Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Wednesday November 5 – Saturday November 8, 2014 (3 nights)

Rate:  Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL 33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  We were just having our yearly service done and this was our last chance to stay at the Crown Club since our membership expires this winter.  This was the quickest service we have ever received here.  They must have realized that we don’t plan to buy a new MH any time soon so they got us away from the candy store.  We met up with a couple that we had met here previously, Wray and Emily.  They have a black poodle, Fergie, that looks exactly like Smudge but Fergie is so sweet.  They own an RV lot in Yuma but have worked at a COE gate on Kerr Lake the past two summers and had brought in their MH for service.  They ended up trading it in for a new fifth wheel and truck.  Their toad had been a pickup truck with a golf cart in the back.  Of course the trade included the MH and toad but they didn’t want to just give the golf cart to Lazy Days so we bought it from them for a good price.  It sure will come in handy at CKRV since our lot is the farthest from the clubhouse.  Gin really enjoys it and so do I.  Dan was kind enough to borrow Gail’s utility trailer and drive down one day to pick it up.

 

On our lot at CKRV

 

Gin keeps the road hot here

Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Monday December 9 - Saturday 28, 2013 (19 nights)

Rate: Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL  33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  Our new jacks were checked over since we had noticed a leak and the fluid was topped off.  We waited quite a while for a new toilet to be replaced since we had a history of trouble with the original one.  While here, we visited with JoBeth and Catherine at their nice waterfront condo and Bob and Lynette came to visit some from MacDill.  The Crown Club offered a great prime rib meal the day before Christmas and we went to a Chinese buffet on Christmas day.  On December 18 we took a day trip to Chiefland to close on our lot in Cedar Key RV Resort (lot 75).

 

Christmas at Lazy Days

Midway Campground (Big Cypress National Preserve), Ochopee, FL

Date of Stay:  Sunday December 9, 2013 (1 night)

Rate:  $15/night (Access Pass discount)

Website:  Midway Campground Big Cypress National Preserve (FL)
   US 41 (mile marker 52)
   Ochopee, FL  34141
   239-695-1201

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.  Great stopover but many more rvs now than it was in October.  We got site 14 again but they take reservations now so it may be hit and miss now even for one night during the busy season.  Camp hosts greet you as you pull in to the cg.

Activities:  Just an overnight stop for us on our way back to Tampa.  When we stopped here in October, we noticed a leak in our newly replaced jacks.  Gin tightened a fitting but we wanted Lazy Days to double check it and top off the fluid.  Our toilet was once again not holding water so we wanted that replaced also.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpsters were in place now for the winter season.

Site 14

Curry Hammock State Park, Marathon, FL

Date of Stay:  Monday November 25 - Sunday December 8, 2013 (13 nights)

Rate:  $23/night (Gin’s disabled FL resident discount)

Website:  Curry Hammock State Park (FL)
   56200 Overseas Highway
   Marathon, FL  33050
   305-289-2690

Description:  Wonderful Florida State Park in the Keys recently reviewed here.  We stayed in site 13 right beside the cg beach access.  Nice quiet cg.

Activities:  We came back to Curry Hammock to enjoy a couple of quiet weeks since our friends had all left the islands.  I biked a little bit and learned how to fix a flat tire.  Gin did a couple of rv chores, and we both relaxed a great deal.  We barely even left our campsite which was quite alright with us.  We were lucky to have 6 weeks in the Keys but I was getting a little tired of the constant wind.  We enjoyed watching the wind surfers from our site and watching the ever-present iguana.

Trash and Recycle:  Recycle bins that take almost everything are at the dumpster by the dump station.

 

Site 13

 

View from our picnic table                                Wind surfers

 

 

Iggy the iguana

E.G. Simmons Park, Ruskin, FL

Date of Stay:  Thursday October 17 - Thursday October 24, 2013 (7 nights)

Rate:  $24/night

Website:  E.G. Simmons Park
   2401 19th Ave NW
   Ruskin, FL 33570
   813-671-7655

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.  Located just a little south of Tampa.  We were on site 73 with easy access to the canal.  Water and electric here but only 30A so our air conditioner usage was monitored.

Activities:  We like it here but really missed 50A since it was still quite hot.  Not very busy even on the week end.  We both were suffering from colds so we didn’t get out much.  The no-see-ums were aggravating especially in the evening.  We celebrated our 30th anniversary by going to a nearby McDonalds for lunch.

 

Site 73 with easy canal access

Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Thursday October 3 - Thursday October 17, 2013 (14 nights)

Rate:  Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL 33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  Some time during the past summer, our jacks had totally stopped retracting.  We had some work done on them here during our prior visits but the problem had only gotten worse over time.  I had called HWH who said that they would replace all four of them, thankfully.  While here, we always find someone to socialize with.  This time we share meals with Bob and Lynette and played cards with them too.

Cedar Key RV Resort, Cedar Key, FL

Date of Stay:  Saturday March 16 - Tuesday April 2, 2013(16 nights)

Rate:  $32/night (weekly rate, PPA and Good Sam helped)

Website:  Cedar Key RV Resort
   11980 SW Shiloh Road
   Cedar Key, FL 32625
   352-543-5097

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  We stayed on site 74 in the back corner.  Dan and Tricia were on their lot but T left to go help her mom in NC since she had surgery. Gin was still under the weather during the first half of our stay here so I enjoyed a Rails-to-Trails bike ride with several of the regulars here.  We enjoyed a spaghetti dinner and several card games at the clubhouse.  Vel and Maggie (work campers) visited and Vel enjoyed Gin’s video games.

 

 

Cedar Key Bike Gang (thanks for the pics Charlie)

Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Wednesday February 27 - Saturday March 16, 2013 (17 nights)

Rate:  Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL 33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  This was our last time here to take care of a few minor warranty items under Winnebago’s one year warranty period.  During this past year, we have stayed here 92 days for service.  They are very busy here and we have more flexibility than many motorhome owners since we are full timers.  Over the year, we have had several items added to Tawanda that weren’t related to warranty issues.  Bill and Nancy were here also for their last bit of warranty issues.  Gin was still felling under the weather having not fully recovered from the virus at Disney.  While here in Tampa, we got rid of one e-bike and I got a nice Trek Neko SL WSD to pedal for more exercise.

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Cedar Key RV Resort , Cedar Key, FL

Date of Stay:  Sunday December 23 -Thursday January 3, 2013 (11 nights)

Rate:  $27/night (PPA and Good Sam helped)

Website:  Cedar Key RV Resort
   11980 SW Shiloh Road
   Cedar Key, FL 32625
   352-543-5097

Description:  Initially reviewed here.

Activities:  We stayed on Dan and Tricia’s site our first 8 nights and then moved over to site 83 for the last 3 nights.  This was our first Christmas on the road and since we felt so confortable here before, we knew we had to return.  Too cold to enjoy the pool but the clubhouse had a great Christmas dinner (Gin and I got CK RV Resort mugs).  D and T made it down here from NC just in time for the New Years party in the clubhouse.  No pictures of that but karaoke was fun!

 

Tricia and Dan’s site 76… nicely landscaped

 

Site 83 is a drive in that over looks a retention pond

Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Monday November 26 - Sunday December 23, 2012 (27 nights)

Rate:  Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL 33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.

Activities:  We have come back to the dealership once again for some warranty work.  One of the main things that needed attention was the fact that several of our ceramic tiles were getting cracked and even gouged by the slide outs.  Winnebago and Lazy Days came up with the solution of replacing the slide rollers with redesigned ones.  Other models like ours have had similar problems.  The driver’s side slide has already been propped out and the rollers replaced.  Now it was time for the passenger side slide.  We didn’t know that it was going to be almost taken apart.  The Crown Club is a very social place to pass the time while we wait.  We have met many nice people here, both workers and customers.  We met Tony and Jill this time who have two cute little dogs.  They even gave us Christmas stockings!

 

Open house!!

   

They did put a sheet up at night.  Glad it wasn’t very cold out.  Gin is peeking in.

 

Jill and her dog                                          I just had to get my puppy fix!

Lazy Days Crown Club, Seffner, FL

Date of Stay:  Sunday September 30 - Sunday October 28, 2012 (28 nights)

Rate:  Included with purchase of Tawanda

Website:  Lazy Days
   6130 Lazy Days Blvd
   Seffner, FL 33584
   800-350-6728 (service)

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.

Activities:  We were here for some more warranty work along with the yearly maintenance.  Nancy and Bill joined us while their Baby was being serviced here also.  Along with hanging out in the lounge doing puzzles, we all went on a few adventures together.  We had a nice day at Lettuce Lake Park which is a local park in Tampa.  We also spent a day on the Hillsborough River in our SeaEagles.  It turned out to be a little longer than we thought, but it was still a pleasant day on the water.  We also went to Honeymoon Island State Park to relax on the shore of the Gulf Coast.  Another day trip was checking out Fort DeSoto Park which is a very nice county park that has camping and beaches.  We also became Florida residents!  As long as we are in the area and still members of the Crown Club, we plan to have our service work done here.

 

 

Nancy and Bill at Lettuce Lake Park

 

Paddling the Hillsborough River

 

Enjoying Honeymoon Island State Park