As I’ve said here previously, we are looking for a place to buy to use as a winter nesting spot, and maybe a fulltime home if and when we ever have to hang up the keys due to health issues or something like that.
We have certain criteria that we will not compromise on, and yesterday we found a place in Lecanto that was close, but no cigar. It was two fenced and cross-fenced acres with an older small double wide mobile home on it, as well as two 30 amp RV hookups.
Though the mobile home was nothing to get excited about, Terry really liked the property, which has lots of big trees all around it and is in a nice, quiet neighborhood. The asking price is $52K, and if it were closer to where we want to be it would have been perfect. But it’s in the wrong place for our needs.
It is about 10 miles from Crystal River, and almost exactly 20 miles to the beach and boat ramp at Fort Island Trail Park. But that’s the only beach in the entire area, and it’s very small. We would be hard-pressed to have room to fly our kites even if nobody else was there.
This is the beach, and I don’t think it’s more than 500 yards long. We looked at some other homes in the area, from Inverness to Homosassa, but again, it’s just not where we want to be. So far, of everywhere we have looked, we still like New Smyrna Beach the most. So the search goes on.
While we were out we stopped in Inverness and had a visit with our friends Bob and Rita Meredith. It’s been at least two or three years since we’ve seen them and it was nice to get together. We may try to hook up again while we’re in the area. Bob cooks up a delicious batch of shrimp, and he mentioned crabs, too!
You’ve got to love small town business owners who don’t give a hoot about being politically correct. We saw this sign on the door of a place in Wildwood the other day and I just had to share it.
I need to make a correction to something I said in yesterday’s blog when I reported that Chris Yust from C&C Insurance told me that I would get 15 months of Good Sam Road Service for $79.95 under a new member special. Chris said that anyone who buys road service from her gets 15 months instead of the regular 12 that the plan offers, not just new members. The $79.95 is the standard, new member rate. When it’s time to renew, the regular price through Chris is $114.95 for 15 months.
And, you get Chris! There is a reason that C&C insurance covers all of our insurance needs here at the Gypsy Journal, as well as for John and Kathy Huggins at Living The RV Dream, many vendors who work the RV rally circuit, and a lot of other fulltimers as well. Professionals like dealing with another professional, and Chris takes good care of all of us.
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Thought For The Day – It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.