Easy Street

We arrived at the Thousand Trails Park in Clermont Fl (outside Orlando) around noon on Thursday the 11th. This is the largest RV park we have ever been in. There are 850 campsites. The grounds border the Disney property so around 9PM we can see the fireworks from the park. As with most Thousand Trail parks, this is a preserve. Here is a picture of some of our neighbors.

They are Sandhill Cranes and many of them wander around the park. If they think you have food they will actually approach you. Feeding them is not encouraged. The dogs are not quite sure about them. Big Birds. Standing upright they are about 4 - 5 feet tall. Also on the preserve are a species of endangered tortoises, but I have only seen their burrows so far. Hopefully, I will see one before we leave. You know me and critters. There is also a large lake and a catch and release fish pond. They say there are alligators in the lake. As I was perusing the park map I discovered that the name of the lane that we are parked on is named "Easy Street". I said to John.... we have finally made it... we are now on Easy Street. 

After settling in we walked around to find where our friends the Surrettes were parked. Before finding them, we ran into Nick and Terry Russell, the writers and producers of the Gypsy Journal. This is a newspaper for RV travelers that we subscribe to. John follows Nick's blog. We have learned a lot about this lifestyle from the paper, blog and the Gypsy Gatherings he has twice a year. We will be attending the next gathering in Yuma Arizona in March.

We eventually found Ray and Millie and got caught up to date on news. Today they took us to a place called the Cherry Pocket. It is a Steak, Seafood Shak and Oyster Bar. It is also a "Fishing Club". Here are some pictures. The founders name was Mr Cherry and the inlet looks like a pocket,,, hence the name. We also checked out an orange grove where you "Pick your own". It was a very pleasant afternoon.

 There really aren't any Yacht's here, just individual fishing boats.