We've got some catching up to do! After picking up the fifth wheel in mid-January, we stayed the rest of the month at a KOA in Abilene. We were able to celebrate birthdays with Linda's parents and found we could withstand temperatures as low as 13 F with wind chill of 7 F. For the folks we've met from Canada, Michigan, Ohio, etc. that doesn't sound so tough. For Texas folk that have been most recently in Corpus Christi, it's extremely chilly! We were pleased to find we could manage those temperatures o.k. and learned how to insulate our water supply as best as we could. Fortunately, we plan to avoid those types of temperatures as much as possible!
From Abilene, we travelled toward our first destination – Walt Disney World. Craig was past due for a vacation (over 2 years without one) so we are viewing this indulgence as his retirement celebration. To travel from Texas to Florida, we took a much slower pace than we were accustomed to sans fifth wheel. We have determined that 250 to 350 miles is a good distance for us, our kids and our dogs. In the past, we would have made the trek in a couple of days, but at our new pace the trip took 7 days (including a couple of longer stays to catch up on laundry and visit relatives in Austin).
These photos were taken in a beautiful rest area off of IH 10 in Florida. The woods are such a contrast to the scrawny mesquites of West Texas! 
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