The Saga ends.

Tuesday afternoon,Jack rolled in with the new RV,a 2007 Dutchman Class C. It's a little bit bigger and very sharp looking. He and his friends took a plane from Philadelphia to Tampa the week before to pick up the RV and ride back in it. The guys are memebers of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle club and ride Harleys. The four kidded that this adventure of 1245 miles on the road would be known as the Wild Hogs RV trip. Bob Cartlidge, Michael "Butchie" Zane, Ron Corcoran,Jack's brother and Jack arrived in Tampa and went to DreamRV to pick up the new RV, unpack the old RV and say farewell to the old faithful Coachman which had surived for so many years and so many miles. For Jack it was like saying goodbye to a member of his family. They took pictures of the RVs side by side, one battered and beat up, the other shiny and new. As they slowly pulled away, Jack looked at the RV and started singing Thanks for the Memories and the other three men chimed in. The four men saluted the old RV and then went on their way staying at Encore RV Park and settled in for the night.
The following morning they broke camp and headed up I-75 North towards Tampa to reunite with Butchie Zane's sister, Margie who he hasn't seen for ten years. Margie and her husband Harold lived on a forty acre farm with cows and bulls grazing the pastures. While fishing in his lake they came across a five-foot alligator, letting them know they weren't fishing in Delaware County anymore.
After a good dinner and great company, the men left traveled east on I-4. Their destination was Cocoa Beach. The men spent the night parked on the road and checked in the following day at Jetty RV Park n Cocoa Beach where they stayed for two days.This is a popular RV park where the canal meets the ocean. Here you can watch the cruise ships pass right in front of you as they sail off to their destination. You could fish anytime day or night on the pier or the beach. Swimming was allowed until dusk. Ron asked about swimming late in the day which the Park Manager, Anne remarked just remember everything on the planet eats at 5 p.m on. Saturday morning they checked out and headed 70 miles north to Daytona Beach. They stayed at the Daytona Inn Beach Resort with a pool outside their door and the beach in front of them. They closed Main Street at night enjoying the bars and the bands that played along the strip. It was like a touch of Duval Street in Key West according to Jack.
They checked out Monday morning and went staight up the A1A highway north 60 miles to St. Augustine where they took in the local atmosphere for awhile and headed toward home. They drove till 9:30 p.m. and stopped halfway through North Carolina for the night. They woke up Tuesday morning arriving home around 2:30 that afternoon. It was eight days of commodity and fun, the four had a ball as accomadations in the RV were perfect. Each one had their own bed and plenty of room. But home still looked good as they rolled into Delaware County. and planning their next Wild Hogs RV trip 2.