I screwed up

Day 177
​Inverness FL- Clearwater FL

Today was supposed to be easy. Last week I had made reservations to stay at a campground in the Croom WMA. So we take our time and pack up slow. Why hurry? It's only an hour down the road and there is a parking spot waiting for us. A really nice 50 ft long space with water and electric. This should be heaven. Oh, and it happened to be in the middle of a recreational motorcycle park. Heck yeah! T-Dub will get some fun time.

We pulled into Wal-Mart on the way to fill up on supplies. I flip my e-mail open and check the reservation one last time before we head in. What the hell does that say on the bottom... NO PETS ALLOWED. No, no, no ,no, no. It's 12 o'clock and our plans just got dashed. We can't stay there with Eli. It's a little bit hard to hide a 80 pound black lab who needs to go outside. Worst of all, the cancellation cost us the first night's rent and the booking fees. POOF! That's a good way to burn $40. Over the next hour I call a dozen places and check another dozen online for availability. Same answer comes to me over and over. We are full.

Luck is on our side and a RV park calls back to let us know they can fit us in for the next four nights. Looks like we are going to Clearwater Florida today. It's after 3pm when we get checked in and park in the overflow lot. The grass is soft and a little sketchy. Our spot for the next three nights opens up early and we get the go ahead to move. Except Penny won't budge. She gets stuck.

I was so busy trying to get us out and set up that these two pictures are all I've got. It's so stupid I didn't film the most exciting part. Shirley spun around and hooked up a tow strap to Penny. Katie eased into the throttle and the 10 ton RV came out of the mud without a problem. Now we can set up and finally call it a day.