As of today we are down to our final two weeks here at Williston Crossings RV Resort. We were very busy going places and doing things in January and February. We have continued to be busy in March, but limited our travels away from the RV resort. That is due to a combination of factors. For one, we have used our Florida State Parks annual pass enough to have gotten our monies worth out of it, so we are not feeling as pressed to get out there and see things. For another, we have gotten busy with the new RVillage social networking website and other projects that are most easily accomplished in or near our coach. A third factor is that the weather has gotten just enough warmer and drier (most of the time) that people are finally out and about here at the RV Resort. That means more opportunity to socialize with our neighbors, who have invited use to happy hour gatherings and pot luck meals.
Bitter sweet. As I have described in blog posts and articles it is always hard to leave friends, even after a 5-day rally or a 2-week HFH build. We have been here for almost three months. Folks are asking if we are coming back next year and we have had to tell them “no.” That deserves an explanation. It’s our first snowbird season and there is a lot of North America that we still need to see. We simply cannot decide to return to the first place we have spent the winter away from Michigan.
We finally met Allen, one of the RV Resort owners, the other day and arranged to demonstrate RVillage for him this morning. I set up an account for him and walked him through the main functions to highlight the purpose behind the website. He seemed excited about it, and tasked someone in the office to arrange a day/time/place for me to demonstrate it to anyone in the park who might be interested. He wanted it publicized on the resort cable system. So far that has not happened, and time is running out, so it may not.
John and Ali like to go to The Blue Highway Pizzeria in Micanopy on Mondays; half-price drinks and double-punch on their free pizza card. Linda and I went with them, split a nice salad, and then split a medium pizza; vegan sauce, no cheese, mushrooms, onions, and sun-dried tomatoes. Lots of sun-dried tomatoes. It was good, although I prefer the pizza at Satchel’s in Gainesville. The restaurant gave them our “punches” since we don’t have a card.