Lake City, FL

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Osceola Connections, We ❤️ the Woods! Details: My husband and I live on a forest property located in the Osceola National Forest of North Florida with Pewee, a 17 year old Rat Terrier, Ellie Mae, a 3 year long-haired Dashund, and Meli-Cat, a 7 year old ginger tabby/mouser. We live full time in our RV, staying home in the winter on our rv space and traveling out west in the summer to camp-host in Oregon, Washington and such. We also have a small vacation rental on one half of our property and rent it out to travelers from all over. We love hosting others and having an opportunity to share our neck of the woods with them. Home Town: Lake City, Florida is our home town. Sharon was born and raised here, and CH moved here from Georgia as a child. Married in 1970 as kids, with well over 50 years together we’ve had quite the ride. We have 3 adult children, 7 adult grandchildren and 7 young great grandchildren. They are scattered from Florida to Alaska, so our camp-hosting out west gives us a chance to visit them en-route. We’ve spent 10 years in the Middle East in the 70s and 80s where my husband worked for Lockheed, 25 years in Alaska where Sharon had several businesses, publishing and later vacation rental management. Now in our 70s we spend our “retirement” years camphosting and traveling in our RV. Lake City is just south of the Georgia border, in the middle of the state. Interstate 10 and I-75 wrap around Lake City, offering ten different ways to get on the interstate, earning the name of Gateway to Florida.. In addition to being a beautiful town, Lake City offers many opportunities for fishing, hiking and swimming. Favorite Boondocking Locations: We’ve been using Boondockers Welcome since 2019 and Harvest Hosts, I think since 2021. We have enjoyed almost all places we’ve stayed, finding each unique. We’ve stayed at a farm in Nebraska, Peach Orchards, Bowling Alleys, Churches and have enjoyed and appreciated them all. My favorite if I had to be honest, was a Catfish Farm in Mississippi. Incredibly beautiful, no, wait, then there’s Utah.. Love Utah, wait, the waterfalls in Oregon are amazing.. the list goes on. But, then, there’s the Bowling Alley, where we sit on the edge of a valley and watch the sunrise over the valley, or the farm in Nebraska, where steam rose from a fresh plowed field, bringing back childhood memories. So many places to go, so little time. ♥️ Skills or Expertise to Share: We love the forest and are familiar with the wide array of animal and plant life in the Osceola forest. I love studying the birds of the forest. I’m also an avid gardener, preferring a natural Forest feel. My husband loves fishing and football. LOL! We love to travel and drive from Florida to the west coast, Oregon each year to camphost in the National Forest there. Our drive across country is an opportunity to visit children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as many friends we’ve made in our 50+ years of marriage. We tag ourselves the “Rambling Romines” and will continue rambling till we can’t. Love meeting folks from all walks of life and hearing their stories.