........Until we received bad news. One month later I was diagnosed with breast cancer, which I discovered myself. We were driving long distances to the next city with a bigger hospital. All the diagnostic tests, the double mastectomy, check-up appointments etc. let us be on the road a lot. Our truck is an old one with "guzzling" more gasoline as we would like. My hubby Dieter had also to drive to Inverness, a yearly check-up brought up the possibility of beginning lung cancer. Wow. We managed that commuting back and forth also and were releaved to learn that it was just a lung nodule which should be under surveillance.
The long drives from Bushnell to everywhere we had to go, even to shop, let us think to change location again. I was thinking of moving to Inverness, but Dieter came up with another one.
He suggested Zephyrhills, just about 45 miles south of Bushnell via SR 301. "You remember that every location we ever need to visit is just around 2 or 3 corners there?" I am not so good in remembering these things, but he is a master with locations...
We have been in Magnolia Trace RV Park in Zephyrhills winter saison 2012/13. We remembered the 2 owners fondly and I started research and messaging. We were welcomed back with enthusiasm and moved in here on May 1st in 2017. Of course, it was a little work to change address again, Drivers Licences, Doctors and Hospital.
We feel good now, physically and mentally. This place is a subtropical paradise, privately owned and operated, has only 30 lots, which are big - and the park is overall nice and quiet. It is imbedded in a forest with big old oaks, which protected our long Fifth Wheel while Hurricane Irma was raging over Florida in Sept. 2017. Strong winds - normal for this region - do not bother us for the same reason. Dieter rakes the big amounts of oak leaves when necessary..and washes the entire trailer, roof and all...And he built the wooden deck in front of our trailer..my man needs something to do once in a while. When he reveals his age of 85 years to others, they cannot believe it.
Campers have nothing do do??? Hahaha !!!!!
I post some pictures I have so far from this place since May 2017. More are to follow in the future.
June 2018 - Address change ! Retiring comes in several stages...hopefully this is the last ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Having lived one year in Magnolia Trace RV Park, Dieter realized that maintaining our unit takes too much of his strength. We want to upkeep the good look of our trailer and most of all keep it functioning very well. He had too much oak leaves to remove from the roof several times during the year and had to remove those brown tough stains and run-offs and the process of washing the roof was a full day event. Just too much for an 85 -year old....not to mention fixing leakages at the seams of the rubber roof.
During our active travels we made sure to get a lot without trees overhead. We just tried the opposite in Magnolia Trace and loved it. But then ratio had to take priority over emotions. Dieter mentioned one day end of May that we should move. I went into the internet and searched another RV Park in Zephyrhills. I found one with the price matching about 6 miles away. It had a lot open we like - the next big oak tree is about 50' away on the opposite site of our park street, the concrete pad in front of our entrance area is even and clean and has just the right size. No need anymore for a wooden deck. Our neighbor on the former park was glad he could use it for his lot. Both neighbors - left and right - were not happy about our leaving, but they wished us well.
We moved on June 1st. with our long trailer hooked onto the truckbed, the second day we hauled big items, like Grill, big Flower bowl, buckets etc., the third day Dieter removed the 8x2's lumber from the soil, cleaned it and loaded it onto the truck, next to the rest of our outdoor stuff, like chairs.and small tables and the wooden steps Dieter had built.. On the 4st day Dieter hooked up the trailer again, drove it a little forward to place the wooden boards under the 6 wheels to stabilize the unit and pushed it back into the old place. We were finished with setting up the most important stuff - and we were re-connected with our our internet network. That sounds simple but in no way describes the work outside and inside the trailer....That all was very tiring - -and we sincerely hope that this place will be our last one. Our lot is # 61 in this place: http://www.zephyrpalmsrvpark.com
Shopping is just a view miles longer than before. Zephyrhills is the right city to reach every location you want just around some corners.....
Here are some pictures ( most campers are snowbirds, meaning being in the North during the summer months)....that explains the empty lots.
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