Peace River Florida

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I saw my friend Jack's post at Shipslog about the Peace River,  We left New York with the Green Old Ford and our camper home, this was what we had to live in along with my camp up in Barnes Corners.  We went to bed with a cool evening but during the night it got cold and snowed, this picture is the morning we left for Florida.   The Old Ford needed a rear main bearing and used a bit of oil, we put in a quart of oil every 600 to 800 miles, she was a good old truck, we made it down and back and down and back to Florida several times, this was 1989.

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We ended up in the Peace River Mobile Home Park at 29208 Snook Circle off Turbak Drive which is outside Punta Gorda on Highway 17.  We met John Turbak who was a Hillslboro County Deputy and nice man who always brought us oranges and grapefruit.
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We sold our camper and bought this 10 X 55 Trailer, it was a beauty, Maple Cabinets, full bath with tub, closets, all furnished with 2 air units and a 10 X 30 Patio and well landscaped. 
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The park was mostly people retired from up in Michigan, our neighbor was Bert, he had every tool, drill, bit, nut, bold and screw you would ever need,  he took us fishing every day and later on when he traded boats he GAVE us his trade in for us to use.     Every night he would bring Anna Mae over a fresh popped bag of PopCorn.
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The fishing was excellant, the Peace River was Salt and farther up turned into Brackish water and then is was fresh water, there were some Indian Burial Grounds up in the fresh water section and it had some beautiful streches of white sandy beaches scattered about, all you had to look our for were Alligators and Sting Rays.  We caught a lot of little Sugar Trout and Catfish.   Even a few sting rays.    I helped a man in the Park with Crab Pots and we always had fresh crab to eat.
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We left the park after a year or so and went back to New York to the Cold and Snow for some unknown reason.   Probably "Nuts" !!
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A Hurricane came thru some years later and trashed this beautiful park, we checked in on it several times on our last trip down and it is a DUMP, beyond anything I would want to move into again.
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We have had lots of cold, lots of snow and plenty of sickness but hope 2013 turns around for us, we might not make Florida due to funding caused by Medical Bills but are trying to at least get to Myrtle Beach hopefully in February.
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We sure do have snow this year.

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Never forget, Remember our Vets !!!