Grand RV Living

Saturday, Nov 10 to Sunday, Nov 18th

Friends of ours, Cris and Terry, own a lot at Florida Grande, a Class A Motor Home Resort in Webster, FL.  We were able to get a week and arrived there Saturday afternoon, Nov 10th. The manager gave us a Friends and Family rate of $70 for a week.  Jim repeated "Did you say seven zero?  Not one seven zero?" 

The resort is like no place we've been -- huge cement pads, many with little look alike buildings that house a variety of living essentials.  Our friends have a LR, kitchen area, laundry/tool room, and a full bath.  Bedrooms aren't allowed b/c that would increase taxes. 



Florida Grande Clubhouse

There's a big clubhouse with a library, gym, laundry room, billiard/poker room, craft room, and ballroom.  And of course a pool!   All this in the middle of nowhere.  The nearest towns are very depressed looking but this is a very upscale resort. And surprisingly, we weren't pressured to buy;  we never even saw a sales person!

We spent a quiet and relaxing week at this wonderful resort.  It was wonderful seeing Cris and Terry and catching up with them.  It was very quiet there -- not too many people around, although there are lots of motor homes.  We took to relaxing more and being less of tourists.  Being in the middle of nowhere helps with that!

 

Motor Homes and Suites and Florida Grande

 

We did get to explore the area somewhat -- we visited Lady Lake, another village in the Villages, toured downtown Leesburg and downtown Clermont, did some grocery shopping, and just hung out doing stuff in and around the coach and catching up on laundry and planning the next few legs of our adventure.

My next post will describe the bike ride that never happened!

In the meantime, if you want to see additional pictures, click here:  Welcome to Florida