Florida for the winter…we stayed at three main campgrounds; of course, they were all Thousand Trails. TTO (Thousand Trails Orlando), Three Flags & Peace River are known as the Florida Shuffle among Fulltime Families because we rotate between them two weeks at a time.

The one we spent the most time at was TTO (Thousand Trails Orlando). Here, we spent 6 weeks total over the winter with three two week stays. The first two weeks were over Christmas and the New Year. This park, which has over eight hundred sites was a temporary home to a lot of full time family members (FtFs) over the course of the winter. At any given time there could be at least 30 families in the park. The kids got to play a lot and make new friends as well as reconnect with old friends. They also participated in a few activities inside the park. The park is home to a lot of gopher turtles as well as other wildlife around the place. TTO is also very close to Disney World and although this year we didn’t make it to Disney World we did go to Disney Springs which is a lot like Downtown Disney in California.

During our second stay at TTO in late January we went through a bad storm where there was even a chance of a tornado. Friends arranged a Polynesian Culture event. A lovely Hawaiian family came to the park to show several types of dance. The six weeks was filled with campfires, relaxing with old friends and making new ones.

Three Flags was the second Thousand Trails park of our Florida stay. It is about 50 miles north of Orlando in a small town called Wildwood. This park is the opposite of Orlando being it is the smallest Thousand Trails park of the three and the one with the least amount of FtFs. You could say this park was a retirement village. All the people we met were very nice and a couple of older couples in the park even gave our kids gifts. They said it was great to see young people so well behaved and they just enjoyed seeing them have fun. The park was very nice and had a great pool as well.

Peace River was the third Thousand Trails park and we had a nice spot in shade most of the day and not too far away from the river. This park also had a large number of full time families in it and the kids again enjoyed having a good time with their friends. Here we participated in everything from potlucks to outdoor movie nights to just relaxing with good friends.

Below are just some of the pictures from our stay in Florida…