January started with another trip back to New Hampshire. Once again I flew non-stop out of Orlando. The trip north was uneventful but the return had to contend with a snow storm during the departure in Manchester. It wasn’t anything major but it accomplished two things. It gave me my winter weather fix to remind me why I want to be in Florida and it delayed my return by an hour or so.
Winter weather in Florida has arrived. The unseasonable warm weather of December has changed to normal weather for an El Nino year. Cold fronts crossing the state from southwest to northeast bring strong to sever thunderstorms with the potential for tornadoes every few days. After each front passes the temperatures are low, flirting with records and just before the next front they are above normal. On the rainy days I pretty much hunker down and watch TV only venturing out to buy groceries or other supplies.
I made a couple of road trips south of Orlando on route 27 checking out the area. I have been looking for road side locations that sell fruit and produce. In previous visits to the area, I remember these to be quite common, but I havn’t really found any so far. I’ve been buying my fruits and vegetables at the supermarket or Walmart. They aren’t very cheap.
Also, right after my return from New Hampshire, I spent a couple of days at the Tampa RV Super Show. This is a huge RV show that has lots of RV to browse and lots of vendors to by RV related products. I went looking for items from the vendors to enhance my RV experience. I need to buy things like a tire pressure monitor and a Electrical Management System. Now that I’ve seen the items, I will buy them mail order.

I am going to consider this blog caught up. I will be providing as close to a daily blog as I can going forward.