In October of 2020, my wife and I made a trip to Navarre, Florida.  My wife has family that lives there so we decided to load up the RV and make the trip.  Titan did not go on the trip with us, but Choctaw did.  Due to Titan’s age and the fact he doesn’t relax when we are traveling in the RV, it’s just easier for him to stay at “Uncle Pete’s” house instead of him making the trip.  On the other hand, Choctaw LOVES the RV and will go anywhere.

On October 19, 2020, we started our journey to Navarre, Florida.  We drove for about five hours and stopped in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  We stayed at the Okatoma Resort and RV Park.  It was a nice place to stay over night and close the the highway which was a plus. We got there late in the afternoon, so we didn’t have a lot of time to walk around.  I can tell you that the ducks love to hang out at the RV campsites.

The next morning, October 20, 2020, Choctaw and I got up pretty early and went for a run. The way the property was laid out, we found a really nice running route around a lake on the property.  As usual, Choctaw found a few squirrels to harass which made her very happy.  After our run, we were walking back to the RV when we noticed a family of ducks standing at the door to the RV.  Choctaw was very curious about the ducks and pulled my arms out of socket trying to get a better look.  The ducks didn’t need a better look at Choctaw so they waddled over to the next available RV in the hopes that someone would feed them breakfast.  Breakfast didn’t sound like a bad idea either.  Choctaw and I went inside the RV and joined my wife for breakfast.  After breakfast, we packed up and headed for Florida.

We arrived in Florida around 2pm and headed straight for Santa Rosa RV Resort where we were staying.  When we arrived at the Resort, we were in awe at the beauty. This place was absolutely gorgeous!!! Our RV slip wasn’t on the water, but we might as well have been because we were that close.  The first order of business was to take Choctaw on a needed bathroom break.  She travels so well and she was just as excited as we were about our accommodations.  The second order of business was to set up camp and get settled.  We had to meet my wife’s family at a restaurant around 6pm so we didn’t have a lot of time to mess around.  Choctaw travels in her kennel so I wanted her to be out of the kennel for a good period of time before we headed to dinner.

We met my wife’s family for dinner at some hole in the wall Mexican restaurant.  Usually hole in the wall restaurants are pretty good, but this restaurant was anything but that. The only word to describe this restaurant is “nasty.”  It was a nasty restaurant with nasty drinks and nasty food.  Don’t know who’s ideas this one was, but my wife and I agreed it would not happen again. LOL  When we got back to the RV, we took photographs of the RV resort from a long bridge stretching out from the campground and took a photograph of the sunset.  It was absolutely gorgeous!!!

The next morning, Choctaw and I went for our morning run.  During our run, Choctaw and I went over the bridge to the side where the ocean hits Navarre Beach.  It took us a while to adjust to the sand and wind, but we did it.  After returning to the RV resort, Choctaw and I located a pet beach that was connected to our resort.  Choctaw has never been to the beach so this was going to be a treat for her and us. My wife and I walked down to the pet beach and Choctaw had a blast.  She was in awe with the water washing up on the beach and she kept wanting to drink the water. Since it’s salt water, I didn’t want her drinking a lot of it but of course it didn’t stop her. LOL

As the week went on, Choctaw and I started to do our morning runs inside the RV resort because it was big enough to act like a very large running track.  Running along the beach got extremely tiring due to the sand and wind coming off the water. Choctaw also had a wonderful time in the mornings at the dog beach after our runs. She ran along the beach trying to say “hello” to every bird that flew above her head. Choctaw has such a kind soul and wants to make friends with every animal and/or person she comes into contact with.  We also spent a lot of time with my wife’s family having cookouts, sack races, which is a lot harder than it looked, and soccer games. Life was good!!

The week went by way to fast and before we knew it it was time for us to start back home. It was a long trip but one we decided to make in one day instead of splitting it up.  As usual, Choctaw did outstanding. She rode in her kennel and took everything in as we traveled down the road.  When we finally got home, I told Choctaw that we would pick up Titan in the morning from “Uncle Pete’s” house.  She got so excited when she heard his name.  It was good to be home!!!