TRAVEL COLUMN Soggy start to our first Snowbird winter

Tired of winter already? Dreaming of sunnier days? If you can’t make the escape this winter, travel with Paris resident Karon Sinning as she takes us alongside her first snowbird travels to the sunshine state and shares her adventures. It was a soggy start; however, the rain didn’t dampen her spirits as she set out to explore all Florida has to offer. The Paris Independent will publish snippets of her winter travels each week

The end of December saw Roy and I heading off together on a new adventure as first-time snowbirds towing a trailer to Florida!

While the trip down was largely uneventful, it was long. We weren’t sure if we could park our trailer at the hotels for overnight accommodation, but quickly discovered it wasn’t a problem.

Camping in the northern states isn’t really possible in late December and would be uncomfortable at best. We were grateful we could stay at a hotel for a couple nights.

Roy is a former truck driver, so he knew exactly how to handle the new truck and trailer. Even through the hills of Tennessee there were no tense moments.

Traffic in certain places was very heavy. The most notable stops were Knoxville, the southside of Atlanta and Ocala Florida. We had planned to arrive at Pioneer Creek RV Park about 4 pm, but due to stopped traffic in Ocala we were closer to 6 pm. The office at the park closes at 5 pm but we were told there was a spot in front of the office to park overnight. When we arrived, there was already a trailer in the spot we’d been told to use! A quick call to the manager's number brought Kim and Todd to our

Paris resident Karon Sinning participates in a park class at Pioneer Creek RV Park in Florida, making her own stain glass ornament Karon will share some of her adventures with Paris Indenpendent readers as she snowbirds in Florida this winter.

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They couldn’t have been more helpful It seems a new person on the desk had told the other people that the front spot was first come, first serve; after we’d been told to use it. Once they found out Roy was a truck driver, they took us directly back to our site and helped get us situated. This was much better than staying the night up by the busy road.

The park we chose is called Pioneer Creek RV Resort. It’s in Bowling Green, Florida. A bit southeast of Orlando, not too far from Legoland We looked at a list of places and chose this one for a few reasons.

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