We had reservations at the Escapees RV Park. We FINALLY left San Antonio and headed to Livingston, TX - just north of Houston. I even took a video of when I THOUGHT we were crossing the Mississippi. Turns out it wasn't a problem, so we pulled out of Pensacola on Monday, February 15th and headed for Orlando.Īlong the drive through Mississippi and Louisiana, we crossed a lot of bridges, saw bayous and battleships, went past signs for the towns of Daphne, Cecelia, Carol and Niceville. So we contacted the Orlando KOA we had reservations at to see if we could come a day or two early. Given this new wrinkle, we decided that between the wretched heating problem and how cold it was in Pensacola, there wasn't much point in staying there. But we still had to get through the night, so we went to Walmart and bought a little electric heater and were at least warm through the night, even if we were really discouraged. WHAT? Again? What about the WEEK we just spent in San Antonio? What in the world is it now? We simply couldn't believe it.įortunately, it wasn't as cold in Pensacola as it had been in El Paso, so the night wasn't as uncomfortable. So, we got parked, opened the slideouts and prepared to get ready for the night. But, we figured we would make the best of it. That's warm in Utah, but not really warm enough even for US to enjoy the beach. It was colder in Pensacola than we had hoped - only in the 50's.

I stink at backing up and it makes me nervous just to watch it. This was great because the spot we had required backing in and the owner was there to assist with that. We made it to the Pensacola RV park just before closing. The plan was to stop there to break up the long trip to Orlando and to maybe spend a couple of days on the beach. We left Houston relatively unscathed and headed to Pensacola, Florida. LaMesa RV in Sanford, FL, and Gibson Truck World, also in Sanford, were super great to work with. We secured a hitch, got it installed and by Thursday the 25th, we had a new rig. We got fair trades for both the other vehicles, too. We located a 2016 Heartland Bighorn 35' Fifth wheel and an amazing 2014 Ford F350 truck. Long story short, we found the perfect fifth wheel and truck in record time. But that was in 2004 and this is 2016.Īfter much discussion and research we concluded we wanted to switch to a fifth wheel and a truck. In it's day, the Baroness was a very high end motorhome. But it was becoming more evident every day that this rig would not stand the rigors of that endeavor. We knew that we wanted to go on a mission where we could use our RV.

It was time to cut our losses and look at a different rig. Water refused to stay in toilet, there was a wet spot in the bedroom that we had no explanation for (not related to cats. However, it wasn't long before we noticed some other crazy issues popping up. Derrick made an appointment for the closest AquaHot dealer (the name of the type of heater we had in the motorhome) and we settled in. We arrived in Orlando, happy to be in a place that was warm and where, we hoped, we could finally get the heat fixed.

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