Wauchula...Here we come!

It was an easy drive today from my cousins in Myakka City, Fl to the Thousand Trails campground in Wauchula, Fl along the Peace River. We had a great time at Stacey & Levi’s Dairy farm, but it was time to move on. Our tanks were filling up and needed to be dumped, Stacey & Levi both work and you know the saying that “after three days, fish and family both begin to stink” or something like that. We didn’t want to wear out our welcome. They are wonderful hosts and we appreciated our stay as brief as it was. We will definitely return later this year and hope to spend the Christmas holidays with them. Being able to be there for Levi Jr’s third birthday was a treat. It’s always fun watching little ones open gifts and blow out their candles.

We decided to enjoy a breakfast from Suzy Q’s down the road. Len brought back a ½ camo for me which was a homemade biscuit layered with sausage gravy, eggs over easy, home fries and cheese with a side of homemade southern grits. It was delicious! Lenny had the chicken fried steak and biscuits with gravy. Neither one of us finished our breakfast and I think it added a few pounds to the scale.

After we were packed up and ready to leave, Levi was gracious enough to let us get on the scale they use for their trucks and we weighed in at a whopping 15,660 pounds. Our Saturn weighed in at 4,000 pounds. Our unit is rated to carry 15,250 pounds which means we have to shed some weight. About 410 pounds. Oh well, no clothes shopping for me. :o( On a lighter note (pun fully intended), we left Stacey’s around 10:30 this morning and pulled into Peace River just before noon, dumped our tanks and picked out a nice water/electric sight on Alligator Alley. We may put the a/c on this afternoon as it’s already in the low 80’s, but for now there is a nice breeze blowing. They have a cute little ice cream shop on the property where I enjoyed a root beer float and Len enjoyed a sundae. It’s decorated to look like the 50’s with that era music playing on the stereo. Out front you could sit and swing on the porch or sit and chat awhile with other campers. They have a very active schedule here with things to do all day and night. We’ll be here until the end of the week when we return to the Thousand Trails in Orlando, Fl. Thanks for traveling along with us on The Thomas’ Trails…till next time.