After a month in Key West at Boyds it was time to move on
and wanting to see The Ringling in Sarasota we motored off the Keys and across
I-75 to Naples and north to Sarasota.
We plopped down at Sun ‘n Fun on Fruitville Pike, just east of I-75 and
about 8 miles from Sarasota but easy travel in any direction. This is a huge resort, lots of park models and big areas for RV's including big rigs. Plenty of activities and resources including pool, fitness center, etc. Some people actually spend the entire winter there. The Ringling museums = circus,
art and mansion – are all well worth the time and price. There is also a classic car museum
across the street from The Ringling worth a visit too.
Tuesday, April 8, the rain came down, hard, all day, so it was stay put and it blew over in time to leave Wednesday morning and drive across to Cape Canaveral. North on I-75 to Tampa, pick up I-4 and go east, past Orlando and Dizzyworld again (ugh!) but after some congestion around the not so magic kingdom, it thinned out and easy sailing on to Port Canaveral and Jetty Park which is part of the Port. Easy in and parking, nice spot, reasonable and good facilities. Not a lot of amenities but clean and friendly.
Susie had looked ahead and found out that there was a launch scheduled for Thursday and weather permitting, the countdown had begun. We spent the entire day at the Kennedy Space Center and the peak was watching the Atlas rocket put a pay load up toward the space station, some kind of spy equipment. The I-Max movie about building and maintaining the space station was also a highlight. Recommend that if you haven’t visited and you are ever close by, KSC is really worth the trip and the time. Be sure to take the tour bus to Saturn V and have enough time for both sites, the visitors’ center and Saturn V. Tomorrow we leave for Savannah.
