Lake City to Kissimmee

Last night there were 8 other RVs parked in the same row we were in and appeared to be staying just 1 night like us. This morning when I walked Tinker a little after 8:00 one RV had already left.

After breakfast we prepared to leave to head down to Kissimmee. Mike had only connected the cable, electric and water hookups last night, so we didn't dump our tanks this morning. By the time we were ready to get on the road, there were only 2 other RVs left on our row.

We left Oaks 'N Pines at 9:45 and headed back west on I-10 to connect with I-75 south. Last year when we were here we drove south on US-441 and took US-90 through Lake City to I-75. We decided to drive the few extra miles by taking I-10 back over to I-75 and avoid the traffic lights and traffic in Lake City.

We stopped to get gas in the RV at a Pilot station at Wildwood and paid $3.859 a gallon. We had already decided to avoid taking the Florida Turnpike and the approximate $30 or so toll and took SR-44 east to US-27. After leaving the Pilot we found a Winn Dixie in a strip mall about 4 miles east of the Pilot on US-44 and stopped there to fix lunch at 12:45.

After lunch we continued east on US-44 to Leesburg.

From May 2011

At Leesburg we turned south onto US-27 which is a very nice four-lane highway.

From May 2011

When we reached Clermont we saw the Florida Citrus Tower

From May 2011

and a little later the entrance to Lake Louisa State Park.

From May 2011

We spent a week last June at the state park and visited the Citrus Tower.

We exited US-27 at US-192 and drove east to Kissimmee. We decided to try the Osceola Parkway instead of driving through Kissimme on US-192 to save time and to avoid all the traffice lights. We knew Osceola Parkway was a toll road, but since we were only going to be on it for about 3 miles how much can the toll be? We paid $5.25 for 4 axles - that's about $1.75 a mile - not sure it was worth it.

We turned off Osceola Parkway at Michigan Avenue and drove south to Mill Creek RV Resort and arrived here at 2:45 and checked in with Chris at the office. We are using a Passport America discount at Mill Creek RV Resort and we're paying $128.00 for 8 days. We are site #210 (our favorite), a back-in site, and we have full hookups (50 amp electric) and wifi.

This evening after we had finished setting up camp and taking a little break, we drove over to a Zaxby's for dinner where we both had their House salad. Afterwards we drove over to my brother's house for a visit for a couple of hours. It was good to see Cyril and Elaine and catch up on their news.

Mike and I then came back to the RV. We forgot to take photos of our campsite today here at Mill Creek and will have to get some tomorrow.