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Clermont, Florida – Disney Epcot

Clermont, Florida has been a great location to be very near Disney, have a Publix grocery within walking distance, many restaurants, and central to several quaint small towns. Our RV park is the Citrus Valley RV Resort and is one of the finest in our three years of travel. So, one of the goals of this location is to take in as much of Disney as we could with our good friends Calvin and Sue. Calvin, being a Disney retiree, continues to enjoy the perks and can share them with friends! In this update, we go to Epcot!

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Clermont, Florida – Annual Maintenance, Travel Planning, & Other Stuff

Clermont, Florida – The winter travel break is a time to kind of relax from the chores of being on the road. Don’t get me wrong. We still love the travels all over this great country, but there is a small downside in the stress of relocating the 41 foot beast of a fifth wheel trailer to new and unknown destinations. During the 3-4 month winter season, in the southern warm climates, we do get the chance to just relax, but we also tackle any annual maintenance, begin on the new spring/summer/fall travel plans, and some other stuff thrown in as well.

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Clermont, Florida – Disney Lunch & A Hamfest

After a great month of January, we packed up and left the JOY RV Park in Cocoa on Feb 1st for the short drive to the southwest of Orlando. Our new home location is the very fast growing town Clermont Florida, with a population of 37,000 people. This location is just a few minutes from the Disney theme parks and still has a small town feel even though it is just next door to Orlando. We recently had a trip to Disney for lunch and a few days later, I managed to hit the large amateur radio convention (hamfest) called the Hamcation.

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Another Birthday and My Thoughts

And so we have come to another full revolution around the sun and another birthday for me! I can remember back to when being another year older was pretty cool stuff. Being closer to driving. Being closer to age 21. After that there were some milestone birthdays for sure, such as each decade. Then came 50 years old with the sobering thoughts of having 2/3 of my life in the year view mirror. Well, at 66 coming up soon, here are my thoughts on the matter…

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Key West, Florida – Last Day in the Southernmost City

All vacations have to end I suppose. So it is with us as a retired full time RVers. We left the RV all alone in Cocoa Florida for 10 days as we embarked on our Caribbean cruise and then a 3-hour drive to Key West, Florida. This is our last day in the southernmost city and I’ve tried to capture a few images to remember this truly unique city.

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Key West, Florida – A Surprise Visit!

I had planned our 7-day Caribbean cruise several months ago and ended up taking the ship out of Miami instead of the local port here at Port Canaveral. The reason was a good deal through our agent Mindy, plus a chance to cruise on the mega ship, Oasis. Well, we were already halfway to Key West, Florida so it was just too tempting not to add a little three day surprise visit!

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Oasis of the Seas – Our Cruise Ship and a Close Miss

I have commented about our recent cruise adventure in the last few posts, but not much about this incredible cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas. So, I thought it would be worthy to take some space here to describe it and my thoughts as well. In addition, in a chat with the ship’s Captain, he discussed a very recent close miss with a Carnival ship.

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