Trip to Lakeland to see the Detroit Tigers

We had a great day in Lakeland today, its only a short drive from our Thousand Trails RV park here just outside Orlando. The Detroit Tigers play their winter ball there at Joker Merchant Stadium in Lakeland and we were invited to take in a game with Teresa, Victor, Adam and his two boys Landon and Wyatt.

Joker Merchant Stadium main entrance

Wyatt

Landon

The boys enjoying some pizza before the game starts

The Tigers and the Astros

Back at Thousand Trails around 6 pm just in time to start the barbecue and have some Ball Park Franks.

Well remember to keep you stick on the ice or as they say at the ball park keep on swinging.                 

Catch you later                                                                                                                                      

The Florida Keys

We book a week in Grassy Key Rv Resort in the Florida Keys wow what a great spot to just relax and enjoy.                                                                                                                                                   

Relaxing at the Tiki Bar down at the water

This guy is a regular at the dock

Our visit to the Keys with our friends Dave and Pam was a great time and the weather was just gorgeous.    We spent a day in Key West taking in all the sites like the Sloppy Joe's and The Bull.                                            

Dave & Pam

   

Having a few Tequila Sunrise at the Bull

Nola & Pam at Sloppy Joe's

Lunch with my sweetheart

It was a great week in the Keys with gorgeous weather good friends and nice Rv park. Well got to get  moving here so later y'all  and remember to keep your stick on the ice                                                           

A lot of rain this year

Boy oh boy I don't want to sound like I am complaining or anything but it has been raining and cool here for the past few weeks keeping us on a pretty tight lease for straying to far from home. We did however manage to get to the Tampa Rv show were we signed up for two RV Park memberships the Escapee Club and Thousand trails RV Resorts and also arrange our plans for a week in the Keys. These are two RV clubs I have been checking out for the last little while and finally bit the bullet so to speak and bought in to both of them, they will really come in handy for our next years plans to go to Texas, Arizona and California.
Well soon time for super better get going but remember to "keep your stick on the ice" talk to you later

Back in Florida

Wow Hoo we are back at Wilderness RV Resort in Florida and finally out of the snow again for another winter. The trip down was faster than usual because we were trying to stay ahead of the snow storm that appeared to be following us lol. We ended up parked next to Bob and Judy again this year and were glad to see them again and enjoyed a great happy hour catching up on the news since we had last sat down together. Although much warmer than what we left behind it was still cool enough to have the rv furnace run in the night but hey we'll take it sure beats -40 below like the day we left.
Well got to run and remember "keep your stick on the ice" talk to you later.

The summer at Blueberry Hill

Boy oh boy the time is just flying by " October 23rd already" the only good thing about that is we are starting to think about our winter plans and getting excited at the thought of being back on the road again.
Since our move to Blueberry in July we have had a pretty busy summer with our family and friends visiting with us.

Blueberry Hill Campground is just a few miles north of Sault Ste. Marie and we have made this our home park and plan to spend the summer months here. Below Madison and Nola show how the park got its name with its abundance of blueberry's in the bushes and on the side of the trails all around the park.

                                   

                                   Mackenzie getting ready to take a dip in the pool

Jason and Dad having a friendly game of washer toss

In August my sister Linda drove up from Wasaga Beach to spend a week with us at Blueberry and visit with friends and relatives she has not seen in a long time. Below are a few pictures of a great lunch visit with our cousin Sharon and her daughter Nicole and her two girls.

Nola had her niece Shelley from Florida come for a visit at the end of August and we spent one day driving along the beautiful shores of Lake Superior and taking pictures.

                                      Shelley getting some pictures of Chippewa Falls

                                                  Nola and her sister Betty here for visit

And of coarse as the summer went on Danielle was eyeing up the mule and finally told dad she was ready to drive.                                                                                                                                                         

Below is our area weather station and boy it sure comes in handy sometimes

Can you tell me what the major difference in these to pictures is lol 

Snow Dam its only October 

Well I better get out of here and I promise I will try  to keep this thing up to date "honest" and above all remember "keep your stick on the ice" talk to you all soon.                                                                 

July

Well I guess you probably figured out by now that I have really been slacking off on my blog duties, okay but I have been pretty busy.

                      Danielle's first ride in Seemore on our way home from Wasaga Beach

                                                    Uncle John with his new niece Danielle

                                       Richards family picture taken in Linda's family room

After we got back from our travels in Southern Ontario and got the gang all home we thought it would be a good time to do a little interior maintenance on Seemore before our summer adventures.
We must have looked at a dozen flooring options before we finally agreed on a vinyl interlocking tile to replace the carpet and cushion floor in the living room/kitchen area. We also put a new backsplash in the kitchen that Nola has been searching for and finally found in one of the local hardware stores.

                                                                    Floor project

                                                                 finished floor

                                                                          New Back-splash
On the 6th of July we headed over to Brimley for nine days before we park Seemore for the rest of the season at Blueberry Hill RV park. When we pull into Brimley we had a surprise visit from some friends of ours Norm & Nancy and Jack & Dorthy who follow our blog. They were camped just down the road at Bay-mills RV park in Norm's newly acquired Bounder, it was sure a nice surprise to see them.

                                   Our campsite just across from friends of ours Donnie & Linda

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                                           Donnie Christin and Emily

                                                                        Linda & Donnie

And look who stopped in at Brimley for a visit on their travels to the north from Florida wow what a great surprise.

                                                               Nola, Teresa and Danielle

                                                                          Victor
 
Got to go for now next time I will post some pictures of Blueberry even though it July remember to "keep your stick on the ice" and thanks for stopping by.

Southern Ontario

Wow we have been in Southern Ontario already for about 3 weeks now and we are currently at Bronte Provincial Park in Oakville "time sure fly's when your having fun".

                                      Nola next to the wild flowers (Phlox) growing beside our site

                                                                        Our Site

I finally got Annabelle fixed today in Burlington at a garage I had been dealing with for a long time when we lived here "great job Sonic Auto". A few other auto shops could not seem to diagnose the problem correctly. After I dropped  the car off I stopped over at the lab were I use to work for a visit with all of the gang I worked with not so long ago. It was great to see all the familiar faces and share some of my travel story's with them.
We have a few more people we are going to visit tomorrow before we move on to Winona Friday were we are going to park Seemore at our friends James and Carol-Anne. It will be nice to see them as we have not seen them since the start of winter trip " and yes James I am going to get some more of that free 120" see you Friday.
Well got to get out of here were going out for dinner and a movie, and of coarse remember "keep your stick on the ice" talk to you later.