On the road for a short trip. We joined The Villages RV Club, (200+ RV's) and signed up for a nearby jaunt to try it out. Yesterday, we loaded up and headed east 
to Jacksonville and the Flamingo Lake RV Resort. It is a very clean, large resort with many amenities.
We are backed in along the lake, just left of this post. It is a mile around the lake. Weather is nice, in the 70's yesterday and great for being out and about.
We headed into downtown to walk along the St John's riverfront and happened to catch the drawbridge going up . I never saw a large ship go thru so not sure why it was
elevating. There are river taxis available for crossing or going up and down the river.
I managed to find a yarn shop in the outskirts of the city. Believe it or not, in a community of 70,000 plus old people, there is only a Joann's or Walmart for yarn. And the pickings are slim to none. So I have not even bought a skein of sock yarn since a trip to Denver last fall. That record will have to stand. I touched all sorts of beautiful, colorful trendy yarns but only bought a book of patterns. That's restraint. Yarn is just so expensive. One skein of a particular Rowan brand, designed by Kaffe Fassett , was over $25 and it takes at least 5 for a cardigan. And one skein of nice, colorful sock yarn runs around $20.....for that you do get 2 sox but still, it's sometimes painful to just wear them around the house at that price. But whoever said knitting, or quilting, or sewing was done to save money.
Later in the day, we and 46 others from our group, met for dinner at Clark's Fish Camp. It was one of those ramshackle places that kind of expanded as it's popularity grew. The menu was huge and varied and besides the obvious, it had ostrich, many frog dishes, kangaroo, eel, snake (well, you get the idea...) I had angel hair and vegetables which was delicious but certainly not adventurous. Paul had stuffed flounder. One guy ordered the small prime rib. It was HUGE. About 3 inches thick and the size of a dinner plate and looked raw. He seemed to enjoy it altho I couldn't watch so really don't know. The place was very busy but the service was prompt and the food was perfect. A good find.
Sometimes, I just don't think......or stop and look.....or maybe I was in a hurry. Anyhow, we stopped at Costco last week and I went to pick up bottled water to use on this trip. We prefer not to drink the water when hooked up to campground sources altho it's mostly fine. I saw a large container of packaged water bottles and with difficulty, hoisted it into the cart, then the car and then the RV. Not once did I really LOOK at it.
When I did, I found that I had purchased 70 SMALL bottles of water. Very small. It's still water and we will recycle the containers but ........
to Jacksonville and the Flamingo Lake RV Resort. It is a very clean, large resort with many amenities. 
We are backed in along the lake, just left of this post. It is a mile around the lake. Weather is nice, in the 70's yesterday and great for being out and about.
We headed into downtown to walk along the St John's riverfront and happened to catch the drawbridge going up . I never saw a large ship go thru so not sure why it was
elevating. There are river taxis available for crossing or going up and down the river.
I managed to find a yarn shop in the outskirts of the city. Believe it or not, in a community of 70,000 plus old people, there is only a Joann's or Walmart for yarn. And the pickings are slim to none. So I have not even bought a skein of sock yarn since a trip to Denver last fall. That record will have to stand. I touched all sorts of beautiful, colorful trendy yarns but only bought a book of patterns. That's restraint. Yarn is just so expensive. One skein of a particular Rowan brand, designed by Kaffe Fassett , was over $25 and it takes at least 5 for a cardigan. And one skein of nice, colorful sock yarn runs around $20.....for that you do get 2 sox but still, it's sometimes painful to just wear them around the house at that price. But whoever said knitting, or quilting, or sewing was done to save money.
Later in the day, we and 46 others from our group, met for dinner at Clark's Fish Camp. It was one of those ramshackle places that kind of expanded as it's popularity grew. The menu was huge and varied and besides the obvious, it had ostrich, many frog dishes, kangaroo, eel, snake (well, you get the idea...) I had angel hair and vegetables which was delicious but certainly not adventurous. Paul had stuffed flounder. One guy ordered the small prime rib. It was HUGE. About 3 inches thick and the size of a dinner plate and looked raw. He seemed to enjoy it altho I couldn't watch so really don't know. The place was very busy but the service was prompt and the food was perfect. A good find.Sometimes, I just don't think......or stop and look.....or maybe I was in a hurry. Anyhow, we stopped at Costco last week and I went to pick up bottled water to use on this trip. We prefer not to drink the water when hooked up to campground sources altho it's mostly fine. I saw a large container of packaged water bottles and with difficulty, hoisted it into the cart, then the car and then the RV. Not once did I really LOOK at it.
When I did, I found that I had purchased 70 SMALL bottles of water. Very small. It's still water and we will recycle the containers but ........Today, we will head up to St Simon's Island for some pleasant wanderings.....pictures at 11.....or tomorrow.
Sounds like a fun jaunt. So let's see pictures of your rig.
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