State Park “Shakedown”
Well, we went out on our first "shakedown" trip with our new rig… spent an entire week at another Fabulous Florida State Park… found a few things that needed fixin' in the rig… bad television set, finicky door, learning how to tow our car… and it all wen't really well overall. The WORST part of the trip was when Vincent came to me and said, "Honey, take a look at the back of my leg… what is that?" and there it was. THE ONLY THING IN NATURE THAT FREAKS ME OUT BIG TIME… a tick, embedded in his leg, behind his knee. Ewwwwie. I told him what it was, and proceeded to give my best Florence Nightingale act… but it make me shiver every time I tried to remove the little guy. I casually asked how long he thought it was there for…. "Oh, since early last night". LAST NIGHT??? YOU MEAN IT SLEPT WITH US IN BED?!? YUK! I got the whole thing out in one piece…. and I Never want to go through that again. It was a peaceful, serene and beautiful setting, though. Next weekend, we're taking Hippie on a work kamping episode to the Palms and Pines in Punta Gorda for Easter Weekend. It's a long weekend for us, and P.G. is really close by…. so, we figured, make Hippie earn that Easter Basket!
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