Take her to the "springs".... water is 72* all year round and gin clear. Nothing like 95* outside and the water is 72* My favorite is Wakulla. https://www.floridastateparks.org/pa...ngs-state-park

 

Went to the springs, that water is COLD!!! It started to lightning so we werent there long.
We daw a bear running behind the camper, we are being careful with the dogs.

 

We snorkeled the outer wall and the coaling docks. The funniest part was the official "This area closed" sign posted underwater on a collapsed part of the moat wall.

My wife and I got married on the beach by Ft Zachary Taylor 20 years ago, now I'm starting planning for 25!

 

Well, we are NC bound tomorrow.

Universal was ok, we all like Disney better. My wife does not like wild rides, there are just a few that are not crazy at Universal. Also IMO, Universal is more blatently commercialised compared to Disney but both are money hungary monsters.

We have been happy with all 3 Florida State Parks. Floridians need to be proud of what they have.

 

The good part about Florida Parks... most of the northern transplants are afraid of water lizards, keeps them in the AC sitting on the couch.

 

Wow, 2365 miles in one week, the 6.0L Ex did great! Started her this morning in Apoka, FL and did not shut her off until we got home 11 hrs later.

Attached are some pics of Anastasia State Park and Curry Hammock State Park in the Keys.

 

Outstanding!

 

Sounds and looks like it was a good trip!

 

We made it back from our 2,500 mile round trip from SC to TX with 4 kids and we all survived :-). The incidents were minor, but as follows:



1. Horrible Louisiana roads caused bumper cap to fall out of trailer and left sewer hose swinging in the wind. This led to a relatively abrupt Interstate 20 stop to remove the hose and put in basement storage until we got to our destination where I could buy new caps.
2. Louisiana roads also can be blamed for two spot welds breaking on a heat shield on the exhaust that created a small rattle that was just annoying to me (no one else seemed to care :-)). One metal hose clamp later and that was fixed
3. 3 year old son fell while climbing chairs in the rodeo arena in Ft. Worth, TX and gashed his eye open that required an unplanned visit to the local urgent care for some super glue repair.
4. Once setup at Goodfellow Air Force Rec Camp in San Angelo, TX and disconnected, we were pulling into my brother-in-law's driveway and heard a clicking noise from the front of the truck...a piece of sheet metal had gotten lodged in the side wall of my relatively new Michelin's and left it irreparable. Luckily they were purchased at Discount Tire and there was a local store, so with the pro-rated price based on mileage it only cost $100 to replace.
5. After checking the oil at one of our final stops, and adding a quart accordingly, I apparently left the oil cap off. This wasn't discovered until this past weekend when I went to change the oil, so approximately 600 miles were driven with no oil cap!!! Luckily it seems the tube to the oil cap is long enough that I did not give my engine an oil bath.

Outside of those incidents the truck, trailer and ProPride performed flawlessly...except the gas mileage. Since the speed limits were mostly 70 and 75 and I have the ProPride for easy peace of mind towing, I was doing 65-75 the entire trip and the gas mileage showed it at about 7.5 mpg average!!! I think the 4.30 gears would have really helped by keeping me out of 3rd gear a lot, but the Ex did great considering how much I put her through. I couldn't be happier with the setup and the family all had a great time!!! I will add a few pictures of our adventures later.

-Kevin

 

1st stop at Lefleur's Bluff for a 1 night stay in Jackson, MS on our way to Dallas, TX.

Longhorn walk at Ft. Worth stockyards

just after bust in rodeo arena

2 hours after busted eye after visit to urgent care!

Goodfellow Air Force Base

Fireworks at Goodfellow Rec Camp. These were the best fireworks we had ever seen and we had great seats.

4th of July movie at the camper after fireworks. (little kids ages 3 and 5 were asleep in trailer and 2 older kids ages 8 and 10 and their 2 cousins were allowed to stay up and watch movie so adults could visit)

Quick photo op at trailer at Lloyd Park at Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie, TX

Walk under waterfall at Dallas Arboretum

1st time shooting for the 8 year old, including an AR-15...because if you are in Texas you have to go shooting right?

Dallas skyline

Setup at final stop before heading home at Roosevelt State Park in Morton, MS

Big kids attempting to catch bait fish at Roosevlet State Park

Ready for final haul back home after a busy and fun vacation!

 

Great pics and nice looking family Kevin, seems like everyone had fun!

 

Thanks Tom!

Also I forgot to mention that the Haloview camera that I went with as my rearview option worked well. It was a little choppy in certain spots, but overall gave a great view behind the trailer and gave peace of mind when changing lanes, etc. Definitely a great plug and play option for Furrion pre-wired trailers. I went with the adapter plate so I could keep the factor installed Furrion cover.

-Kevin

 

Our TT isn't wired for a rear camera, but it's something I have thought about adding many times.

 

We tow a toy hauler and when I bought it I put a camera in the garage and one on the back. One of the best mods to the camper I've done. I used wired cameras, because every wireless camera I've used gets interference at some point and time. Plus most wireless systems are crazy expensive, IMHO, and the wired ones were like $10.00 each IIRC. I wired them into a switch so I could use one monitor and just switch between the cameras.

 

I paid $75 for my wireless at a parts store about 7-8yrs ago. Has worked flawlessly between 3 different vehicles during this whole time.