January 14, 2010
We have had a busy time since our arrival at Fun N Sun, hence the delay in writing our next installment of the blog.
For those of you wondering, yes we made it to the pancake breakfast on Saturday the 9th, but not early enough to get a cinnamon bun. I guess a few minutes extra sleep is healthier for both of us. We bought some fruit and vegetables from the Veggie lady who comes to the park several times per week. We didn’t buy much at the craft sale because our rig is full enough and we had not yet unpacked.
Sunday morning we were off to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan Del Valle, the shrine with the Mariachi band that we like last year. After a quick breakfast at a Mexican restaurant, we drove west to the Camping World to buy a patio rug to make us feel like we have a patio on our grassy site. We then spent an enjoyable afternoon with Ontario friends who hosted a group of us to an authentic down east fish and chips dinner. They had brought 7 pounds of haddock and lots of scallops in their RV’s freezer, but the fish and seafood had been caught by Judy’s cousins in Nova Scotia. After this feast, we had to pass on the usual Sunday evening Ice Cream social but did listen the singer who is from the RGV.
Monday’s Gospel music festival was well attended and it was nice to see that the proceeds were going to 4 local charities. We really enjoyed Tuesday’s entertainment – Tammy and Jay from Branson, Missouri, who winter in Texas. We had seen them perform at the Chicken House Opry last year and were glad to see them again.
Tuesday’s cloudy, rainy weather gave us the opportunity to head to the outlet mall – a mere 20 minute drive from Fun N Sun.
On Wednesday morning, I was off to Toys for Tots – a volunteer group making stuffed toys that are distributed by the fire department and rescue squad. Wednesday evening’s entertainment was a 50’s & 60’s dance with a local band who we remembered from last year. Today I enjoyed a “Ladies Afternoon Out” which included lunch, a Tupperware demo and a beauty products demo – not too stressful.
Those of you who followed our travels last year will notice no mention yet of Aquacise or swimming. The “freeze warnings” have disappeared, and the temperature has gone over 65 degrees but as I headed to find a bathing suit, it started to rain. A neighbour from Canada lent Paul a nice bike, but his daily bike ride through the park was also cut short by the rain. Fortunately there is a stretching class twice a week that I have attended and an exercise room that I will have to visit soon – especially since they are once again selling hot lunches three times a week. We have found the desserts a bit too tempting….
Tomorrow afternoon is the Canadian social which we plan to attend.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Arrived at Fun N Sun, San Benito, Texas
At noon today, we arrived in San Benito and pulled into Fun N Sun - our home for the next three months. Actually no sun greeted us and the temp is only 37 degrees. They are calling for below freezing temps for tonight. Glad we have two full propane tanks and our electric fireplace. They say it will go back to 70 degrees next week. Let's hope they are right.
We were greeted with the social calander for January and are glad to see the pancake breakfast will be served Saturday at 7:30 am - so much for sleeping in, cause around here if you snooze, you loose!!!
It is nice to be set up and finally back to living in our Titanium - but must admit last night at the Hampton Inn sure was nice and warm.
Look at our campsite last night in Corpus Christi and our real site at Fun N Sun today. http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/arrived
We were greeted with the social calander for January and are glad to see the pancake breakfast will be served Saturday at 7:30 am - so much for sleeping in, cause around here if you snooze, you loose!!!
It is nice to be set up and finally back to living in our Titanium - but must admit last night at the Hampton Inn sure was nice and warm.
Look at our campsite last night in Corpus Christi and our real site at Fun N Sun today. http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/arrived
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Almost there
Thursday night (Jan 7th) finds us bunking down in Corpus Christi Texas. With the arctic blast coming into the area, yesterday we made a run from Madison Georgia to Lafayette Louisiana.... a distance of over 700 miles.
The freezing weather has had strange effects. The homes and businesses are not built for the cold. We stopped at a Flying J in Alabama - only to find the restaurant closed due to broken water pipes. These folks just can't handle the cold.
Today's drive was a reasonable ten hours. Jane pleaded for one more night of luxury and with the low temp tonight of 29 degrees Farhenheit, she won the case over freezing water hoses. I think a warm indoor pool also helped her case.........LOL
Tomorrow we will arrive at Fun N Sun by early afternoon, so we will set up for the next three months - hopefully of warm weather.
The freezing weather has had strange effects. The homes and businesses are not built for the cold. We stopped at a Flying J in Alabama - only to find the restaurant closed due to broken water pipes. These folks just can't handle the cold.
Today's drive was a reasonable ten hours. Jane pleaded for one more night of luxury and with the low temp tonight of 29 degrees Farhenheit, she won the case over freezing water hoses. I think a warm indoor pool also helped her case.........LOL
Tomorrow we will arrive at Fun N Sun by early afternoon, so we will set up for the next three months - hopefully of warm weather.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Texas 2010 – Here we come!!
After a New Year’s turkey dinner with family (where two year old Kasey stole the show) we took down the Christmas tree and packed away most of the decorations and leftover Christmas goodies. Our next job was to remember what we need to take for the next four months in Texas and pack it away in the truck.
On Sunday January 3, we left Ottawa at 7:40 a.m. The roads were snow covered and slippery all the way to New Jersey. We were amazed to see the number of 5th wheels and motor homes on the road – and we were thankful ours is safely parked in South Carolina. We couldn’t believe the driver of a motor home who was towing a Mazda Miata convertible without any kind of protective cover. The Miata was covered in snow and ice and we suspect its convertible top won’t work the way it should once they arrive at their destination.
Despite the snow and wind, we had a good trip and arrived at Jenn’s in New Jersey in good time. The truck looks like something out of the ice age. We switched into her car and headed to central New Jersey for dinner with friends.
Monday morning we left NJ and drove to Fayetteville NC. Still cold here. We chose a Comfort Inn because it advertised a free carwash for guests – hummm, too bad they don’t know how to run a carwash when it gets to freezing temperatures. So no car wash and poor truck really looks sad.
On Tuesday, and two carwashes later we finally recognized it. Picked up our Titanium and headed west to Madison GA. where we camped at a Wingate Motel……….. with a lovely hot tub. Camping can wait – until it gets above freezing and snow is out of the forecast.
Check out our pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/Jan10
On Sunday January 3, we left Ottawa at 7:40 a.m. The roads were snow covered and slippery all the way to New Jersey. We were amazed to see the number of 5th wheels and motor homes on the road – and we were thankful ours is safely parked in South Carolina. We couldn’t believe the driver of a motor home who was towing a Mazda Miata convertible without any kind of protective cover. The Miata was covered in snow and ice and we suspect its convertible top won’t work the way it should once they arrive at their destination.
Despite the snow and wind, we had a good trip and arrived at Jenn’s in New Jersey in good time. The truck looks like something out of the ice age. We switched into her car and headed to central New Jersey for dinner with friends.
Monday morning we left NJ and drove to Fayetteville NC. Still cold here. We chose a Comfort Inn because it advertised a free carwash for guests – hummm, too bad they don’t know how to run a carwash when it gets to freezing temperatures. So no car wash and poor truck really looks sad.
On Tuesday, and two carwashes later we finally recognized it. Picked up our Titanium and headed west to Madison GA. where we camped at a Wingate Motel……….. with a lovely hot tub. Camping can wait – until it gets above freezing and snow is out of the forecast.
Check out our pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/Jan10
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Journey South Begins
On Sunday November 1st, Paul brought the trailer in from the campground. Parked in front of our home, it really looked majestic. We spent the day organizing the closets and stocking the trailer with dry goods for our winter escape. At noon on Monday Nov 2nd, Paul and the Titanium headed for the border. Jane who had gone back to work on a contract remained in Ottawa. Paul crossed the border with no problem, althought the crossing guard did have the colored tag in his hand to send the unit for secondary inspection! After a quick stop at Camping World in Syracuse the journey south resumed. The night stop was in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at the Flying J truck stop - where all RV sites were full, so a spot amongst the Big Rigs was found. Tuesday was a full day on the road, with night finding the unit in Latta, South Carolina at the Flying J. A good meal was followed by a hot shower and that was it for the day. Wednesday morning started with a short 70 mile drive to Little River (just outside Myrtle Beach). The Titanium was unhitched at a storage facility and is now safely stored in the warm south - awaiting our return the first week of January. Towing a trailer out of the snowy north during January is not something I am prepared to undertake - if I can avoid it!
Unfortuately the trailer is enjoying warm weather and Paul turned north to rejoin Jane in frozen country. Let's hope December goes by quickly.
See pictures of the Titanium loading at home :
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/Nov09
Unfortuately the trailer is enjoying warm weather and Paul turned north to rejoin Jane in frozen country. Let's hope December goes by quickly.
See pictures of the Titanium loading at home :
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/Nov09
Monday, July 13, 2009
Trip To Morry's Trailer Sales in Walkerton / Hanover
Once we returned from the Kingston rally, we started seriously thinking about trading in the Kralik-mobile for a newer model. We investigated the dealers in the Ottawa but no one had a good selection of the various models that we wanted to see. It is one thing to examine the floor plans on the Glendale web site but quite another thing to actual walk around in the model that you are going to buy. So we scheduled a visit to Morry’s on June 8, 2009 and by the end of the day we had purchased a brand new 2008 Titanium Pearl 33/38 TS (triple slide). We were able to choose our colour scheme – Taupe rather than cinnamon and we were able to add features such as the electric fireplace, comfort fans, French doors and a MorRyde pin box.
Exactly four weeks later, we towed the Kralik-mobile to Walkerton and spent the night in Morry’s yard. On July 6, we spent 5 hours transferring the contents of the old trailer into the new trailer. Late in the afternoon, we hitched the new Kralik-mobile to our truck and set off to River Place Park to camp for two nights to make sure everything worked. Tuesday morning one of the technicians came over to make some minor adjustments to the antenna and the heater but those were our only problems. On Wednesday, we wanted to head Lake Huron to go to the beach but the since the temperature never got above 14 degrees Celsius and it wouldn’t stop raining, we decided to drive back to McGowan Lake. We had a good trip and managed to get the Kralik-mobile # 2 back on our site. We spent the past weekend reorganizing our belongings and putting things away. My only complaint is that I need to grow another 8 inches to be able to reach the kitchen cupboards. The Titaniums are definitely built for tall people!!
See our pictures :
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/3338TS
Exactly four weeks later, we towed the Kralik-mobile to Walkerton and spent the night in Morry’s yard. On July 6, we spent 5 hours transferring the contents of the old trailer into the new trailer. Late in the afternoon, we hitched the new Kralik-mobile to our truck and set off to River Place Park to camp for two nights to make sure everything worked. Tuesday morning one of the technicians came over to make some minor adjustments to the antenna and the heater but those were our only problems. On Wednesday, we wanted to head Lake Huron to go to the beach but the since the temperature never got above 14 degrees Celsius and it wouldn’t stop raining, we decided to drive back to McGowan Lake. We had a good trip and managed to get the Kralik-mobile # 2 back on our site. We spent the past weekend reorganizing our belongings and putting things away. My only complaint is that I need to grow another 8 inches to be able to reach the kitchen cupboards. The Titaniums are definitely built for tall people!!
See our pictures :
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/3338TS
Monday, June 1, 2009
Kingston Titanium Reunion - May 2009
On May 23, 2009 we hitched up the Kralik-mobile and headed to Rideau Acres Campground in Kingston, Ontario to join 30 other Titanium owners for a week-long rally. It was fun to see friends who we had met in Kingston in 2008, in Florida and also in Texas. One of the highlights of the rally was the dinner cruise in Kingston harbour complete with a singer / corny comedian. The other highlight was the Celt fest which took place on Saturday May 25 in the field directly behind us. We woke us Saturday morning to the sound of bagpipes and this “music” lasted until around 6:00 pm. Our only respite from the one song that each individual contestant had to play was during our drive to Kingston to buy groceries. The group bands were really good as were the young girls doing the Celtic dancing. It was certainly not something that we would have chosen to attend but we enjoyed it especially since it was right in our “backyard”.
While we were at the rally, we had the opportunity to tour a 2010 Titanium which had come directly from the Glendale factory. We also toured several 2008 models which were bigger and newer than the Kralik-mobile. We also heard a lot of good things about Morry’s Trailer sales in Walkerton, Ontario – the largest Titanium dealer in the province. This got us thinking that maybe it was time to think about trading in the Kralik-mobile for one just a little bigger and with a few more features – especially since the warranties had expired on our 2004.
See our pictures at
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/TiReunion
While we were at the rally, we had the opportunity to tour a 2010 Titanium which had come directly from the Glendale factory. We also toured several 2008 models which were bigger and newer than the Kralik-mobile. We also heard a lot of good things about Morry’s Trailer sales in Walkerton, Ontario – the largest Titanium dealer in the province. This got us thinking that maybe it was time to think about trading in the Kralik-mobile for one just a little bigger and with a few more features – especially since the warranties had expired on our 2004.
See our pictures at
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/TiReunion
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