Tina got her hair done during the day, I washed the baby Jeep, and we spent one more night in “Paradise Lost” in Fort Lauderdale since we were not scheduled for our site at Key Largo until Saturday. Since our site was the worst one of the place (next to trash bins and no septic hookup) it was no surprise that it was also next to the “recreation area.” Little did we know that last night at the rec area there would be a full blown Valentine’s party with a DJ that rocked in to the early hours of the night. Our RV was reverberating with oldie classics all night. 😡 The next morning we couldn’t leave fast enough but before leaving I realized that our hitch ball had almost come off and stripped the treads for the large nut, so a quick trip to the auto parts store and I put a new one in place. The worst thing that could have happen is that the Jeep would have come off the hitch 😳 but we have safety cables. 😀 Today was a travel day to Key Largo and on a lunch stop one the the welds holding our retractable steps had broke. The housing holds the auxiliary RV batteries and retractable steps. The weld had broken before we left Clemson and our good neighbor Gregg helped weld them back in place. Once we arrived at Key Largo this afternoon I rewelded the brake with JB Weld. With it, duct tape, and WD- 40 you can fix about anything. Now we’re at Key Largo in the Keys at Blue Fin RV Resort and Marina. Tomorrow we head on down the Keys to visit the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, eat at Jimmy Buffet’s margaritaville, and walk on the beach. Life is indeed good! 😀
Greg and Tina’s Travels Across America 