We visit the Gap

 

Since we have been here in the Poconos, we have traveled Route 209 north through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area many times. Usually we are heading to the Walmart in Milford about 20 miles away. The picture above is one of the Ranger fee collection buildings at either end of Rt. 209.

Yesterday, we decided to travel south to the area of the Delaware River that is the actual "Water Gap." That highway on the other side of the river is Interstate 80.

Two mountains about 1500 ft. high are on either side of the river at the Gap.

This trail rises about 1300 feet and was too steep for us.

We crossed over and headed west on I-80 where the Appalachian Trail goes alongside the highway until it crosses at a bridge and continues south to Springer Mountain in Georgia. The trail starts in Maine at Mount Katahdin.

This a small section of the AT Kathy and I hiked.

Yes, there are bears up here. These are bear-proof trash containers.

This area is at the Kittitinny Visitor Center, unfortunately closed due to the sequester.

The water in this part of the Delaware is quite clear.

 

 

Silverthread falls is on a trail behind the Dingman's Ferry Visitor Center. Dingman's Ferry was an early crossing of the river and could accomodate horses as well as passengers.

This beautiful waterfall is Dingman's Falls. It is about a mile down the trail and there is a well constructed walkway along the whole trail.  This was the highlight of our day at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

We're still here!!

We are still alive and well and we will start blogging again! I must apologize for the lapse, but we can come up with any number of excuses. Forget the excuses, we're back!!

We left Florida heading for the Pennsylvania Poconos for a workamping assignment at the Timothy Lake Outdoor World Resort. We had a great winter in FL, but all good things must end. We stopped at the Mid-Atlantic resort The Oaks at Point South in Yemassee, sc for a couple of nights. Nice small park with lots of trees.

 

As I said, lots of trees

We also added some new chairs in place of the disintegrating Lazy Boy recliners we got 3 years ago

Our route took us through Alexandria, VA to bypass Washington, DC. Below is the George Washington Masonic Temple in Alexandria.

 

We stopped in Maryland for a few days to be with our youngest son Matt and his family before proceeding on to our jobs.

What an awesome sunrise at the Bar Harbor RV Park.

 

Our granddaughter Kirstin and "Bailey" were happy to see us.

Our son Matt and daughter in law Shelley

 Kathy with our grandkids Nathan aka The Nathanator and almost teenager Kirstin.

We had quite an enjoyabl and also uneventful trip of about 1150 miles. We will be here at Timothy Lake South until Labor Day. We'll make a stop in Indianna to get some work done on our motor home and then start the winter migration. First to Florida for doctors and then we are heading back west!.

Thanks for checking in with us. My intention is to make at least weekly posts and hopefully more often.

Back to Rambler's Rest

We are back in Venice, FL for a last 2 week stay at Rambler's Rest Encore Resort. This is rapidly becoming our favorite park in Florida! There are lots of activities going on and most folks walk or ride bikes here rather than use golf carts which are so prevalent elsewhere. We will finish up our last 4 doctor visits while here and then spend onr more week in FL at 3 Flags Outdoor World Resort in Wildwood, FL. Monday after Easter we will head north to our workamping assignment at Timothy Lake South in the PA Poconos.
In the mean time we will enjoy the FL sun and warmth a little while longer.

3 Flags

We have been at the 3 Flags Mid Atlantic RV Resort for the last 2 weeks. This is a very nice park with an excellent staff. Joanne, the manager is doing a great job keeping the park up and activities flowing.
The past 2 Saturdays were good for us as we sold our bead jewelry at the morning craft sale here. This past Saturday was also a cookout with cheese-burgers/drink/chips going for $3.50. Good grub at a great price! We'll be back here for a week at the end of March before heading north to our workamping assignment at Timothy Lake South Outdoor World RV Resort in the Pennsylvania Poconos.
Our friends Nick and Terry Russell have been here for most of the last 2 weeks. Nick writes The Gypsy Journal print newspaper all about their full-time travels. He also publishes a daily blog filled with much good information and some just plain fun stuff.
Earlier in the week we had dinner with Nick and Terry, Bob and Rita Meridith, both very good artists, and Al Hesselbart, the historian for the RV/MH Museum and Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN. We went to the charming town of Inverness about 20 miles east of here to a great little place called Stumpknockers. The food and company were super and we will go back to Inverness when we are here in March. The seafood there was quite fresh and well cooked. Lots of local stuffed critters on the walls to add a special ambiance...lol.
Its been fun being able to pick Nick and Terry's brains about all kinds of stuff. I learned a bunch about blogging, and Kathy spent time with Terry discussing her love for fiber art. Kathy will do a feature on our next edition of Living the RV Dream.
Tomorrow morning we are going back to Wachula and the Peace River Thousand Trails Preserve. We'll spend 2 weeks there and then 2 more weeks in Venice, FL at the Rambler's Rest Encore Park. We will finnaly finish up all our various doctor and chiropractor visits.

A little more Rambler's Rest

We left Rambler's Rest yesterday, but I had these pictures from one of our walks to the Myakka River which is the back boundary of the campground. This is a fishing dock and gathering place. There is also a canoe and kayak launch just beyond the dock. I think the bike to golf cart ratio here must be 50/1. Usually the other way around.

These are views up and down river. Quite serene.

This great blue heron was looking for his next meal. Lots of 'gators in here by the way.

Ramblers Rest Venice FL

Here we are at Ramblers Rest in Venice, FL. This park is located off of I75 Exit 191 and what a beautiful park it is. We are just about 10 miles from the Venice Beach and the cute little community of Venice FL. We have not stayed here before but have found this park to be very nice. It seems everyone here likes to ride their bikes around and they are very friendly folks.

One of the best things about this place is the entrance where there is plenty of space to unhook and hook up when we leave. I really like it when we don't block traffic to unhook the car or when we are trying to hook back up. I wish more parks would take this into consideration.

The beautiful warm pool at Rambles Rest.

Here's the office for registration and the people here were very friendly. We were told that we would probably only get 30AMP but the friendly staff were very gracious and gave us 50AMP and boy are we HAPPY CAMPERS.  

One of the most interesting trees here is the bottle brush tree. Very pretty and smells nice. How unusual for this red flower to look like a bottle brush.

Here's my honey hard at work improving our  website. We have a side entry rig so the front passenger area is perfect for John to set up his "office" and leave it set up while we are camped. I on the other hand, have my computer at the dinette so every time we get ready to eat I have to find a space to move it to. It's a little annoying but not bad.  I don't like to sit in front of the TV to eat because it doesn't allow John and I a chance to talk. Sometimes it seems like we are so busy we don't spend enough us time.  By making sure we turn off the TV and have dinner together, it's a chance to catch up on what we are both thinking, especially what we want to talk about on the next Podcast and the research we have done and what we need to do. I'll be back soon with another Blog post. Happy Camping!!

Final day at the Tampa RV Supershow

The rescue squad was on site for the entire show with this rapid response ambulance/golf cart

We spent an hour or so looking at the many park models at the show.

This one was like a small mountain chalet.

Some day, this might be the type of home we live in.

Here comes the Tram!!

There goes the tram!!

This guy was everywhere and he was quite good.

There's my beautiful reporter waiting for me!!

Everywhere  you turned, there were more performers. We really enjoyed these guys.

This place was packed even on the last day.

I'm not sure what this gal was supposed to represent, but look at the sold signs on the rig behind her. Almost all sealers reported good sales volume.

Even Charlie Chaplin was here!

There was lots of stuff for the kids to do on Saturday and Sunday.

 

These guys have been here for the last 13 or 14 years and they are excellent.

 

 

One last street performer.