March 15, 2006

March 15, 2006

Wauchula to Davenport, Florida

YEAR 2 DAY 271

 

Today was sunny and very warm. The humidity was much lower, and the day felt much more comfortable.

This morning as we were preparing for departure from "The Resort", Lorri and Amelia phoned. Joanne chatted with them for awhile while I drained the waste holding tanks and hitched up. We departed The Resort, and drove to Wauchula, where we stopped at Winn Dixie for some groceries. We headed north on Hwy. 17 to Bartow, where we turned east on Hwy. 60. At Lake Wales we turned north on Hwy. 27. As we passed through Dundee I noticed a marmalade and citrus candy factory. We stopped, and bought some marmalade, some citrus candies, and a jelly that didn't turn out quite right and was being sold cheap as an ice cream topping. At Haines City we turned northeast on Hwy. 17 / 92, to Davenport, where we found our way to Three Worlds RV Resort.

We had phoned all the RV parks near Disney World listed in our Passport America campground guide. Three Worlds RV Resort was the only one with a vacancy. It's 11 miles from Disney World. We registered, then found our way to our site. It's a very large RV resort. We had to drive down a campground road where a large crowd was gathered, for today's special event ; a turd toss contest. I'm not really sure what a turd toss contest is, although there was a toilet in the middle of the road. And you thought old people came to Florida for the winter and just sat around by the pool. We got set up and settled in our site, and had a very late lunch. I took a nap.

While I napped, Joanne explored around the park with Bo. When I woke, I took a look at the Disney World brochures Joanne had picked up. Joanne took Bo for an obedience session. Then she took me on a guided tour. We walked around the park, ending up at the pier that leads to a gazebo, on one of the three small lakes in the park. As we walked down the pier, we peeked over the edge of the railing. Wow ... many huge turtles. And ... and ... WOW ... an alligator. Look, Bo ... a 'gator ! Bo could see the alligator and turtles in the water, but wasn't quite sure how to react. We watched the turtles and alligator for awhile, fascinated. There were large brown birds with red heads on the shoreline. I think they might have been Roseate Spoonbills, but I'm not certain.

We returned to the trailer. We unhitched the truck from the trailer, thenset up the sewer connections. I set up the TV antenna, and the barbecue. I set up the laptop, and did today's accounting. I barbecued supper, and started working on today's journal entry.

The Class A motorhome from New Jersey parked beside us has a large mural painted on it. It’s a very touching tribute to the New York firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11.

After supper we watched a Survivor retrospective, then planned our next few days at Disney World. We’ll spend one day at Epcot, and one day at Magic Kingdom. Joanne is not interested in Magic Kingdom, but I am. The Disney World admission fees, at $67.10 per person, per day, seem a bit steep.

DSK