6th Anniversary

Friday, John and I got together for dinner with our good friends Bonnie and Alan at 4 Rivers Bar-B-Q. The last time we saw them was six moths ago in Indiana. We sat at an outside table for hours catching up. Good food and wonderful company. 

Yesterday John and I got together with my son, Brandon. He moved to Altamonte Springs, FL while we were away on the big RV trip. After he gave us a tour of his new place, we enjoyed a lovely lunch at Bahama Breeze and someone mentioned how we all used to go to Cheesecake Factory at least once a week. Pumpkin cheesecake sounded so good, we decided to go to Cheesecake Factory in Winter Park for desert.

Today, is our 6th wedding anniversary!  John and I enjoyed a fabulousness dinner at Ruth Chris Steak House in Winter Park. When John made the reservation he mentioned our anniversary, when we arrived our table was beautifully decorated with red rose peddles and at the end of the delicious meal they delivered a tray of small deserts decorated for our special occasion. A terrific restaurant to celebrate an anniversary.

Tomorrow, we continue to celebrate our anniversary with a cruise to the Bahamas.

First Few Days Home

It is wonderful being back in Central Florida and seeing family. Tuesday we visited my parents in Rockledge, FL and later enjoyed Ashley's cheeseburgers and steak-fries with my father and youngest son. Wednesday, John and I got caught up on all our laundry & cleaning and had dinner at Longhorns. Today we celebrated my youngest son, Schuyler's, 23rd birthday with a delicious dinner at Tuscany Grill in Suntree, FL.

The End of the Best Trip Ever!

After four and a-half wonderful days on the road, we arrived in Central Florida. We saw some beautiful sights these last two days.

John and I have traveled to so many places in the past but seeing the USA by way of Alaska has made this the best trip we have ever taken!

Bull and Buc-ee's on I-10

Las Cruces, New Mexico "The World's Largest Roadrunner"

We are driving back to Florida by way of I-10, a very smooth journey. Today we fueled-up at a Buc-ee's in Texas. It was our first Buc-ee's and we were impressed. This place is bright, clean with wide open areas to maneuver your coach. A true haven for RV-ing. I had to grab the camera and get a few shots. That is when a beautiful young bull jumped out of his trailer and started running around the parking lot.  What a sight!  Many of us helped to keep the bull from getting to the highway.  Eventually, animal control arrived to help get the bull back in his trailer and we got back to rolling down the road.

OctoberFest '16 Last Day

We were all set to go to the final Tech Talk session this morning, but we were talking to some neighbors and before we knew it everyone was walking back to their coaches after the session and it was time to roll out from the Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort. Our friend Joyce stopped by with a couple of stacks of hot blueberry pancakes, they were delicious! We made plans to meet up with her and Bill in Florida this winter.

It is hard to believe our seven month "Big Alaska Trip" is almost over.  We loved every bit of exploring places that were new to both of us. We planned to spend less than a week in South Dakota and ended up staying seven weeks; it is a beautiful and amazing part of our country - completely fell in love with the buffalo at Custer State Park. Experiencing Big Sky with our Entegra friends in Montana was wonderful. Spending almost two moths in Alaska was absolutely glorious! Walking on glaciers, whale watching, boating in the Kenai Fjords, off-roading at the arctic circle, deep sea fishing for halibut, experiencing Denali, hiking in the foothills, and seeing all the wildlife - a trip of a lifetime! 

The best part of seeing our great country is stopping to see family and old friends and making some new friends along the way.

OctoberFest '16 - Day 4

Entegra held a Suggestion Session during breakfast today; this is when coach owners suggest modifications to the next year's models, it was interesting and there were some really good suggestions. Later, John and I hit a casino then we popped into Serendipity 3 and shared a  frozen hot chocolate, I had heard glorious things about it from my friend Denise. It was everything she said it would be, so good!

Tonight was the GermanFest Dinner Party at the Hofbrauhaus. John and I love the Hofbrauhaus; we've been to this one twice and the original in Germany a few times. The dinner party was so much fun!  There was a terrific German band with an MC that kept the party going on. We shared a table that was next to the band with four fabulous couples, Donna & Dennis, Cheryl & Roger, Flo & Joe, and Raphaela & Ray. We all cheered Ray on as he put up a good fight in a stein holding contest, Ray came in second-place. Was another night of dancing, singing and lots of silly fun. We sat next to Donna and got to know her and Dennis well, a very nice couple who we now consider our newest friends.

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OctoberFest '16 - Day 3

This morning at breakfast, Pat from the Entegra Coach Owners Association gave an informative presentation on best practices of boondocking/dry-camping.  Later we joined friends, Tommy and Bonnie, at there coach for a delicious bar-b-q. Tommy grilled a huge, thick steak for the non-fish eater, John devoured it and thoroughly enjoyed every bite. The rest of us had some fillets and cheeks from the halibut I caught in Alaska.  It is the first time I had halibut cheeks, very good.

Kenny, a smart young electrician from Entegra stopped by our coach to work on our dashboard. He did a great job! We told him about the loose wire on the GPS; he checked it out and ordered a new one. He also took the time to show us how to install it when it is delivered to us in Florida.

For the evening, we joined friends, Joyce and Bill, for dinner and a show in Vegas. They recommended the show Million Dollar Quartet, they saw it last year.  We were able to score four tickets for seats at a front round-booth, great seats! The show was amazing! It was another fun night in Vegas with Joyce and Bill.

Million Dollar Quartet is about an impromptu jam session recording of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash in 1956 at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis.