Drive to Perry, FL

Monday the 8th

Not much to report. Spent most of the day getting ready to travel. Stocked up on grocery's and in the evening, Tina played Bingo while I played pool.

No photos today.


Tuesday the 9th

Once again it was very cold overnight. We're almost out of propane, but it seems there was just enough left to warm up the coach this morning. Cloudy but not raining yet. After relaxing over breakfast and the paper, we got serious about leaving. Tina and I went outside and loaded the bikes then hooked up the tow trailer.

Pulling out of our site we stopped before leaving camp to load the car on the tow dolly. Once that was completed we headed out for the nearest propane dealer and filled up. From there it was onto I-75 north for the drive to Perry, FL. We've been keeping an eye on the weather and have decided to start our return to the West Coast in hopes of better weather. For the next week or so we are seeing forecasts for overnight temperature in the high twenties. Colder than up in Seattle.

Before we had gone ten miles it started to rain. By the time we'd exited to US 27 it was coming down pretty steady. For the next seventy miles it poured buckets and we were doing 40 to 50 mph on a 65 mph divided highway. Good thing I had new wipers on. Ten miles from Perry it started to lighten up and by the time we stopped for diesel the rain had quit and the sun was coming out.

After filling up and getting back on US 19 north we came to the KOA, checked in, got our site, set up and settled in for the rest of the day. After taking the kids for a walk we had lunch and planned our route for the next couple of days.

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Distance for today, 156 miles. Distance traveled so far this trip, 4,424 miles.