Friday October 14th 2016

It was another mid 80s partly cloudy day with an occasional very brief rain shower. This has been the weather pattern all week. The only difference is it is getting a little more humid and a couple of degrees warmer.

Today was a travel day to the Tropical Palms Resort and Campground on route 192 in Kissimmee FL. This is a big resort with campsites and rental cottages. I’ve stayed here a few times in the past for a couple of nights. This time I’ll be here for two weeks thanks to a good Passport America rate.

Tropical Palms is located behind Old Town and the Fun Spot America amusement park. I visited these attractions a number of times last winter. I’m now in walking distance so I will be over there more than once during my stay here. The down side of the location is the congestion on route 192 every time you leave the park.

I only had about 30 miles to travel today. I tried to take my time getting packed up and into travel mode this morning. My goal was to leave between 12 and 1 so I’d arrive after the 1PM check in time. It is very difficult to complete my travel preparations slowly. I need to keep going at a steady pace so I don’t miss any significant steps. I was ready to go shortly after 10. I took another walk around the campground and watched some more TV to kill time. I moved the RV to the Dump station at noon and took my time dumping the tanks. I was on the road at twelve thirty. Even with heavy traffic I was setup on my new site around 2PM.

Site 749 at Tropical Palms Resort and Campground.

This campground has several groupings of camp sites interspersed with areas of rental cottages. Other campgrounds intermix rental cottages and RV sites. I like this approach better. The cottages are all different colors in a pastel color pallet. Along with plenty of Palm trees, it really gives a tropical look to the area.

The campground is all decorated for Halloween. Events for the holiday are beginning this weekend and ramp up to bigger events at the end of the month. Thankfully, I will have moved on by the time the actual holiday arrives. Rig decorating, haunted houses and trick or treating are not my ideas of a good time.