Titusville, Florida

12-20-14 to 2-22-15

We parked ourselves at the Great Outdoors Resort in Titusville, Fl for 9 weeks. Titusville is located in central Florida just north of Cocoa, Fl where John grew up. Plus, it's just 2 hours south of Jacksonville where we have family.

This is the first time that we have stayed in one place for such a long time, but we wanted to see how we would like it. What was not to like. The resort had restaurants, a golf course, post office, swimming pools, hourly classes, social activities, etc.

Most of the people own their RV sites but there are some available for rent. That is how we were able to stay here. Most of the people are snowbirds and only come down for the winter. Some drive their RV down to Fl, while others just leave it in Titusville.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there as we were included in many activities including a New Years Eve party, Superbowl party, and street get togethers. Most of the people were from the NE part of the U S.

While we were staying at TGO (Titusville Great Outdoors) we were able to see a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Pris did some bird watching at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and we also visited the Canaveral National Seashore. If you like birdwatching, this is the place to be.

One visit was particularly interesting. We visited Blue Springs State Park, which is located a few miles north of Orlando. When the weather turns cold, the manatees move inland from the St Johns River to this spring where the temperature is a constant 72 degrees. On the day that we visited, there were 300 manatees there. It was quite a site. Two manatees had been rescued, rehabilitated and were being tagged and released when we were there.

Top of the list for Pris and her sister Jane was meeting their cousin from Finland for the first time. Pirjo and her husband were visiting from Finland, so we drove south toward West Palm Beach to meet them for lunch. We did lots of catching up about family. It was fun connecting with her and learning that the house where our grandfather was born in is still in the family. We hope to visit it some day.