More on the Fire

Lots has happened ....we have been overwhelmed with insurance people and investigators trying to find out what caused the fire which at this point seems to be the electrical system in the coach somewhere. They have decided to bring in some sort of electrical specialist to make that determination. One interesting note is that the fire burns up and therefore all the goods in lower basement storage areas seem to be in good order. Most everything from the rear wheels forward down low seems to have been spared except for smoke damage. This includes the still full LP storage tank and fuel tank.


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I have more pictures and will try to get them up soon. Apparently the coach will remain in place until cause is determined and there are areas where we cannot remove or recover things yet. We have been given the go ahead to empty two of our basement cabinets and will do that tomorrow. Will try to post more info the first of the week.

FIRE!!

Last night after we had been in bed for an hour or two , I woke to the smell of smoke looked out the window and saw our motorhome in flames.



We really don't know which end is up yet and I assume insurance adjusters will bring us up to speed once they see it. We don't know what started it but it looks to be a total loss as is the building behind it. Will keep you posted

A Special Birthday

We were there when she was born but we missed her 1st Birthday last year so we hustled home to make sure we were there for Molly's 2nd Birthday. Isn't she cute!!! And the presents....it was better than Christmas...well almost! And brother Jack behaved himself and helped open the presents. Mom of course oversaw things.
One of the neat things she got was a box with hats....wigs ...boa's...shoes - all dress up stuff which I think might have been her favorite of the presents.
The Octopus from Florida was high on the list too! Dad was helping out now with "Grammy Blue Car" in the background. Marge is "Grammy Gray Car" and I am Grandpa Brown Truck". The kids picked up on the cars we all drove as a means to keep track of us all....I just wish I was called Grandpa Black Porsche!!
While we got back home in time for Molly's Birthday we also got home for freezing temperatures and a smattering of that white stuff we swore off two years ago. It's the first time I have winterized the coach in two years. This week is looking more like spring and with that in mind we are making repairs and cleaning the coach anticipating the warm months coming up here in Michigan and of course planning a few trips.

Ortona Locks on the Caloosahatchee

Sunday Morning .... and Big Al's 92nd Birthday---Happy Birthday!!!....we departed our beloved Keys to start north. Me pulling the new boat behind the motorhome and Marge following in the pickup. It's sort of a pain but we did not want to store the boat in the Keys with the threat of Hurricane season coming. We had decided on leaving it inland somewhere near Lake Okeechobee away from storms and at a substantially reduced insurance rate because of location. We had made reservations at a Corps of Engineers Park on the Caloosahatchee River called the Ortona South Campground at the Ortona Locks that had looked kind of neat and boy is it! Absolutely beautiful campground right on the river with water and electric...no sewer, but there is dump a station. I posted a couple of pictures taken from our site.

This is our site which is typical of all 51 sites on the River..... although some tables were set up to share with an adjacent site, which is perfect when traveling with others.

We had lots of boats go by during the day from large paddlewheeler excursion boats to some really unique other boats that I haven't seen before.

The view from our site West that gives you a pretty good idea of the area

And of course the locks themselves.

This was the sunset this evening it was pretty as you can see it certainly compares with those at Key West
We have stored the boat so we will be on the road home tomorrow morning.