Visit from Mom and Phyllis to Inverness, FL

We're having a great time with Mom and her friend, Phyllis, here at Thousand Palms RV Park...here in Inverness, FL.  They came for 3 weeks and I think they're really having a blast here.  They love the people here at the park, who have made them feel right at home.  Wish they could stay longer!! 

They only have a few more days left before they head back to Wisconsin, so we'll make the most of those days!

Christmas Kickoff in Florida

Our park kicked off the Christmas season on 12/10/2010 with lighting up all the decorations in the park, a decorated golf cart parade and a potluck supper...and finally the arrival of.....SANTA!!  Santa had a great time entertaining everyone and taking pictures with them.  A great time was had by all.   We're now officially in the holiday mood!!  Lots of holiday events planned during the next 2 weeks, so we'll be busy with our "surrogate" family here at Thousand Palms RV Resort!  This eases the Blue Christmas blues of not being in Wisconsin with our family and friends during the holidays. 

A short video of some of the decorated golf carts in the parade...click the arrow to watch, but be sure to pause the music playing at the bottom of the web page first, or you'll be listening to a mixture of music!!

The Middleton's from Wisconsin - we met her at a sports bar in town while watching the Sunday Packer games.

Santa with Tom

Our holiday decorated home

Santa with Rick

Santa's Florida sleigh

Santa with Sharon

More photos from Thousand Palms in Inverness, FL

Some photos at Thousand Palms in Inverness.



The 3 of us in our golf cart



Tropical view next to our RV park

Our light-up palm tree and alligator

Thanksgiving Celebration 2011

Dennis with Rick....in their silly hats!

Although we weren't able to be with our family during the Thanksgiving holiday, we had a very festive celebration with our adopted family at Thousand Palms in Inverness, FL.  We had a feast of turkey, ham, stuffing, potatoes, gravy and soooo many side dishes that everyone brought to the banquet.  Our dessert table looked like something at a first class buffet, with 18 different pies, all baked by one person, Sharon, who loves to bake!  Naturally, we all overate and took home lots of leftovers!!  Sharon, who is our neighbor at the park, invited us to join their table, which was all decked out with the fine china, stemware, gold silverware, linens...the whole shebang!!   What a great end to what was somewhat of a melancholy day...missing the family!

Our dinner table for Thanksgiving

Sharon...the pie lady!!

Rick seating Gary & Carol

antics at the table

Family Time

We got to spend a little time seeing family before we left Wisconsin.  Went to Iowa to see Amy, Tim and the kids and up to Eagle River to see Eileen & John at their cottages.  Irene had a couple of days with Mom, Karen and Tina at Karen's cottage in Minocqua and had a great time.  Then we went to Marshfield to see Matt & Angie and Tammy, Mark and the kids.  Not nearly enough time, but we'll plan more time when we get back in the spring!

On the Road Again!

We left Wisconsin on Oct 19th to start our trip to Inverness, FL.  Our first stop will be in Illinois for the night.  We will have  almost 2 weeks to get to FL and we're planning to stop in Mexico Beach, FL again, hoping to meet up with my cousins Pam & Todd again there.  We'll keep you all posted as we travel. 

Our Next Workamper Position

We've wrapped up our management job at Tilleda Falls Campground and we're spending a very short time in Stevens Point...catching up with our family and friends, heading south about the 17th or 18th.  We just accepted a new Workamper job in Inverness, FL, at Thousand Palms RV Resort.  We'll be starting the first week in November.  This will be a piece of cake compared to our job in Tilleda..only about 15 hours a week each in exchange for an RV site, which will give us a lot of time to enjoy the area!  Stay tuned for further updates when we get there.