Visiting an RV Park and Catching up with my Sister in Florida

You have already read in a few posts back how we shortened our stay in Louisiana. I was glad we arrived in Florida when we did. It gave me an opportunity to spend some quality time with my sister, who was also visiting the Sunshine State.

During the time my sister and I caught up, we also relocated from Fore Lake Recreation Area in Ocala National Forest. Before doing so, we took a little side trip to visit an RV park.

We then headed in a southward direction from Ocala and west to Invernness on the western side of the state. A blogger friend invited us to spend a few days. After we got parked at their place, John and Angel stayed behind with the RV, while my sister and I took the opportunity to spend some quality time together.

The Pool, Then a Movie

It was warm enough to do exercises in the swimming pool and lay in the sun, yet it was cool enough that the pool was not crowded, so we had the pool to ourselves.

One afternoon, we saw the movie, "Hidden Figures". It was a great movie about three African-American black women pioneers who helped send America to space. These brilliant women were Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. "Hidden Figures" is the true story behind these black women of NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history -- the launch of John Glenn into orbit. It is far from being a dry, historical movie. It has warmth, is lively, and sometimes funny, as it tells the story of women whose brains and work ethic were indefatigable. This was a good movie and I would watch it again.


The Orlando Eye

The Orlando Eye is a giant 400 feet tall ferris wheel near Orlando, Florida. Since July 28, 2016, it has been known as the Coca-Cola Orlando Eye. It is the tallest observational wheel on the east coast of North America.  We saw it as the lights were coming on in the late afternoon, early evening.

The Eye

It was huge, interesting to look at, but neither of us had any desire to ride it. It is said to be the fifth tallest ferris wheel in the world, just 13 meters shy of the London Eye. It was definitely a beautiful site to see!

Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf

 I was able to snap this photo of Pirate's Cove, the original Adventure Golf, when we made a left turn off of International Drive after we had seen the Eye.

Pirates Cove, the original Adventure Golf

It was great catching up with my sister and spending time together. We also had fun taking some selfies! Before we knew it, she was scheduled to leave for home, and we were due to leave Invernness and move on.

Back to Fore Lake

We headed back to Fore Lake to use their dump station. They were not filled up, so it was convenient for us to spend a few more days at Fore Lake. The pull-thru site on the right of the main drive was a welcome site.

Pull-thru RV site at Fore Lake Recreation Area

We enjoyed a nice open area right outside our door. In the picture below, you can see the shadow of our RV and further to the right the picnic table and a fire pit. There was a nice sunny area by the picnic table where we enjoyed the sun in our big wide recliners.

Picnic Area at our site

One afternoon a bunch of historic airplanes did a fly-over. With all of the trees, it was hard to get a good photo because by the time you heard them in the air and determined which direction they were coming from, it was hard to find the open sky between the tree limbs and get them in focus. The clouds in the sky made a nice background, though, as I tried to get a plane flying over.

Beautiful sky where planes flew over

One morning we heard some unusual sounds. It was the sandhill cranes making the sounds.  On one of our walks, we saw them near the water.

The Sandhill Cranes are beautiful birds.

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