Ready, Set, RV!
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere - just Andi and the truckers spending the night on the road
Hello from Florida!
As I type this, the four of us are chilling in our RV after a sunny, windy day in the Florida Keys. But before I dive into our day’s adventures, you might be wondering — why is our RV in Florida and how on Earth did we get it here?
The answer is pretty simple: As colder weather approached and we considered winter storage options for our RV in Minnesota or Wisconsin (near our lake cabin), Andi and I wondered, “Why don’t we store it somewhere warm this winter where we could actually use it?” A few weeks later, Andi spent the week driving our RV to a storage facility in Fort Myers, Florida. We’ll keep it there when it’s not in use and fly down to Florida when we can to use it this winter and explore a new-to-us area. Win/Win!
Andi and I decided our first Florida RV trip would be a loop around the southern half of the state. We flew into Fort Myers on Thanksgiving Day, and opted to stay in a hotel near the airport our first night in town. We thought it’d be easier than trying to mess with setting up the RV on a holiday, but there’s no way we could have known how smart this decision really was in the end. EVERYTHING but the hotel was closed by the time we arrived on Thanksgiving night. The poor staff at the hotel restaurant were slammed with guests looking for some sort of dinner. It was either eat there or vending machines! After waiting an hour for our food, we opted to take our meals to our hotel room & shared a hamburger, pasta and rice bowl amongst the four of us. I’m not sure if it was the food or a 24-hour bug he picked up, but Aden started throwing up in our hotel room around 1:00am. Never have I been so glad NOT to be in our RV! Yuck. Fortunately, Aden is a trooper and bounced back to good health by the 12:00pm check-out time and no one else got sick.
With that, our Florida RV adventure began! After stopping by Wal-Mart on the way out of town for groceries, we drove south to Big Cypress RV Resort on the northern tip of the Florida Everglades. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect of this area — we’d heard mixed reviews of it being a tacky alligator tourist trap and a fun, different side of Florida. The RV Park, for one, was a nice one! Our site was a clean, cement pad located right next to a mini golf course and the pool. I love sites where the kids can play in view of our site. It’s usually a good way to find other kids, too!
