• Bonnie Schacht
  • Bonnie Schacht

CARE-A-VANNERS 11/21-4/22

A 173-day adventure by Bonnie Read more
  • Trip start
    November 1, 2021

    Trek to Florida 11/21- 4/22

    November 1, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F

    What a whirlwind 2 months.. I retired, we sold our house, went to Costa Rica , just spent a month at EastFork Campground and today our next adventure begins as we start a week trek to Florida (stopping in TN and GA)
    We will be working with Care-A-vanners building with Habitat for Humanity
    This is all something we always dreamed of doing but really didn't think it would happen!
    Here we go!!!!

    I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipeans 4:13
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  • Hello Georgia

    November 4, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

    Fun 3 days in TN with Don and Barb...next stop Stone Mountain Georgia
    Beautiful Campground in Stone Mountain Park

    Stone Mountain carving - Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis

  • Stone Mountain

    November 5, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

    God's masterpiece...beautiful morning

    Hiked 1 mile to top of mountain - elevation 786 ft
    Granite mountain..only 1/3 exposed
    Robert E Lee (middle) is as tall as a 9 story building

  • Dade City

    November 7, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

    Made it to our home for the next month!
    Got to add 2 more states on our map!!
    Dade City is In "heart" of Florida
    There are heart signs throughout town

  • Habitat for Humanity

    November 8, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F

    Starting our first build

    Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps people in your community and around the world build or improve a place they can call home.
    we are not just building houses; we’re building lives and building hope, with God’s people in need.

    The houses are 3 bedroom, 2 bath
    Has attached storage shed and fenced yard

    First day we stamped the sand to ready it for foundation to be poured for 2 new builds
    Then we put plywood ceiling in shed
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  • More HH

    November 9, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F

    Work Schedule
    8:00am meet for job assignments,
    devotion and prayer
    10:00am break
    12:00pm lunch
    3:00pm clean up

    Finished putting up plywood and trim in storage shed. Tomorrow we paint

    We get Thursday Nov. 11th off for Veterans DayRead more

  • Around Dade City

    November 11, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

    We had Thursday off for Veterans Day
    Walked around town
    Lots of Live Oak trees with Spanish Moss
    We had group pot luck for dinner - great group of people - from New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada!!
    Picture of the Veterans in our group - 3 In Navy and guy on right was Air Force from Canada
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  • CARE-A-VANNERS Build #2

    November 29, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 54 °F

    Starting another 2 weeks in Dade City
    Had a great week home to see family and friends
    Beautiful sunrise from plane on flight back to Florida
    Many of same people with this build and added couple from Maine and a couple from New York

    The dog came to help each day while we were painting foundation on a house!!!😀 (though he did try to take off with some of our stuff!)

    We have group potluck on Thursdays
    Good food, couple guys played guitar and sang, great fellowship

    Enjoyed walking downtown Dade City for Christmas Stroll

    Got to eat at Darrell's Diner!!
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  • 3rd H4H Build

    January 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    Happy to be back in Dade City and to be working with Habitat again
    Got to see some friends from last year and meet new people
    Camp is full with 12 couples and 1 single lady.
    We got to start building the two new homesRead more

  • H4H #4 Build

    January 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    Jan. 16 -Jan.29
    Still in Dade City
    Said goodbye to some friends and meet new ones!
    Celebrated my birthday with getting a new camper!
    No work on first Monday in rememberance of Martin Luther King Day
    Also finally got to learn how to play pickleball!!
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  • It's Birthday Week❤

    February 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °F

    Original flight on Friday the 4th was cancelled due to ice in Cincinnati so our flight was rescheduled for Monday.
    We got to be home for Ethan's birthday 2/9 and Beckett's birthday 2/13
    We also got to see Ethan play 2 soccer games and play his final basketball game of season - going undefeated!!
    Beckett's party rolled into a Super Bowl party - exciting game to watch the Bengals even though they lost 23-20
    Fun to see family and friends - now heading back to Florida🌞
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  • H4H #5

    February 15, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 39 °F

    Glad to be back after week home
    Much progress has been done on the 2 houses on Church!
    Fun game night of cornhole on Tuesday and potluck on Thursday.
    We spent week making picnic tables for student house and Habitat officeRead more