Our RV Adventures: Goodbye Orlando!

Our magical winter has finally ended - this Sunday we finally left the Orlando area. It was a great winter full of Disney, Universal Studios, and the occasional county park full of wildlife. Our last site in Orlando was Winter Garden (Thousand Trails) - a fitting end as this was also our first campsite in the Orlando area. We liked our site quite a lot better this time - it was more conveniently located than our first site and we were nestled between two other temporary campers (rather than the permanent residents who flanked us last time). The site was also very level, always a bonus!

COVID-19 is certainly making big news everywhere and thus far we've managed to narrowly avoid related closures. My sister's birthday cruise occurred just before all cruise departures were canceled. Disney World's last day before closure was the day we left Orlando. The RV park put in some stringent restrictions right as we left.

Activities board at the RV resort

So far we haven't heard of any closures in the parks we've chosen on our trek back north, so fingers crossed our 1.5 week trip is uneventful. Some of you might have heard that we have been planning a trip to Europe in late spring...of course that is looking less and less likely with every passing day.

Of course, as with the rest of the country the grocery stores in Orlando have been greatly affected. Unfortunately I was legitimately out of toilet paper and toilet bowl cleaner when we went to Walmart...I found a secret stash of toilet paper in a corner of Walmart but had to settle for the off brands remaining for the toilet bowl cleaner. We don't have enough space in the RV to hoard anything even if we wanted to, so it's an interesting conundrum living in an RV during this crisis. Overall though, spending our time in an RV, hanging out at our fire ring in small campgrounds, seems like a good way to try to socially distance ourselves.

Toilet paper aisle at Walmart

Back to happier (sadder? non-virus related at any rate) thoughts...it was hard to leave Orlando - we've had a wonderful time in the area. We made great use of our annual passes, and it is strange to think about NOT just deciding to hop over to a theme park for a few hours for some fun. We FINALLY made it on Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure and it was AMAZING. We also slipped in a ride on the brand new Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Hollywood Studios, caught the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, and rode the rest of the rides at the various parks this week that we hadn't been on yet. We're debating whether some sort of visit to Florida should become part of our annual plans...time will tell. Bye for now though Orlando!