On The Road Again
Clarissa and Floyd Linendoll travel from Salem, in upstate New York to spend the winter t Tropical Palms in their Fleetwood Flair Special Class A motor home. They like to take their time, avoid city traffic and enjoy the fall scenery. Among the stops they’ve made and enjoyed during their years coming to Tropical Palms are Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in the Great Smoky Mountains and the chocolate factory at the sweetest town in America, Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Linendoll’s also “take a tip from Pedro” and stop at South of the Border in North Carolina, “a terrific place to take a break,” according to Floyd. “Clarissa and I enjoy the amusement park and all the restaurants and shops they’ve got there,” he says. Another favorite of theirs is Winchester, West Virginia, a beautiful town filled with history dating back to the Revolutionary War. And the Linendolls always make a stop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to see their grandson, who’s in Golf College there before completing their journey.
Taking a completely different approach to their trip here, Patti and John Apgar, who have been coming to Tropical for 20 years, drive, by car, straight through from their home in New Haven, Vermont. In 22 hours.
“We got to get down there and see everyone,” John explains. “Get to the warm weather, hang out with the old friends we see every year.”
The only stops the Apgars make along the way during their 22 hour drive are at Cracker barrel restaurants. “We know the menu and like the food, the faces are familiar and if we need to sleep for a hour or two, the parking lot is well lit and we feel safe.”
So the Apgars pack up their Chevy Tahoe and a little 5 x 8 trailer they got this year with tee shirts, shorts, bikes and their grill. According to John, that’s all they need to have a great time for the three months they spend at Tropical every winter.
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