We Made A HUGE Campground MISTAKE! RV Florida & Manatee Swim
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Come join us as we have a pretty big mishap when we book ourselves into the WRONG campground! Also, come along as we jump in the water with manatees at Homosassa Springs.
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Alaska's voice overs are so funny!
He’s a funny dog!
What a Beautiful life to teach your amazing children every day! They could NEVER get such an Education as you are teaching them.
I am so proud of you both as parents!! I wish I had such a life as you guys do!
Thank you 💙
Fully agree!!! We homeschooled 22 years with our 4 kids. They got to travel and experience sooo much!!
And we also loved being able to travel to stuff during ‘off months’ from ‘regular school’ kids!
Good job Alaska on being such a stealthy dog!!! Swimming with the manatees is on my bucket list. Looks like a wonderful experience! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for watching
@@GratefulGlamper Grest video, though I missed the reason for no Bananas.
Per your recommendation, we signed up for Arvie recently. After booking a site on our own, for Tyler State Park, Tx. We needed an extra spot for family coming with us but the park was full. So we put Arvie to the test. As advertised, it worked!
Yay! So awesome to hear!
As one who camps with cats (who like yours, typically travel very well), I literally LOL at "They were singing the song of their people." I'm still chuckling. I love this vblog because you are so real from the mac n' cheese to the goof-up. I live in FL in the winter & am surprised you were able to get a reservation in February on short notice. This is the first I'm hearing about Arvie & it sounds great. I can see value in the Sprouts meals in a pinch too. On those hectic travel days cooking is a challenge & I can be too tired to even go out @ times. Thanks a bunch!
Mac n cheese is a great easy dinner! Sometimes we have cereal for dinner 😊
Just returned home from our first rv trip to Homosassa. Beautiful area! We enjoyed the views and a delicious lunch at Crumps landing as well....that is my bike in your video, the white black and purple one!! What am amazing experience swimming with the manatees!
How cool is that?!
Followed your hacks for the last few years when I got my popup but been tent camping for 78 years !!!
Stay in Central Fla for the last 13 years and actually was kayaking at The Chaz for 4 days the first week in Feb '23 and Hog Island for another week.
You are spoiled by the warm water 'cause I Snorkelled at Crystal River off the 'Yak w/out a wet suit and thought water was fine but then again I grew up in NorCal Surfing and was a Rootin' Tootin' Frogman!
Thanks & Keep entertaining me !
Thanks for watching
Just watched your last video. We live in Homosassa FL. So glad you had a great time. My husband new that Tillis Hill was at one time just camping with horses. He was surprised to hear it's a camp ground now. Love all your videos. Safe travels and God Bless.
Thanks for watching
Love this one. God always has your back
Oh my gosh, Charity, Ben, kids, Alaska and kitties, you're in our area! We're just up the road from Homosassa Springs State Park, outside Crystal River, stop in!! One of the reasons we have an RV is that we have two dogs, we take them RV'ing with us wherever we go, I wouldn't consider going without them. I'm shocked to hear of a campground that doesn't allow pets - as nice as that one may be, we'll scratch it off our list! At this time of year, you never know what the weather may be, warm (hot) one day and cold (for Florida) the next! Great video, always like how you guys do them, informative and humorous at the same time! Safe travels.
My sister, daughter, and I inadvertently swam with a manatee at Blue Spring State Park (one of our favorite places). The manatee was in the swimming area, and we could see that everyone was on the dock watching it. We decided to swim to the head spring so we wouldn't be near the manatee. That darn thing swam upstream. We were on a big, bright green blow-up alligator float (we were the envy of every 5 year old in the park!). When the manatee got close to us, it turned toward us and swam beneath us. It was amazing. We quickly exited to spring. It was the most amazing thing!
What an amazing experience- thanks for sharing
That looked like fun. Thank you for sharing your tips. God Bless 💕💕💕
Thanks for coming along and watching
I changed out my lock to my RV to a keyless entry. Has a four digit code to get in. Don’t need to worry about locking myself out.
We camped at Fort Desoto, which is amazing, and while swimming near the pier and the fort, two manatees swam about two yards from us. Didn’t have a mask so I couldn’t see underwater. It was a little frightening at first but they stayed close by and it was very cool.
Aww~ how fun for everyone...well, almost everyone. Poor Alaska had to stay in...w/the cats, which who knows, maybe they're all great friends?
When I lived in FL for a couple yrs, it was in the Melbourne/Indian Harbour beach area, & we had manatees literally everywhere. The neighborhoods built around & along the rivers were full of them, to the point you had to be careful putting around in row boats & paddle boats because they're very playful (when they want to be) & could flip your boat! Watched that happen more than once =)
Under promise and over deliver... yep! Great video!
Enjoyed the video. I think I am adding swimming with the manatees to my bucket list. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! It’s a great bucket list thing to do!
Welcome to Florida!! You picked a good week to be here. It has warmed up so nicely. Even the azaleas are blooming. I think our winter is over. It can still get down in the 60's at night.
I can't figure it out, my rose bushes are blooming like CRAZY, but I don't have a single flower on my azaleas yet!
@@leighannedearingsilva6112 I live in N Fla & they are blooming beautifully. These are all very mature larger bushes. The age & size could be a factor in no damage during the big freeze. They are usually hearty.
Hey y’all. I hope you had a super great weekend. Be safe and take care
Thanks so much! Thanks for always being the first to comment too 💙
Y’all are the best!
I enjoy watching your videos. Our family has camped on vacation and holidays for about 30 years .I used to own a pull behind travel trailer, but no longer do. My children are now grown, and I live in an apartment .
So It’s fun watching your family and enjoying your experience of living full-time in an rv.
Thanks for watching
Looks like a great experience, swimming with with the manatee. We have been to see monkey island and also ate at Crump’s, and enjoyed it.
Awesome! Thanks for watching
Love the dog voice!🥰
Thanks, apparently he has a lot to say, LOL
LOL at Alaska's face when you got him in the Jeep to go pee!! 🤣 Awww, who's a good boy?!
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Rolls and n the air fryer are awesome.
Good to know
18:50 70°s spoken of as “cold.” 😂😂 We’re in Michigan and it’s below freezing with a predicted 6” of wet & heavy snow this afternoon. 70° sounds glorious right now! ☃️☃️
Brrrr!
Love your channel❤️ Important to note you were not in a National Forest campground - you were in a State Forest... 😉
Not sure if you are in FL still. But if you are and headed north, I’d suggest Fort Pickens state park campground! LoopA is directly across from a short boardwalk to gulf. Sugar sand beaches, good fishing too. There is a military museum, bunkers and all sorts of interesting things to explore there. We were there 2 days ago. Enjoy your channel! Have fun!
Sorry, I meant National Park. 😊
I swam with manatees one time about 20 years ago. I was visiting my dad in Punta Gorda. We were in the Burnt Store Marina and my stepmom lost her footing and was about to go over the lifeline. I grabbed her and got her pulled in but in the process I went over. I entered the water about five feet from one of the water cows. It wanted to investigate me so we hung out for a few minutes while I waited for my dad to turn around and come back to get me. I’ve spent a lot of time on an around the water either on sailboats or my time in the Marines- and none of it came close to that 10ish minutes.
Very cool - thanks for watching
A few thoughts for you, Florida weather is bipolar! We can have multiple seasons in a single day. There are a lot of campgrounds in Florida that are dog free. Make sure you check with each one. If you are traveling out west, Montana is the most cat unfriendly place I’ve ever been. Couldn’t get motel rooms there because we were moving 3 cars from Florida to Washington St.
you were just down the road from us at bushnell, (ex 309) and we have filmed there great place
We’ve stayed at Tillis Hill. Really nice campground but definitely in the middle of nowhere
Don’t envy trying to get in there in the dark! I think the reason for no pets is because of the horses on-site. Not sure why that should make a difference.
Cats singing “song of their people” 😂😂😂
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You’re in my hometown!!! I hope you enjoyed your little foray into Citrus County, the Nature Coast of Florida!
We had a great time!
Thanks!
I hate, hate, hate arriving to my camp site after dark, did I mention hate. It's a real thing, so many things to potentially hit. I am so with you on that. As for getting locked out, I always use the key to lock the door. While that doesn't guarantee the door latch is going to work, (sometimes RV latches have issues) I won't be locked out because I don't have my keys.
Good idea! Thanks for watching 😍
We do the same regarding how we lock up.
And I as well HATE HATE HATE arriving after dark😧 too many things to go wrong!
Been RV’ing since ‘93, and only once arrived in the dark, and then slipped into mud! So the staff had to unhook the truck (we have a long TT) pull out our rig with their backhoe and reposition our camper.🤦♀️
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You should never have the back wheels off the ground on a Diesel Pusher because the rear wheels are the only ones that the parking brake holds.
Yep! Which we we corrected pretty quickly once we realized that there wasn’t a way to level the RV completely.
That is in my backyard. I live 20 min from tills hills
Krumps used to be an old house turned restaurant. Then it burned down. The new owners have done a wonderful job turning the place around to what it is now.
We use to live in Inverness and we went to see the manatees
Are you still in Florida ?? Would love to meet you guys your videos have helped me so much
Got to snorkel in Hawaii, too bad we can't take our RVs there
Right!?! Hawaii is on our shortlist
Enjoy your videos n family! I have two questions: I see you Berky in the background, so what do you have it hooked to while traveling? I have a cat too and she gets nerved up too, and seems like she wants out she's not an outside cat.....any tip will help! Ty safe travels n have fun!
I don’t have our Berkey hooked up to anything - we just refill the top part with water daily and let it do it’s thing. As far as our kitties go, they don’t rally try to get outside, but they enjoy watching out the windows. Thanks for watching
Amazing adventure, what made decide on that particular class A diesel
We love Fleetwood and the ride of diesel pushers
I didn’t think in Florida it was legal to touch a manatee? Maybe that’s just for the coast line? But the activity’s your doing look amazing!
Here is an article that clarifies - it's only allowed in Citrus County - www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/citrus-county-is-the-only-place-in-the-u-s-where-you-can-swim-with-and-touch-manatees
Ayleast he doesn't bark. We have 3 little pups, and they bark all the time, so we can't hide them. But most campgrounds only allow 2 pets, which kinda sucks. So we have to lie about our 3rd
We camp with our dogs and horses all thru florida. Tillis is the one place we do not go because our dogs are not allowed. There's a camp ranger they call her the Nazi, Gestapo, she is harsh and rude. I know there's rules and people make mistakes and there's a nice way to tell people they have to leave but she is not nice about it.
I have heard not even cats in the camper are allowed.
Now Tillis is county park but the outer forest and rds are state. The horse stalls at Tillis is are on state property. Horses are not allowed on county property.
Which thousadnd trails was it.
Are you running a generator or do you have an solar inverter?
We now have solar
How do you monitor your dog when you are gone for the day.
We use a temp monitor and we also have an indoor camera :)
What plave did you go to swim with the manatee. We have never been to Florida before
We put all the info on campgrounds, swimming with manatees etc here: gratefulglamper.com/manatee-capitol/
I’m sorry what rv site did you use to find the campground?
Gratefulglamper.com/Arvie
What was the gas station app called?
That’s hilarious, then you put it on RUclips to boot, that’s even funnier!
Because we like to keep it real, thanks for watching
How do you tow your jeep. What's involved.
We explain more in this video: ruclips.net/video/nkj19jN-hOk/видео.html
@@GratefulGlamper Thank you. It was very informative and I appreciate your time.😇
Great video. Is it legal to touch the manatee?
It is ok to “touch” if they surface near you its allowable to “touch” but not “pet” - these trips are regulated and our guides explained the regulations in depth. and you can touch a manatee if they come up to you but you cannot chase them, harass them, etc. also there is a buoy area and if they swim under the buoys, you cannot follow them. www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/citrus-county-is-the-only-place-in-the-u-s-where-you-can-swim-with-and-touch-manatees
I'm assuming you got away with smuggling the dog?
We did! 😉
I hate that the campgrounds is not pet friendly!
It definitely made our trip challenging!
What campground doesn't allow pets!?!? Especially a Nat'l forest
How hard will it be to get campsite with DR older than ten years old actually 1999 toyhauler. I'm 70 years old and want to realize my dream of traveling.I have a motorcycle and two seemed dogs. My daughter lives in San Diego and I'm from Omaha. Want to head that way but eventually hit all the states. Any advice greatly appreciated
We have a couple videos where we talked about the “10 year rule” and long story short, we’ve never had an issue with our 2004 motorhome yet.
Poor Alaska, there shouldn’t be any pet free campgrounds! Shame on them.
Alaska was disappointed ☹️
I agree! Wouldn't be staying there again! I grew up camping with my family, and we never experienced this. We stayed in campgrounds all over the US, and Canada. It was never something we even had to consider.
Exactly,no pets I don’t stay
What is the name of the song please? ...another day?
F&$k that!!!! If my dog isn’t welcome neither am I!
Right?
hi
Hi
Good God! Put the camera down and take him to do his business!
Why no bananas?
Good question! I guess it’s like an urban legend
@@GratefulGlamper Haha. I later thought it might be to avoid anyone slipping and getting hurt, or going overboard, from a fallen piece. 🤔
Bananas are bad luck on a boat! Especially if your fishing!
I’m having trouble with your audio…
Just to give you a heads up, it's up to a $500 fine for touching the manatees and up to 60 days in jail.
Not in Citrus County www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/citrus-county-is-the-only-place-in-the-u-s-where-you-can-swim-with-and-touch-manatees
Under promise and over deliver.
Thanks for clarifying 😉
Bring the manatees lettuce. They're starving!
I am sorry but I have a hard time watching because you talk with your hand and then point at the camera. I was raised that this is rude. Keep up what you do and take care.