April | 2014 | Liv2RV

Once again, this blog is being interrupted by Makena…who occasionally likes to write about RV life from the dog’s perspective

Keeping my peeps informed!

I woke up this morning and my mom was staring out the window, mumbling. In my seven short years, I have learned that is never a good sign.

But first, a little background. We left warm and sunny Florida on Wednesday, April 9 and I happily took a nap in my kennel in the back seat of the pickup truck, dreaming of more places to play. We seemed to stop every few hours for potty breaks, but then got back in and kept driving and driving. Three days, 1480 miles later, we arrived back at my most favorite place, “Camp Meyer” in Hortonville, Wisconsin. Several acres of nothing but green grass to room around and play!! And, unlike most campgrounds, I am allowed full access to the “clubhouse”! Sometimes I even take a nap on the owners bed. I really appreciate Aunt Linda and Uncle Doug letting me stay here for a few weeks before we go off to South Dakota.

For a few days, I was able to go out and play and run wild, as the weather was pretty good. But then the mumbling started this morning….and next thing I know my mom is getting out my Wisconsin Badger sweater…yikes! Although it keeps me warm, I am not a big fan of it, and didn’t understand why she was chasing me around the camper trying to put it on. It’s been so warm….but this is Wisconsin…

Not happy:(

Then the door opened, and I felt a cold breeze, and I started mumbling as well. What in the world happened?? I thought it was Spring?

Winter Wonderland!

“Camp Meyer”

I don’t think my Mom will be doing any bike riding soon!

But when life gives you lemons, you make tasty lemonade!! So my parents dug out their winter boots, coats, hats and mittens and we all went outside and played in the snow!

Last week it was shorts and sandals

Venice, FL

Today it’s boots and pants (and boots and pants..!)

Hortonville, WI

snow doesn’t stop me!

I also want to thank Mary Jo for letting me come over to her house last week and try to catch lizards. Next time, I will do better!

Where did they go?

Well that’s it for now, hope you are enjoying my blogs!

They say a picture tells a thousand words, so instead of a “quote of the day”, I decided to use a picture (thanks Angie!):

After staying at campgrounds without internet, we used up all our data on our Verizon cell phone, so I have not been able to post for awhile….sorry! I will try to catch up on the last few weeks in Florida in this post now that we are in a new month of data.

We met up with Dan’s parents a few more times before leaving the East Coast area of Florida. In addition, we had a nice golf and dinner outing with 2 other couples from Dan’s hometown of Oconto Falls, WI that were down in New Smyrna Beach on vacation. Unfortunately, the photos of our golf and dinner are on Dan’s mom’s camera. But we had a great time with Les, Beth, Jeff and Cheryl. We had a nice dinner at Dixie Crossroads Restaurant in Titusville. It’s a bit of a touristy place, but the food was good. Not a place you would want to go for a nice quiet dinner however. Everyone recommended we try the Royal Red Shrimp, which we had never heard of before. We both love shrimp, and agree this was the best tasting shrimp we have ever had. Very sweet and tender. Royal Red is a very deep-water shrimp found off the Atlantic Coast in Florida. It is normally in season in the Spring. If you love shrimp, and ever get a chance to try these, you will not be disappointed!

Les and Beth enjoy fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, and Dan was curious about this style of fishing from shore, so he watched them for a few minutes when it was “fish on”!

Nice catch Beth!

We had a nice “end of season” cook-out at our campground, and by the time we left on Saturday, April 5th, the campground was pretty empty. It was too soon for us to leave Florida, so we headed back over to the Gulf side, and found a nice Passport America park in Venice, Florida. We got together that night with our friend Mary Jo to watch our beloved Wisconsin Badgers play Kentucky in the final four.

Go Badgers!!

Despite our cheering, the Badgers lost by one point. They had an excellent season, and almost all the players should be back next year. Who would have expected at the beginning of the season they would make it to the Final Four?!

On Sunday, we again got together with Mary Jo and watched two manatees at play right off the dock by their house. We were all invited for an impromptu get-together at Gary and Elaine’s, Mary Jo’s neighbors down the road. A few years ago, Mary Jo invited me to go on a boat trip with 6 other gals. Other than Mary Jo, I only had met one other gal that was going to be on the boat. To be honest, I was hesitant to go, as I was terrified of the idea of spending a week on a boat with complete strangers. It’s an introverted person’s nightmare! But Dan was very encouraging, and it was an opportunity of a lifetime, so I did go, and had an excellent time.

Elaine invited 2 other couples over for dinner as well, so we had a “mini reunion” of sorts with some of the other gals. And Dan finally got to meet all the people I was talking about.