Trip Log

March 10, 2007

Today we traveled southeast of Naples and saw some of the real Florida.  We traveled with Janet & Craig and Ray Carroll and his son, Robbie.  Ray grew up in Naples and loves to show off his Florida and we love it.  We went skeet & trap shooting in the morning and the girls did great.  It

March 9, 2007

We continue to walk the beach and ride the bikes.  Yesterday, while riding, we stopped to watch a gopher tortoise cross the road and we didn't even hurry him  up.  We saw a large green iguana raoming the neighborhood a few days ago.  Janet's family continues to return north, the Chess's leave thi

March 4, 2007

This week has been hot, at least to two northerners used to 20 degrees.  Our time has been spent learning the trailer, walking on the beach and helping to get ready for Katie's wedding.  The trailer is great, everything is working fine and we are getting used to it, even calling it home.  We are

February 25, 2007

It has been a very busy week.  After finishing new floors in the dining and living rooms we helped move much of Jeff & family's stuff into the house.

February 13, 2007

It snowed last night. We were going to go out and practice backing up but not in the snow. The snow is one of the reasons we want to be gone while the other pictures are some of the reasons we don't want to be gone too long.

February 12, 2007

Today we picked up the trailer.  They showed us how to use everything, made a few things right and the trailer was ours to take home.  We hooked it to the truck but it was in a tight spot so they brought it out.  It was tight because on the way out the front right corner of the trailer dented the

February 8, 2007

We purchased RV insurance yesterday and had the hitch installed today.  We are ready to go.

February 6, 2007

The hitch and all the slider and mounting pieces arrived yesterday and after a dry-run assembly we are scheduled to have it installed on Thursday 2/8.  We scheduled Monday 2/12 to have a test and demonstration of all of the trailer 'systems'.  Assuming all goes well, we will tour the 'store' for

February 2, 2007

Today we bought a 2002 Cameo by Carriage 35KS3 5th wheel trailer.

January 16, 2007

The day we bought the truck.

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