Ok so now we finally got the slide outs fixed and we are back living the high life. We went two weeks without the extra room and now we know we will never go without them again. It's unbelievable how much extra room you get with the extensions.
​Now on another note I know these people in Florida are horny little devils but they actually announce it on the roadway.

Paul How would you like to bag one of these for your roadkill trophy case? Actually they have alligator signs too! We could call you" Panther Paul".
Well we took off and headed for the everglades and alligators. We stayed at a casino about 50 miles from the everglades. We did good on our free play and it even bought us a buffet.   

We have not had a repair job in over a week. This is good. We traveled after the everglades all the way down to Key West. We could not find a campsite anywhere on the 127 mile Keys. So we turned around at Key West and headed back to the casino we stayed at Monday night. The water was beautiful and emerald in color but no room at the Inn. It was the first time we got frustrated at the lack of camping spots. But then again most people don't "wing it" like we do but that is the fun and exciting part of what we do.   

We left the Keys and the casino and headed to the Elks Club in Punta Gorda on the Gulf coast. We stayed for 10 dollars at the Elks and visited with George and Anna P. Drank, laughed and passed out!! Headed to Arcadia for two nights at an RV resort(free).
We have headed into hibernation in the Highland Hammock State Park. We have 3 days here to prepare our livers for the test...we meet up with Bill and Kathy soon and must be ready. Gotta go now I just finished my beer and I have to cook.


This was our site in Arcadia. We love it but were not ready for that just yet.
​Oh and we love all of you too!!  

Thank God we are always behind on the last minute packing. Karen goes into the basement to grab a pair of pants out of the drier literally 10 minutes before we are to launch and the basement is flooded and water is spraying out of the hot water tank. I thank God cause this could have been a huge problem had we left and it kept flooding for weeks. Ed's right we should buy a boat!
We clean up the water and I attached a hose to the tank and shove it into the sump pump crock. Call Matt and put in my order for a new hot water tank...sounds easy enough unless like a dummy you shove the hose in to far and jam the float on the pump. And yes you guessed it the basement flooded.
So thank God Gabe stopped over 5 days later to grab the mail and discovered our " Lake Muzic" in the basement.

 Remember this handy little tool from last years blog. Well we wake up the first morning in West Virginia and the Winnie is frozen and won't start.So Captain Joey crawls under the camper and does his best imitation of a grease monkey and gets old Winnie started. Ready to get the Hell out of this 12 degree weather and get to the South. Hold on ...we now realize it's probably not a good idea to put the slideouts on the camper out in 12 degree weather. After an hour of trying to heat up the camper and pushing on slideout we get it to retract.
On the road again. Our next destination  South Carolina and a State Park called Sesquicentennial SP. Weather is much better now probably 45 to 50 degrees.
We back into our site and try to extend the slideouts and yes you probably know where I'm going with this story. The motor for the hydraulics is fried. Best part is the slide went out 4 inches then died. I wonder what kind of a trade in on a boat I could get. We still feel very lucky though and the weather is getting nicer everyday.  

Guess where we are now!!! I noticed after spending a lot of time on the outside of the camper we had a severe issue with the tire that we purchased at Bud's Grocery. That story is in the archive blog from 2/28/15 "Some one help me I have a flat tire".
I do not like roadside assistance so after golfing at Baseline Golf club we headed straight to Baseline Auto Repair and Tire. So $205.78 later I trade in my Indy 500 slick for a nice 10 ply Firestone all terrain. So officially I have bought 9 tires in less than 12 months. And we still think we are the luckiest people in the world. 

Okay so this will be last "lucky" story of this blog. Some people might not think it was funny but we laughed like hell..LLH for short. Apparently you should never trust a guy smoking a cigar and drinking a beer to guide you into your site. As you can see in the picture a fist up in the air is not white power but it is the international sign for " you just backed into a tree moron"
Actually I think you are suppose to give the sign right before hitting the tree!
​But...we still think we are two of the luckiest people. We have all of you to come home to.