Home for the Winter

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Mary found us a great place to spend the Winter this past fall and she did it all on the web.  So when we arrived last Monday (12/16), we were pleasantly surprised when what she saw online was the same as we saw when we arrived.  We will be spending 3 months at Williston Crossing RV Park in Williston, FL.  We are 20 miles SW of Gainesville and about 20 miles NW of Ocala.  Williston itself is a small town in the middle of horse and cattle farms.  Kind of remote but certainly away from all of the traffic on I-75 corridor.

Williston Crossing is an expanding RV Park and is rated 10*10*10 by the Good Sam Travel Guide.  Sites are large, pads are concrete, and all of the utilities work as advertised.  We are in the new section which has just been completed but is still undergoing landscaping and finish work.  People have been nice and their are lots of activities (which we haven't had a chance to join yet).  

There seems to be lots to do/see on this side of Florida without having to go to an amusement park.  Many of the large springs are not too far away and we will visit before Winter is over.  We did visit the Florida Natural History Museum this past Saturday.  Small, but really interesting - especially the Butterfly House.  

First up was the nursery where the staff raises butterflies and moths to release into the outdoor area.  These are released several times a day.

The inside is several stories tall and a tropical paradise.  The flowers are natural food sources for the butterflies and additional food is supplied using sliced bananas.  There are butterflies everywhere and just standing and watching is fascinating.

Here's a few of the ones we saw (no we don't know the names):

After the Holidays we will be off exploring again.