Ah...Florida!

We stepped out of the motor home this morning and there it was: the humidity of Florida...and the wall of heat. Ah! We're home.

We arrived at our resort this morning after getting three free nights in two campgrounds on the way south from Georgia. We did experience some scary bits for two or three days when we had to search for gasoline in North Carolina, South Carolina and most of Georgia. Happily, we stumbled off the expressway in Macon, Georgia, and found a station that was able to let us fill up. Before that, we had to call friends in the tiny settlement of Big Canoe, Georgia, to come and pick us up as our car was on empty.

Florida seems to have gas. But the price is steep.

We spent our first day here getting set up for eye exams, getting the car an appointment for service. On our two free nights and three days at the world's largest RV facility in the center of Florida, we took advantage of end-of-the-month specials to have maintenance done on our motor home. We also attended a free seminar on generators and listened to the speaker tell tales of woe about how his colleagues at the RV Center have been laid off because of the plummeting sales.

We visited Manatee County's Art Center to sign up for classes. Jo will return to her silk painting. I have signed up to work on metal and hope to make some bracelets, earrings, pendants as a change of pace. It was heartening to check in the Art Center's store and find that all but one of my raku pieces (shown at the top of this blog) have sold. Jo still has a couple of silk scarves on display. So there is a market for this.