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My good fortune, extending Fl. trip
Just a little background, I lived in Fl. for 27 yrs., beginning in Orlando for 2 yrs. then Daytona and Ormond beach for 25 yrs. Returned to hometown in North IN. 15 yrs ago, for family. Moved to South. IN 10 yrs. ago to be near now wife's family. I try to return to Fl. as often as I can to visit many old friends. I bought my first TT in Oct. last year and and spent my first week of camping in Leiber State Park, So. Central IN. and became hooked. Winter set in and I began to plan my first long trip to go to Fl. in the spring. Wanting to go to Bike week in mid March, I soon found out that cheap campsites are booked way in advance for such events (can't afford pricey parks and resorts). I settled on going the week after bike week, last week in March, to Tomoka State Park, for two weeks then Little Manatee River State Park, on West side , near Tampa, for two weeks ( IN. friends there). Both under $25.00/night W/ water and elec. I was going to miss bike week but at least get to see old friends and spend a whole month in Fl. for less than one week in a Daytona Motel for Bike week.
Just the other day I connected with an old friend, from Daytona, on Facebook, to let him know my plans and that I would be looking him up. He responded "Why are you staying there, why don't you come camp on my property?"
Turns out he has 2.5 acres in Samsula, Just So. of Daytona, near the Cabbage Patch (riders may be familiar with, a popular destination for bike week).
I said He!! Yea!. He can hook me up with water and elec. for as long as I want.
Hence my good fortune. So now I am going to leave a couple weeks earlier and get to enjoy the craziness of bike week and spend lots of time looking up friends. So now I can spend six weeks in FL., this trip, and be able to plan more frequent trips in the future. My major limitation is budget and the DW is still working full time, for a few years yet, so I can't just run around the country and leave her home alone all the time.
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