two nights in Gulf Islands National Seashore at Davis Bayou Campground and we are looking forward to staying at this new location. Then we will leave Mississippi and enter Louisiana where we will be at Bayou Segnette State Park just south of New Orleans. We will stay here for three nights so we can get our New Orleans fix and get us ready for the Cajun hospitality. From Bayou Segnette we move east to our next stop which will be a longer stay of 15 days at Betty's RV Park one of our favorite little places in the world. At Betty’s we should get our fill of Cajun cuisine and Cajun music before we head into Texas.
In Texas will spend one month at are former hometown in College Station where we can check out our rent house and reconnect with old friends. Here we can visit some of our favorite bars and restaurants (at least the ones that are still open) before moving west over to Lockhart State Park to get our fill of fabulous Texas BBQ. Our last planned stop for this leg of our travels will be for a two-week stay at Potters Creek Park, a Corps of Engineer park near Canyon Lake. Here we will spend some quality time with our grandchildren. Then we will have to make our late spring and summer plans and who knows where we will end up as we haven't got any plans yet! Stay tuned to find out where we head this summer On the Road of Retirement…
NOTE: We are in our winter home until March 1st in Bonita Springs Florida at Imperial Bonita Estates RV park and Coop.
As much as we all want to have wiggle-room while on the road, you are right that it is getting harder to find space. It seems reservations are required during prime-time at prime locations. Safe travels!
ReplyDeleteAgree - it's getting more and more difficult to wing our travel plans without reservations. Kind of takes the spontaneity out of RVing. We love Canyon Lake - enjoy!
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That hitch itch gets to us all the time a couple of weeks is about all we can take then moving on down the road, Enjoy your travels this spring and summer.
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I'm really finding it tedious to deal with having to make reservations for everything and no longer having spontaneity. I wish those pushing full timing as a life style would quit already. People who want to do it will without trying to encourage everyone and make it impossible for all. Hope your travels are smooth and fun.
ReplyDeleteLooks like some wonderful plans. Bayou Segnette State Park is one of our favorite stops. We are sure y'all will have a blast again at Betty's.
ReplyDeleteWe agree with making reservations. After Big Bend, we are headed to San Antonio then Austin. We don't have reservations yet for Austin. I think I better get it in gear.
I so agree with you, we just finished our route planning all the way to Florida next year and I even snagged two state parks!
ReplyDeleteWe hope to cross paths with you again sometime soon.
We are discovering the reservation issue too!! When we full-timed before we never ran into this problem...now we find "booked" campgrounds often!! Yuk!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have great plans!!
Getting ready to make our next years reservations. Next month starts the quest to snag a few FL state park reservations for next winter.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sherry, it is sure getting crowded out there!
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