Update...

SNOWBIRDS THIS WINTER—

“Angel” (that’s Sue’s spiffy cat) turned out to be a perplexing problem in our search for winter digs in Florida starting this coming January.

Evidently lots of previous, irresponsible pet owners have left problems in their rental accommodations to the extent most owners now prohibit pets outright.

So, our interim solution popped into our view while driving down Possum Run Road recently.

Sue said, “Look. There’s a camper for sale. Let’s stop and take a look on our way back this way.” The look on my face had to scream “astonished”. Sue absolutely is not a “camper” and had previously wiggled around the very suggestion of considering that style of snowbirding.

But, stop, we did—and owned that rig less than 24 hours later.

Turns out, the camper belonged to old friends of Sue’s and her late husband and was in terrific condition for its age. She even had nice memories of some camping outings in it some years ago.

It’s a fifth-wheel style just less than 30 feet long and fell easily within the towing capacity of my V-8 powered pick-up.

But, mercy, is it ever going to be cozy!

She’s used to a spacious, 3-bedroom condo and I have a 3-bedroom mobile home on 9 secluded acres. The camper is like a one-bedroom, 225 square foot apartment—with a davenport-equipped “living” room, a combination dinette/kitchen area, full bath and the bedroom.

Naturally it will have a nifty, awning covered patio area just outside the door.

Now, we are looking around for a place to park it for January through March next winter. The RV park we currently are considering costs $675 for January and $800 each for the next two months.

That’s substantially less than rentals costs for decent housing. Besides, it’s just a place to sleep and get tidied up for the next adventure.

We are into square dancing and bicycling and hiking, and, with the blog expecting to be fed a regular supply of material we’ll be roaming an entire state--full of adventures that need written about.

So, we now are in the process of outfitting the rig and counting the days until launch.

However, we’ll be taking the title with us.

Just in case, of course.

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We hope to spend lots of quiet evenings—as Sue is doing in the top photo—relaxing this winter on the awning covered patio of our camper; with palm trees swaying in gentle breezes nearby, of course.

There is a davenport out of sight behind me in the lower photo which takes a peek through the kitchen/dinette area toward the step-up bedroom in the front of the camper. A full bath is in between.