Getting Settled and Oriented

We've been here about a week and settling into our new digs.  Funny, we've been coming to the  Venice/Nokomis area for over 25 years and just moving north 25 miles seems in some ways to be a completely new place.  With our delay getting down here, the first thing I did was go see 2 of my 4 docs that are here and got passing marks and another 10,000 miles.  Jan is 1 for 2 with a passing grade as well.  We've gotten our site almost how we want it.

And knowing us we've had to go out and find new places to eat on this side of town, and we've been pretty successful so far.  Found a good sushi place nearby, Mizu Sushi.

We've been able to get together with Karen and Tom a couple times, and with our running around we've hit a couple of our favorites, Kacey's,

and Thai Seed.

We installed mud flaps on the new truck.

And a highlight so far, a get-together lunch and visit with our long time friend, Ray, and Linda.

A short post for now.  We have several projects including installing the baseplate on the truck, doing a few things on the motorhome, and, of course, laying out some plans for the new travel year.

A Quick New Year's Post

So after one last delicious pizza lunch with enough for our first travel day's lunch, my implant was placed without incidence.  We left Ellijay early with 26 degrees and went right through Atlanta with no problems and little traffic, driving separately as we haven't got the base plate for the new truck yet.

A quick overnight in Madison, FL, then off to our new seasonal digs in Florida, Timberlane RV Park in Bradenton.

We got situated in our site and while we planned what we were going to do, we popped out the chairs and the fire pit, and enjoyed a nice evening overlooking our little pond.

The next day we put up the hut and started to make the site our own.

We are excited to be able to explore a different area this year and still only 25 miles from where we spent all those years.  In fact we already found a dynamite new seafood place and market, Lobster Pound a couple minutes away, the lunch was awesome, just like Maine, fried whole belly clams and a haddock sandwich!  We even bought some beautiful grouper for dinner.

So after a lineup of doctor appointments we'll settle in and enjoy Florida.  TTYL.