Florida Visit - Retrieving the RV

Labor Day Weekend 2009. We used the 3 day weekend to head down to Orlando and retrieve our RV and visit some friends. The trip started Saturday morning. We jumped in the Flex and headed south. It was a pretty uneventful trip. We made the trip in 8 hours even with 3 stops.

Our first stop was at Rob and Holly Willet's house. They are friends of ours that we met at the church we attended while we lived in Florida. They are starting their own sauce company and were holding a kick off BBQ. This stuff is awesome. We have already been through at least 4 jars. The company is called "The Sweet Life" sauce company. They are about 2 weeks away from public launch - when they are up and running, I will blog about their project further.

Second stop was at Jayne and Andrew Steadman's - minus Andrew who was in Europe on business and visiting friends. Jayne let us bunk at her house. We had a great visit Saturday night and Sunday with our old neighbors. VERY FUN - TOO SHORT!

On Monday, we gathered up our RV. We have owned this motorhome for 7 years and the past 2.5 have had in in a lease back rental service. We thought it was a good idea at the time because we just were not using it. WRONG. I would never recommend this to anyone. In just over 2 years, "other people" put 30,000 miles on our RV, and because of repairs and routine maintenance, we didn't make very much money. Also, the last "jerks" that rented it smoked in it - which they were not supposed to. So, my next task is going to be to rip up the carpet, replace it, and shampoo the upholstery to try and get rid of the smoke smell. What a pain in the neck.

Love Florida - and our friends there - we will be back soon!