Hail Yes!

Sure happy we keep the motorhome in covered storage. We got hit with a small, but heavy, storm today with hail the size of marbles and a little larger. High winds, too.

The hail was hitting the house windows with enough force that I was worried there would be breakage, but everything turned out fine. Car was OK, too.

Bill Frederick Park, Orlando

In keeping with sharing our experiences with local Floridaparks I thought I would give you a look at Bill Frederick Park. Previouslynamed Turkey Lake Park after the lake it borders, this is an Orange County Parkon the southwestern side of Orlando.

We drop by periodically to take Barbara’s grand niecesand nephew to the large playground, and to walk the nature trail and bike path.This is a fairly large park as municipal parks go. They offer horse trails,bike trails, walking trails, many picnic pavilions, boat rentals and disc golfcourses. 

Boat rental dock

I'll bet they lose a lot of discs on this hole!

Nature trail

There are over two-dozen RV campsites and several rental cabins, aswell. You should bring leveling blocks because some of the RV sites are sloped.

Small children enjoy the kid’s farm where they can meet a variety of farmanimals and fowl. There are plenty of horses, too. Older kids are attractedto the large pool.

Bill Frederick Park provides a getaway stroll for locals, but for visitors with an RV this is an inexpensive, well shaded, centrally located, campgroundthat is only about 25 minutes from Disney and Sea World and only about ten minutesfrom Universal Studios. This lakefront park is located in a residential part oftown and is thus much quieter than the commercial RV parks located on busyhighways on the outskirts of town. That is not to say that there is not sometraffic noise since a small part of the park borders the Florida Turnpike. Still,it offers a respite from the more hectic commercial centers of this tourist destination.