Saturday morning we closed up the house, packed up Deja Rue and headed south. We took the tunnel and had no problems at customs. The weather was beautiful and we had a great drive to Indianapolis, Indiana. Pulled right into the driveway at Jill’s sister, Sherri and brother-in-law Jim’s house. Great to see Al & Jill who are both recovering - Al from the broken hip he got after falling off his bike in Spain and Jill after her final surgery from breast cancer. Sherri and Jim live in a 100+ yr. old house that is being renovated and they have remodelled a portion of it as a suite for Jill & Sherri’s mother. So good to finally meet her.
After a delicious lunch and lots of talking Jim, Sherri and Al took us on a tour of downtown Indianapolis. Very impressive City and we enjoyed seeing it and walking along the canal.
On our way back to the car we checked out the protest on the State Capitol steps. Lots of unhappy people.
This was our first night of driveway camping and it worked out ok-thank goodness for Jim’s extension cord so we could run the heater. We decided if the weather stayed cold we could have gotten along with a single bunk-lots of cuddling that night.
The next morning Al came out and rocked the van-time for breakfast. Hated to leave them but hope to get together again soon-maybe in Colorado in the Spring.
Got underway and drove through Atlanta. Didn’t take the by-pass and that was a big mistake. Lots of traffic on Sunday afternoon and also lots of smoke from the wildfires in the area.
Stopped at a Flying J truck stop and lined up with the other Sprinter vans in the parking lot. Dinner at Dennys and then to bed. Warmer weather so only needed our propane heater for a short time.
Enjoying being able to get up in the morning, make our coffee and tea, cereal and get back on the highway.
Next stop was in Gainesville at a Cracker Barrel. They have nice designated parking spots for RV’s.
We then went on to Daytona Beach. We lived there 35 yrs. ago and when we walked downtown we were surprised to see our favourite restaurant - Stavros Pizza so we had lunch there. When we lived on our trimaran, Dejavu and later on our Catamaran, Mr. Christian we spent many nights there enjoying pizza and beer. We went on to the Municipal Marina and walked around remembering when we lived there-Joe built a dock along the seawall for the trimaran and now they have several docks along the wall.
Next we drove over to Springwood Drive to see the house we lived in when Alison was born. The house looked good and the neighborhood has grown but is well maintained.
We drove on to Titusville and stopped for the night at another Cracker Barrel.
The next day we drove to Melbourne Beach and were greeted by Suzie who was recovering from a bad cold. Her 7 yr. old son, Kai, came home from school. He’s a very nice boy and we’ll soon learn his routine so we can take over when Suzie is away working as a flight attendant for American Arilines.
Went to Kai’s school this a.m. where his 2nd grade class did a play about the American Indians. Great group of kids. Joe took his bike for a long ride and later we went for a nice walk on the beach.
After school Joe & Kai went for a bike ride and I heard Kai crying loudly when they got back-the chain on his bike came off and he fell in the driveway. A small cut on his thumb so after we cleaned it up, put a bandaid on it, he settled down. Joe will be looking for a new bike for him.
Suzie will fly tomorrow and be gone for 3 days. We hope to connect with our friends, Joanne and George who will be driving up from the Keys to New Orleans for Thanksgiving.
We'll join Richard for Thanksgiving and spend a few days in his park.
All is good and we’re very comfortable in this beautiful home.
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