Moving Day

Vero Beach, Florida   -  Sunshine Travel Rv Park

Our move yesterday was not as uneventful as the last couple of moves.  I guess it was our third move with the big rig.

The first issue was our alternator light on the dash kept flicking on and beeping.  Fortunately, we discovered it while airing up and getting ready to leave the campground.  Al had recently done his monthly water check on the batteries.  The way they are wired he had to remove one battery cable to check the water.  It turned out that he didn’t quite tighten the cable enough and once he did that the alternator light stayed out.  Thank goodness.

The second issue was getting out of the campground loop.  The camp host parked with his truck sticking out in the road a little, right on a tight curve.  It wasn’t a  lot but we’re still pretty nervous driving the “Big Guy”  and we were extra careful.

The next thing was we had to go to the dump station and it was a little tricky maneuvering into position around all the trees.  We got that done and then proceeded to check our turn signals and brake lights.   They weren’t working.  Al just tightened the connection a little and we were good to go.  Finally.

The drive to Vero Beach was only about 135 miles, most of it on a 2 lane each way road.  It was a pretty easy drive though and the weather cooperated.  We ran into a little rain but it wasn’t too bad.  The skies looked dark and we figured we’d hit some bad weather.

We pulled into Sunshine Travel a little after 4 pm.  It never occurred to us that they closed at 4 pm!  Fortunately a very nice lady saw us pull up and opened back up to check us in.  It’s a good thing because this is a gated rv park and we needed a gate key.

She gave us our choice of sites and said we could let her know later which one we wanted.  This was nice as it gave us time to find the “perfect” site.  We were here last winter, but the campground looks so much prettier in the summer with the grass nice and green.  The campground is right off of Interstate 95.  This makes it real easy to get to, but the sites near the interstate are a bit noisy.  That is where we were last time.  This time the park was not busy and so we were able to get a site on the opposite side.  Our front window faces out into the woods.  It’s a very nice paved site.  The satellite works too!

As beautiful as Hillsborough River State Park was, we are glad to have full hook-ups again!  I love the beauty of being surrounded by woods, but we are happy to be able to use all the water we want and do some laundry.

We are finally reaping the rewards of our new full-timing lifestyle.  We did some research yesterday and found a very nice Thousand Trails park on the Gulf Coast just south of Tampa.  We also have a place on this (east) coast further up north.  Lots of options.  In our past life, when we had to leave a campground, we were always so sad to go.  Yesterday, we didn’t mind a bit because we knew we were going somewhere else.

This morning (Friday) we got very early and went over to the beach to watch the sun rise.  That is definitely good for the soul.  Pictures of that later.

The following pictures are from Hillsborough River State Park.  A few deer and some flowers.

One of our neighbors at the state park. Note the air conditioner and  the satellite!

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