Sunday, we had an easy travel day with a 1 hour drive to Travelers Rest RV Resort, about 10 miles west of Dade City, FL. Travelers Rest (TR) is a 55+ community with over 600 lots for mobile homes, park models and RVs. There is also a 70 unit RV park with full hookups, 9 hole golf course, TR's own fire and rescue service (staffed by trained residents), and too many amenities to mention. Unused leased sites can be sublet. We were put on such a site with a concrete pad with a storage shed available for rent. TR is know for its friendly residents and the very large number of group activities make it easy to find friends with common interests. We first learned about TR in 2009 from our ham radio friends, many who live or stay here. There is a very active amateur radio club and fully-equipped ham station on the property. Our plan to stay a week quickly changed to staying 17 nights. Several of our ham friends are here now.
TR has a very large multi-purpose building (Busch Hall) with a capacity of over 400 people, as well as professional sound and lighting equipment. Sunday night in Busch hall, there was an ice cream social followed by the Sunday night entertainment by Christopher Dallo, a Canadian tenor, whose repertoire and experience includes many types of music. Before the concert began, announcements were made concerning the possibility of severe weather during the evening as well as a well-laid out plan if conditions worsened. The emergency personnel were on hand to help with any actions needed. Christopher's concert was brought to a halt about 45 minutes later when the power failed during a severe thunderstorm with high winds. Emergency personnel took their places, lighting the stage with their powerful flashlights, and with the aid of a battery-operated amp and microphone, Chris sang one song a cappela, then answered audience questions. The emergency lighting was getting close to the end its operational time, so an orderly evacuation of the building was started, but the power came back on in short order, and the concert was able to finish as planned.
The heavy winds continued throughout the night and all day Monday and Little House rocked a few times with the heavier gusts. Other than some fallen tree debris, there was no damage in the community from the high winds.
We will be taking part in several activities during our stay. There is a lot of information on the resort's website -http://www.travelersrestresort.com/home.html - including the resort's newspaper, published weekly. The next blog post will describe Showcase Day which took place yesterday (Wednesday).
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