March 14, 2012  5:51 p.m.

Being away from the internet pretty much means I have not been keeping up on all my friends’ blogs very well.  I apologize, everyone.  I will try to do better.  It’s just that when I check my Google Reader and find that there are 148 new unread blog posts, well, I feel overwhelmed and just skip through many of them.

But I wanted to share a couple of our recent motorhome adventures.  We are trying to stick to the one month plan, meaning that we try to do a weekend camping trip once a month during this pleasant time of the year.  One weekend in January, we went to Seasons in the Sun RV Resort, just for one night, to practice RVing.  We actually got to swim in the outdoor pool in January.  How ‘bout that?

When driving a Bluebird down the highway, it is best to have actual bluebirds looking out the windshield.  Courtesy of Sweet Girl, of course!

Enjoying a swim … in January??

Chips, here, is experimenting with his waterproof video camera from his grandfather.

And lots of bike riding to be done as well.

It did turn out, however, that this trip was way too short.  We barely got there and it seemed it was time to return home.  Seasons in the Sun was a nice enough place, but not nearly so nice as the place we would go next. 

So the next trip we made to The Great Outdoors, also in Titusville, for three nights.  What a place!  This place had everything: a nature museum, nature trails, miles of roads to bike, Olympic size pool, fitness center, tennis courts, restaurants, and plenty of nice friendly people, mostly snowbirds at this time of the year.

Our “next door neighbors” had a little white dog that Chips and Sweet Girl fell in love with.  I guess because they missed our own dog, Beau, who can’t really travel with us in the motorhome due to his mobility and incontinence issues.  

This time, Breezy Point Mom was brave enough to get in the pool, too.

We didn’t bring a tow vehicle, so we biked everywhere, night and day.  That was a lot of fun.

I guess the surprising-est thing about this trip was that we didn’t visit this property unnoticed.  You see, our RV is an old Bluebird Wanderlodge, and every one is unique.  So as soon as our motorhome arrived on the premises, a couple in a golf cart “recognized” us and followed us all the way to our campsite.  They even assisted us with backing into the site and straightening out (still a challenge for Self-Reliant Man and me).  Anyway, they introduced themselves to us, and told us that we had the motorhome that was formerly owned by the same couple who bought their older motorhome from them (did you get that?)  We also met several other couples who also have Bluebirds.  They all belong to an active online network of Wanderlodge owners who help one another out with technical problems, etc.  This is because the Wanderlodge division of Bluebird went out of business a couple years ago (they still make school buses) so on some level we are “on our own”.  It was really neat to have so many friendly folks approach us and get to know us.

As we are getting over the flu right now (I am still only at about 75% of my normal self) I sure hope we are ready for this coming weekend, as we plan to go back to The Great Outdoors for our March visit!