Day 9 - Brisket and Bikes.

Tuesday we took a short walk around George and Gail's 'village' to get a more of the feel of the place. I has that new feeling, everything is in perfect repair, and everything looks squeaky clean.


The Villages is very neat even on trash pickup day.
































Our original plan was to visit June's sister Jane in the morning and move onto Daytona in the afternoon, but Jane has the flu so we elected not to make that trip.  Hopefully there will be a next time and we can see her snowbird home another time.

June and I listen to a weekly podcast on the 'RV Lifestyle' done by Mike Wendland and one of his sponsors is Leisure Time RV in the Orlando area. You can check out his website and podcasts by following this link RV Life Style .  We thought since we were so close we would stop and check it out, there are not many dealers who carry inventory of Class B or B+ RVs.  The Pilger's decided to join us and we followed the to Orlando, I had to be careful not to run over them without seeing them...:-).

They tow a smart car behind there "Luxury Coach" to Florida that is about the size of a golf cart.









We stopped at two RV places just outside Orlando, Winter Garden, and browsed. June always likes bigger, but I found after seeing all the new class B's the one closest to our configuration was what worked best for me.  New is nice, but ours is just fine in my (small) mind. We decided to have lunch with George and Gail before we left, I led the way to some residential area that was supposed to be a Quizno place. ...google maps failed me...not the first time..doh.  Funny how things work out, eventually we ended up in a parking lot where I could see a Subway, but  there was a place that had lots of activity with outdoor seating on the other side of the lot, we decided to check it out. It was "4 Rivers Smoke House" they specialize in brisket.  If you are in the area go for it...it was pretty awesome.

After lunch we said our good byes to the Pilgers and headed for Daytona.  We checked in at our campground, Speedway KOA, it was in the 80's and sunny.


















After getting settled into camp, we decided to take a ride to check out the area. We rode south of Daytona and then took US1 north until we hit the biggest Harley Dealer I have ever seen. It is located north of Daytona where US1 intersects I95. "Bruce Rossmeyers Daytona Harley Davidson" is impressive to say the least. In addition to the dealership the parking lots surrounding it are occupied vendors. You can get your Harley tricked out just about anyway you want on the premises.



Huge front wheels are the rage.








We got back to camp around 7PM and had a nice dinner at camp. Today we plan to take a long ride to Fort Myers to visit Liz and John. It is a bit under 250 miles each way, but we are here for the riding more than hanging with the hardcores in Daytona.