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Heading South 2019
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Heading South 2019

Leaving Va Beach with Rosie to seek warmer temps. Will hug east coast taking short legs seeking NICE parks. As opposed to previous travels, the RV park will be the reason for stopping. The surrounding city’s will be the icing. Læs mere
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    9. februar 2019
    Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    Almost ready to head out

    9. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 36 °F

    Well, sometimes the “best laid plans”...

    Planned to leave Sat 2/9 first thing... however, things just sometimes get out of wack..

    Thursday night, multiple times, I discovered something I ate decided it was not happy. So I spent all of Friday on the couch. Thank goodness for “doctor Sue”.... she even continued the packing for me.

    One wrench in the gears...

    Sat morning, I was feeling alive again...finished packing and was ready to hook up the Jeep..

    In flying, there’s a saying: There’s only two kinds of pilots; those who have landed with their wheels up, and those who have yet to”....

    I’m proud to say after 2,000 hours of flying and over 1,200 landings, I remain one of “those who have yet to”...

    The saying is similar for RV’ers.
    “Those who have driven off while still plugged in and those who have yet to”...

    Unfortunately, Sat morning I became one of the latter :-(. With no RV parts stores open, my options were few. However, after some investigation and deconstruction, I decided I could fix it...even if only temporarily. Once back installed, i re-plugged the shore power and happily saw lights come on.

    If you zoom in on the pics, you’ll see Rosie is ready to hit the road.

    So, we’re off!!!    Læs mere

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    Myrtle Beach, SC

    10. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    Arrived at Willow Grove Resort just before dark. It’s a gated community with large RV’s and cabins (too nice to be called that). I’ve not stayed in a park with so much room between spaces. Beautiful park, lake, fishing, beach, pool, clubhouse and more. I’ll want to come back here.Læs mere

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    Day in town

    11. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    Nice relaxing night and morning. Got in two Avengers movies last night (the third Deadpool) and a cold night for sleeping. I open windows and turn off heat so the morning sprint to the thermostat is exhilarating...

    After coffee, got Rosie to the latest Camp Bow Wow (a great place). Then numerous errands to pick up odds and ends.

    On way to pick up Rosie, front left tire chose to go flat so off to tire place.

    Then I found a great little restaurant with huge bourbon bar. I’ll frequent it again.

    Now back at RosieBus for the night with an exhausted little puppy.    Læs mere

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    Why Not?

    12. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Rosie’s exhausted after day care, it’s overcast and drizzly so as I often do when left to myself, it’s time for “College Casserole”. I have my own recipe and it started my Junior year using one electric skillet.

    Here, I have two gas burners, a few pots and a skillet so we’re in hog heaven. And I have Bourbon and Tabasco... mmmmm.

    This batch, while half of what I usually make, will last a while.    Læs mere

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    I'd Come Back Here

    15. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    Heading south to Charleston, SC this morning.

    While Myrtle Beach is much like an expanded Virginia Beach, it wasn’t that interesting to me but seems like a nice City. However, the proximity of stores for supplies, Camp Bow Wow, and low traffic (seasonal) was well worth the stay.

    But this camp (all 10 ratings) was clearly the nicest one I’ve visited. Never seen a park where RVs are so far apart and it would be easy to get three (3) times the numbers. But what they’ve done by NOT jamming three (3) times in makes it really unique. Add to that spotless, big facilities, combo shower/bathrooms and just a friendly atmosphere makes this a place that I’d like to re-visit.

    This aerial shows how nice this place is...the next stop has a really high bar to compete with.

    https://youtu.be/CSERRa9jPFE    Læs mere

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  • Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    Plans Solidified

    17. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

    We’ll stay in Charleston they 2/25 and head to St. Augustine, Fl. After three (3) nights, on to Jupiter. Actually, the closest park available is in Port St. Lucie, about 30 miles north. Not that bad and looks to be pretty nice.

    Rosie will enjoy “Waldog Astoria” while we’re there and possible an overnight or two.

    The Charleston park is fairly open (not crowded) and was able to allow an extended stay while awaiting an opening in St. Augustine.

    After Jupiter is unconfirmed but I’m leaning toward heading west to the panhandle for a bit.    Læs mere

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    Meet the nicest people

    17. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    Was introduced to a very nice couple tonight who noticed my license plate “N444VT” and were also pilots. They are “live aboards” and have been for 6-7 years. They’ve been around...

    I’ve always wanted to complete the “Great Loop” but as I don’t boat anymore, I’ll miss the western half.

    However, they mentioned a route for RV’ers along the Mississippi called the “Great River Road” from the beginning of the Mississippi to its end in New Orleans.

    I’ll do this route soon....

    https://experiencemississippiriver.com/the-grea…    Læs mere

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    Ya Can't Make This Stuff Up

    20. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌧 55 °F

    Took Rosie for half day at Camp Bow Wow. The facility is on the NW side of the city; the RV park is on the SW, about 35 mins away.

    On the way back to the RV, I stopped for lunch and some southern ribs.

    Very pleased to see their bourbon selections but amazed at who I met.

    The bartender, a late 20’s woman, asked where I was from. After I said “VIRGINIA”, she asked what part? I said “beach”... she smiled and said “so am I”...

    Further clarification and she also graduated from Kempsville High and her dad was a Navy Chief Petty Officer (lifer), all like me too.

    She’s moving back this weekend to marry her fiancée.

    I offered to connect her to managers of restaurant/bars that I knew were looking for employees and mentioned Ilgiardino‘ on Great Neck as they’re moving and growing.

    I gave her the managers name and amazingly enough, she knew him well, had trained under him at the beach location so I reconnected them.

    Amazing.

    On the way back, crossing over Charleston’s beautiful bridge, the fog layer was so low the towers were obscured.    Læs mere

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    St. Augustine for a Few

    23. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    In keeping with the new “travel theory”, I will plan stops not more than 250 miles apart. Thats a far cry from the west Coast trip, where 600 per day was the plan. While that got me there quickly, it also quickly became tiresome.

    So this trip, we’re taking it slow and looking for only the best parks. This far, it’s been very successful as I’d return anytime to the places I’ve been to so far... Contrarily, I would say that there are only 2-3 parks I’d return to from the 2018 trip west.

    The real problem is though, that I’m hitting Snowbird country while it’s still high season....so reservations are very difficult.

    We have this park from today, leaving Monday, (and these 2 days were lucky) then heading south to Port St. Lucie. While that’s a nice park, it’s a 45-50 minute drive to Jupiter (the actual goal for fishing and Rosie’s daycare). So we’re good there until the following Tuesday (3/5).

    Next stop? I thought about heading further south but that’s problematic on a number of fronts...you get heavier into Snowbirds and reservation issues (Fla is packed); the further south you go, the longer the trip back; and finally, it gets hotter (81 in St. Aug today).

    So right now, from Port St. Lucie I’m leaning toward heading west to the gulf side and see how that goes. It’s an easy (2-3 hr) drive across the state with lots of options.

    Stay tuned.    Læs mere

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    Arrived Port. St. Lucie

    25. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

    Well, “nice” park but it’s PACKED and if my RV had slides (extended rooms), I would’ve needed to be very careful about parking.

    This is the first “back in” space I’ve had so it was more complicated. Not that it’s difficult to back in (my driveway is harder) but as tight as this place is, the need to back in means I had to stop and unhook my car, move the car somewhere, get the RV backed in properly and then go get the car.

    I grilled out tonight and had to watch the wind to ensure the smoke wasn’t blowing in my neighbors windows. It’s that close.

    I’m told Fla parks will be packed until the end of April. I’m also told the reason these parks are so full is French Canadians; who normally go further south, Key West, but because of hurricane damage, most of the parks south of Miami are gone.

    So because of the crowds, after fishing, I’ll head NW to the west Coast of Fla. AFTER I get reservations; which I’ll secure in the next couple of days.

    Dana Christian, Eric, Kyle and girlfriend get here Thurs. We’ll fish Fri, Sat & Sun. I have Rosie boarded at “Waldog Astoria” for those days so I can enjoy the trips without worry.

    I’ll post pics tomorrow but it’s not much to see. Myrtle Beach looks pretty nice.    Læs mere

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    Arrived Jupiter

    28. februar 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 66 °F

    Staying where Eric keeps his boat; beautiful Wyndham on the water.

    Had some time after dropping Rosie off for boarding to look around before check-in.

    Guess what’s walking distance from the hotel?

    Extra points to the first correct answer:    Læs mere

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  • Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    "Fishing" (not catching)

    2. marts 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Well, three (3) days of trying and skunked twice trying for bigs (tuna, billfish, shark, etc). Luckily, it’s a short ride to the Gulf Stream so the disappointment is short lived.

    Today, we bottom fished reefs and caught two (2) drum (same we could catch at home 😡). We hooked what appeared to be monster but it took him into a man made reef and tangled the line in 80’ of water. After 45 minutes of heavy fighting the hook released and it was over.

    Beautiful water though.

    Just looked at my map of the entire trip and realized it tracks all my locations, when I’m in the app. You can see most of the fishing “efforts” as well as my travels from the RV, to the hotel and Rosie’s drop off and pickups.    Læs mere

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  • Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    West Side of Fla for 3-4 Days

    6. marts 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F

    Left Jupiter, on the east coast, around 10:30 am with 85 degree temps.

    Arrived west coast Fla, around 2:30 pm, and temps were low 60’s... Right now, at 7:00 pm, its 50 degrees.

    Now I read there’s a FREEZE warning until 9:00 am tomorrow. Oh boy.

    Rock Crusher RV Park... lots of room in spaces, sandy soil, palm trees and Spanish moss. Gonna feel strange to see freezing temps.

    In the pic, you have to zoom in yo see Rosie and since I’m on the end space, there’s lots of trees separating us from road. Nice place.    Læs mere

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  • Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    Heading Out Tomorrow

    8. marts 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 55 °F

    North of Jacksonville, Fl for a week. Hearing it’s a really nice park. Starting to really enjoy moving around after a few days.

    Keeps you from getting bored. Not sure I’d want to be one of these guys that spend 3-4 months in one park.

    It’s a lot of fun checking out new areas.    Læs mere

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  • Jerry CoxHeading South 2019Rejsende

    Back Home

    12. marts 2019, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 41 °F

    Well, once again I needed to come back due to a loved one in need. This time, my mom experienced a heart attack on Sat night, 3/11 and perished quickly thereafter. It was her decision not to have recommended procedures done, a decision I agreed with, but which finally caught up with her. She went her way, and I am happy for her....all the while I will miss our talks. Thank goodness Deb was with her and Sue joined them at the hospital.

    When I left in early Feb, I knew in my heart it may be the last time I would see her but I also knew she could still go on to outlive me. She wanted me to go on as usual and she thoroughly enjoyed my posts on my travels. We talked constantly by texts about my travels and VT games.

    So I know she was at peace till the end and her suffering was short... That’s what she wanted and I’m glad it worked out for her.

    After I was advised of her passing, I immediately decided to leave the park in Jacksonville, Fl and head home. Eric was in Jupiter, Fl and got a ride to JAX to join me for the ride home.

    We jumped on I-95N and the GPS said “537 miles to next turn”... damn....

    All worked out well initially until a tire on my Jeep (towed car) blew a tire on I-95N at 65 mph and I didn’t know it until a car passed us honking their horn. The tire was fried by the time I stopped.

    A Good Samaritan stopped to help with a good jack and we were back on our way. I’m working on finding out more about the “Coastie” (US Coast Guard guy) that helped us. More later as I track him down.

    So after 8+ hrs, I found it amazing that our route took us directly over the same spot that my father died on in a traffic accident on RT 58 in Nov, 1975. It was strange looking over the junkyard where the truck he drove that day was taken.

    So Rosie and I are back home for a period. My mom was an amazing woman, classy and most of all for me, allowed me to search my own track, standing by admiring my progress and most importantly, my failures. That to me, is by far, the best traits of a parent. I will never forget her for that incredibly deep lesson and sincerely hope I have passed the same on to my children. I love my successes but remember so clearly and painfully my failures. Thanks so much MOM for standing by and letting me experience those failures so I know sincerely the differences, allowing me to more appreciate the successes. In the end I’m sure she’s smiling with pride on the legacy Dane and Zella Cox have left.

    I sincerely hope when my time comes, someone will say the same of me.    Læs mere

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