Enjoying a Rainy Day

This has been a day to enjoy doing almost nothing.  There were a few raindrops early this morning--enough to dissuade us from any outside activity.  That was fine by me.  We have been so busy for the past week that I needed a day to stay at home with no obligations.

We got a weather report from Nashville--5 or so inches of snow.  The rain in Florida suddenly looked pretty good.  We read on-line the local Nashville paper and learned that most of the city was shut down.  Later this afternoon, we made a SKYPE call to Ansley and Jack.  Jack took the computer over to the window to show us the snow in their back yard.  Pretty to look at, but we’re glad we’re not there.  My parents were schedule to leave for Florida themselves tomorrow.  They’ve put those plans on hold until they are able to get out of their driveway.  With the temperatures below freezing during the day and in the low teens at night, it may be a few days before they get to leave.

While in the Daytona Beach area, we are staying at Daytona Beach Carefree RV Resort.  This is the first time we have stayed at a Carefree facility.  It appears to be similar to the Encore campground we stayed in while in the Rio Grande Valley last winter.  It is a park which caters to long term winter visitors.  There are a couple hundred sites, an activity room, and swimming pool.  Scheduled activities occur regularly, but not nearly to the extent as the number of activities going on at Escapee’s parks.  The interior roads are paved and most sites have concrete patios.  We are parked to the side with other short term stayers.  We have a picnic table and full hookups with 30 amp electrical service.  We are parked on the grass and there is no concrete in sight.  They say our site is a pull-thru, but to make it so we had to drive across the grass behind our row and then pull into our site.  In our area, the sites are relatively spacious, but in the long-term area, sites are very small, much smaller than at the Encore park in Texas.

The campground has a few park models.  Most appear to be owned, but there are a few which are rental units.  There also appears to be a few “FEMA” trailers which are for rent.

We have cable TV and free WiFi for a week.  After that, there is a charge for continued WiFi service.  I wouldn’t pay for it because the signal isn’t great and it is often slow.

This is not the only checkered flag in the campground

There seems to be a large number of Nascar fans in residence.  Race week begins next Friday and fans are already pouring in.  We are surrounded by checkered flags; perhaps more than I’ve ever seen in one place.  I’m not much of a Nascar fan, although I’ve been to a few time trials, but the checkered flags are kinda exciting.

That’s it for today.