Sarasota, Florida

We spend several days at Terry and Dawn's house.  It's warm and sunny so we go to t-shirts and flip flops.  We visit Anna Maria Island in Bradenton and attend a concert at the new Riverwalk Park on the Manatee River.

Anna Maria Island is a barrier island on the coast of Manatee
County , Florida.  It is 7 miles long north to south.

Pier at Anna Maria Island

Mitch, Dawn and Terry on the pier.

Orlando to Sarasota, Florida

We cruise through Daytona Beach.  As we pass by the race track Peggy wants to take the motor home around the track a couple of times.  We meet her brother Terry, Dawn, Casey and Cristina in Orlando.  We enjoy a dinner at Gators and then ferry Terry and Dawn back to Sarasota.

Casey, Cristina, Mitch, Terry and Dawn enjoying dinner

Jacksonville to Flagler Beach, Florida

We stop in Jacksonville for an oil change and Peggy buys a new mini iPad.  We take A1A south and soon find a vacant beach to take a walk.  The dogs, of course, are happy to be out of the motor home and running free.  After our first fresh fish dinner in a while, we take a campsite in Flagler Beach.  It costs $60 for an ocean side site, but we get to hear the surf all night long.

Lots of shells

Flagler Beach

Full moon early in the morning

Bus to Belize at Flagler Beach

Mitch and Poudre walking on Flagler Beach

NC, SC, Georgia, Florida

We wind through rural North and South Carolina.  We intersect 95S at Florence and head through Georgia.  We spend the night at the Florida welcome center.

Williamsville, VA to Boons Mill, VA

Bill cooks breakfast again and then we all pack up to go to other places.  We head south on 220 and stop at Clifton Forge to visit the C&O Railroad Heritage Park.  We find a geocache on a swinging bridge over the Jackson River.  We cross the James River on the way to Roanoke.  It is also very low. South of Roanoke we obey the posted speed as we to through Boons Mill.  This town is made famous in a song by David Vye.  It lies in Franklin County, the moonshine capitol of the world.  We cross into North Carolina and park for the night at a Walmart in Greensboro.

Boons Mill, VA-Don't speed through Boons Mill

Williamsville, VA (Thelma Dare, Harmony Hollow)

Blueberry pancakes for breakfast then back to Harmony Hollow where Ken gives a tour of Tower Hill on the mule.  Trout fish cooked in blueberry batter for supper.  I call them blueberry trout.  Card playing goes on till about midnight.

Blueberry pancakes at the Thelma Dare

View from top of Tower Hill

Ridges showing entrance to Marshall Cave as viewed from the top of Tower Hill

Another view from Tower Hill

Card playing with friends at Thelma Dare

Williamsville, VA (Harmony Hollow)

Bill cooks breakfast and then everybody goes up to Harmony Hollow to see all the improvements the Harnage's have done.  We hike over to Tower Hell, an old hunting shack they just bought, with snow flurries falling.  We return to the cabin for more food and then some music.

Peg, Dixie & Sky at the pond at Harmony Hollow 

Harmony Hollow Pavilion

Bus to Belize, Mitch, Kathleen and Chris

Williamsville, VA (Thelma Dare)

We pack for our seasonal trip south.  I start calling the motor home the bus to Belize.  We leave in the early afternoon and arrive at the Thelma Dare cabin in Highland County at dark.  The Bullpasture River is lower than I have ever seen it.  We renew old friendships with Chris and Ken and Kenny as we have turkey soup and leftovers.  Bill and Kathleen pull up about nine.  Soon Peggy has to get out of bed and tell Bill to cut off his generator, letting him know that he can run his electric cord through the kitchen window.

Thelma Dare

Bull Pasture River

Marshall, VA

We have a filling Thanksgiving dinner at the Duggan's, complete with a family jam session.  We come home and watch the Redskins beat the Cowboys on our pre-recorded Direct TV. Yes!!!