This is a very busy time period for campgrounds along major highways with all of the holiday travelers, and the snow birds heading to warmer climates. We called for reservations too late to be in the same site for our 11-day stay. The best the owners could do was to put us in one site on Friday night, have us move on Saturday to another site for 9 days, then move to another site for our last night. This arrangement is a little inconvenient, but nothing we can't handle.
Friday night, we did a minimum setup and we moved on Saturday morning as soon as the second site was empty and got settled in for the long stay. Saturday and Sunday were just for relaxing and doing everyday activities (computer time, laundry, phone calls, etc.).
We're only 7 miles from Florida, so today we started the process of establishing Florida as our domicile by going to the nearest Florida tax office (also the DMV office) to get our driver's licenses. The whole process took about 1 1/2 hours counting the wait for our turn, and the process of applying for and receiving a Florida driver's license, and registering to vote. We had to show our certified birth certificates, certain mail items with our Florida address on them, Social Security cards, and a certified marriage license for Selene since her name has changed. We had to take an eye test, but no written or driving test. Unlike North Carolina, Florida doesn't require a special license to drive Little House .
We've started the required paperwork needed to register the HHR and RV in Florida, and hope that process will be completed within a week or so.
After we left the Tax Office, we met up with Fred and Patti who live nearby and went to Junior's Seafood Restaurant in Yulee, FL for a delicious lunch. As we left the Yulee area, the predicted storms arrived, and the storms became severe as they headed for the entire Jacksonville area with wind gusts over 60 MPH. Luckily, the campground was only hit with heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunder. The rest of the afternoon was taken up by phone calls, paperwork and computer time.
It may take some time to get used to saying that our home state is Florida, but we're happy to have made the move.
We're going through the process of 'moving' to Texas now too. Our medical insurance in SD isn't going to cut it, so Texas makes more sense for us as we are in TX at least once a year.
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