Retirement Trip, January, 2010
St. Augustine, Key West, Everglades, & Suawnee
It has always been our dream to purchase a motor home, travel with a group of people who love Auburn University to see the our favorite team and our Alma mater play on a beautiful fall Saturday. Also after Mike retired, we have dreamed of traveling this great country of ours onthe back roads and not the freeways, a Charles Ca rote type of adventure, weaving our dreams
along each route that we would travel.
On January 29, 2010, we began our first journey. This was the last day that Mike worked at the Alabama Farmers Federation (Alfa) and we planned to be in St. Augustine, Florida by night. We made it and spent 3 days there. St. Augustine is one of the oldest towns in America. It was discovered by Ponce de Leon who thought he had found the mystical Fountain of Youth. We drank water from the fountain that he thought would spring eternal youth. It did not work for him or for us. After visiting around the town and seeing the sights for a couple of days, we traveled to Key West via Miami. Mike made a wrong turn and we circled the stadium while hundreds of thousands of people were trying to enter the Pro Bowl, one week prior to the Super Bowl. After this, I realized that I could maneuver the 42 ft bus around most any place and my confidence level was increased. We spent 5 days in Key West and then went to the Everglades National Park for 3 days. We then traveled up the west coast of Florida to the yellow jacket RV park on the Suwanee River. This place was beautiful and we could have stayed longer than the 2 nights allowed. Afterwards it was back to Alabama to visit with parents in Foley and Nauvoo.
On January 29, 2010, we began our first journey. This was the last day that Mike worked at the Alabama Farmers Federation (Alfa) and we planned to be in St. Augustine, Florida by night. We made it and spent 3 days there. St. Augustine is one of the oldest towns in America. It was discovered by Ponce de Leon who thought he had found the mystical Fountain of Youth. We drank water from the fountain that he thought would spring eternal youth. It did not work for him or for us. After visiting around the town and seeing the sights for a couple of days, we traveled to Key West via Miami. Mike made a wrong turn and we circled the stadium while hundreds of thousands of people were trying to enter the Pro Bowl, one week prior to the Super Bowl. After this, I realized that I could maneuver the 42 ft bus around most any place and my confidence level was increased. We spent 5 days in Key West and then went to the Everglades National Park for 3 days. We then traveled up the west coast of Florida to the yellow jacket RV park on the Suwanee River. This place was beautiful and we could have stayed longer than the 2 nights allowed. Afterwards it was back to Alabama to visit with parents in Foley and Nauvoo.
HAPPY TRAILS!
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