Since we arrived here in Bushnell, we were discussing how to tackle a problem we had already for a longer time: The bottom of our bedroom slide-out was rotting. Dieter had removed already once quite some handfuls of stinky stuff through an opening he made into the bottom of our queen-sized bed. When we lift the bed up, we expose a storage underneath. It was this bottom which was getting real moldy now. Dieter had covered the opening up with a sheet of wooden material, but it did not help covering the smell.
Even though I had everything in place which makes our trailer a nice home, Dieter explained to me that such a repair can only be done by totally taking the slide-out off the trailer - and it had to be done NOW, as soon as possible, before the raining season starts. The weather was sunny last Wednesday, when we placed a call to an RV place on Rt 301, not far from here. Dieter remembered having noticed that location when we parked in Bushnell the last time and he drove to that place. He was very pleased with the estimate the owner made and with other parts of the upcoming deal. He was assured by the owner Jim that a man very experienced in doing this kind of repair would do an excellent job. What can I say, we were putting away and securing all things which were not "screwed down" all over again, Dieter had to disconnect everything outside and he placed things we could leave here outside on the concrete patio. At that time I was fighting a cold already for a week and my body ached from working before driving. We packed bedding, towels and some food and milk and our cat Ellie and left on Thursday morning. The very nice owners Jim and Sandy talked us into living in their guest house during that time, which we greatly appreciated. That wonderful cabin is located in the middle of the woods in the neighborhood of Brooksville. The work was completed today, on Saturday, just in time before a bigger rain shower in the evening. We are glad that we made that costly decision - no health hazard anymore..... The following pictures shows our trailer with the slide-out in question at the shop, the others speak for itself. The "Florida Jungle" I took from one of the windows of the guest house kitchen.
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We know Grace already since 2005, we met her in Bushnell also, on Sumter Oaks RV Resort instead of this one. We had to spend the entire summer then because of Dieter's illness, and Grace and I grew close. She was a single RV'er living with a big bird, a cat and 2 dogs, now she lives in a big house in Orlando and has a loving human friend - Julie. She promised already in facebook that she would visit us here as soon as even possible.
When she learned that we will stay here, she cheered loudly and found that wonderful......thanks for visiting us, Grace and Julie. She drove us to Bushnell because she had invited us to have lunch together in a restaurant. After we had eaten at Hong Kong Restaurant she took us on a memory tour through the city. We were laughing a lot and had fun together. Being home in our trailer again there was coffee - and time to take pictures. Grace is the one holding her camera. Please, click on the following link to open the website of this resort: http://breezyoaksrvpark.com/travelinfo.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we arrived 2 days ago, we took more time to set the trailer up correctly without having to see the need later on to correct. The ground is sandy like everywhere in Florida, so we put wooden boards beneath all wheels on both sides, but we had to elevate it more on the entrance side.
Our patio is half concrete, half wood and t he entire site is huge, has enough room for a mosquito tent if necessary - or to entertain a big crowd. So far we did not speak with anyone of our neighbors, we were too busy. Dieter did all the connections and brought the big awning out, secured it also, and he engaged the window awnings, put the wheel stabilizers in, supported the front overhang with a king pin stabilizer. Then we had to rest. I was tired too because I had to re-arrange everything inside. Our site number is 40 - when you look into the resort website and click on their site map tab, you have the resort layout and you can see where we "sit".... The other morning we drove to Walmart because our refrigerators were empty. When we returned after noon and were only half-ways done with putting our groceries away because we had to eat our lunch first - - there was a knock on the door.....our friends Karen and Jack were starting their summer trip up north with their truck camper and made a detour to say Hello. They stayed here overnight on a rented site and left this morning. We are camper friends since 2002, when we met in Port Charlotte, FL and have met many times during our travels. They will return in fall. I had made a nice simple dinner and we emptied a bottle of Merlot we just had bought for a special occasion - and this was one! Our first driving day of that long trip from Rockport, TX, to Bushnell, FL, has been not a smooth one. We had a tire blow-out on the entrance side of the trailer and our Air Conditioner in the truck ran out of Freon. It had been a hot cloudless day - and the drive through Houston was only "Stop and Go" this time. We had planned 2 nights in Winnie, TX, where we used the second day there to get the A/C in the truck fixed and 2 new tires ( one for the shredded one and one new one as a spare). In the page Itineraries you can follow up with all the locations we have been guests during this trip. Highlight of it has been our 4-day stay in Robertsdale, Alabama. Our friends Brenda and Paul visited us one day and another day Brenda came again with her parents. What a wonderful afternoon that has been! Underneath I will post some pictures I took in resorts we liked because of the vegetation and the big site. We were so tired on this trip that I had to rest instead of walking around and taking pics.
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AuthorMy name is Karin Bartsch. Archives
July 2015
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