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Florida Loop 2013 category.
We took a brief tour of Homosassa Springs before heading north. The town is old Florida with some neat homes and the series of springs. One attraction is a sugar mill built in 1849. Sugar was a big crop in the 19th century and because of the large amount of waste in extracting the sugar from the cane
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Posted on 02/13/2013 4:20 PM by Bob Duthie
Captions: Top Row L-R: 63 Hampton Lucky Enough, Homasassa Springs RV Park, Hampton Pilot House Door Hardware
Middle Row: L-R: Hellas Bakery, Dimitri’s Beer, Grand Banks Manatee
Bottom Row: L-R: Anna Maria Bayside Home, View at Doc & Eileens, 42 Nordic Tug True North
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Posted on 02/10/2013 3:59 PM by Bob Duthie
It's just 33 miles from Ft Lauderdale to Key Biscayne but we probably traveled 50 mileswith all the bad advice the GPS gave us. There was new construction on the way to the Florida Turnpike and the GPS got all mixed up. We spent the afternoon with Greg and Susan on their boat in the Yacht Club and
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Posted on 02/06/2013 4:32 PM by Bob Duthie
Peach Melba at La Bonne Crepe We split the trip from Blue Spring to Ft Lauderdale and spent one night at a huge, 452 sites, RV Park in Ft Pierce called the Road Runner Travel Resort. It actually was quite nice, quiet, and well maintained. There are lots of park homes and a few transient sites. Friday
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Posted on 02/04/2013 4:16 PM by Bob Duthie
The Veranda at Blue Springs' Thursby House A second reason for this trip was to visit the Welaka Marine Museum. We had heard Jim & Lisa Favors talk about it at some length last fall at the AGLCA Rendezvous and wanted to see it. I am sorry to report that the owner passed away last year, the museum
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Posted on 01/31/2013 1:11 AM by Bob Duthie
Four seagulls and Mavis on 1.5 miles of beach As I write this we are beside the beach at Hanna Park, Jacksonville. The temperature here is 75 degrees, just about perfect. We picked up the View in Murray on Saturday. It was in the low 30's and the View refused to start. Coach-Net came and got it going
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Posted on 01/29/2013 2:15 AM by Bob Duthie