Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers

July - October, 2008 - Karen and Lee Duquette stayed in the Orlando area awhile, while taking care of Brian Duquette's business and his dog, China. Plus Karen needed time to heal from her blood clots.

They did not continue their RV travels for 10 months, having a lot of details to handle. So part of that time was spent in a campground in Clermont, and the rest of that time was spent in Broward County, when the detective told them to go be near family because nothing will happen with Brian's case for awhile.

And of course, they had no choice but to continue with their day-to-day lives. Although, there were some good days when they participated in a few local activities as shown below, just to keep themselves from going crazy, but their broken hearts never healed from Brian's tragedy, and never will.

 

The following photos are of wild animals at Thousand Trails Campground in Clermont, Florida. Some family members came to visit for awhile, and the two RV Gypsies did enjoy time with them.

crane
crane at the campsite of the two RV Gypsies
turtle at the campsite of the two RV Gypsies
turtle

Brian Duquette's beloved dog, China and the turtle.
China was a gentle dog and did NOT hurt the turtle.

cows behind the RV motorhome

cows behind our RV

Of course, during this trying time, family came to help out. Karen and Lee Duquette enjoyed having their grandson Alex Jones at the campground for awhile.

grandson of the two RV Gypsies
grandson of the two RV Gypsies

Alex wanted to go play miniature golf.

grandson of the two RV Gypsies
golf balls
Lee and Alex

laughing clip art dudeBelow: Karen Duquette and her grandson Alex, had fun in a store while Lee Duquette was shopping for something.

Alex Jones
Karen Duquette
Alex Jones

After their family returned to Florida, Karen and Lee Duquette did not do much while stuck in Orlando. The stress gave Karen blood clots and she had trouble walking. Lee rushed her to the hospital because she also had trouble breathing.

September 28, 2008 - Karen and Lee walked around LegoLand in Downtown Disney.

The gator was laughing, but Karen was not!
Save her somebody!
Sign outside a Restaurant
laughing dudeKaren Duquette and gator

Below: Displays made entirely out of Legos at Downtown Disney

lego monster
lego monster
lego crab
lego family
Big Ben & London
Eiffel Tower 7 paris
Sydney Australia
lego ship

October 12, 2008 - The following photos are of some unusual and wonderful scarecrows at the Leesburg Town Square.

scarecrow

Below: This is really a scarecrow of a fireman climbing up the side of a building. WOW! It looked real to the two RV Gypsies!

fireman scarecrow
Karen Duquette and the scarecrow fishing
scarecrow
pumpkin patch scarecrow
witch scarecrow
Boys will be boys scarecrow
scary army scarecrow
a framed scarecrow
Lee Duquette and the newspaper scarecrow
minnie mouse scarecriw
recycle scarecrow
the Mexican skeleton scarecrow
headless scarecrow
poodle skirt scarecrow
While still in Orlando in October, Karen Duquette's cousins, Judy & Joe Betts came to Orlando to visit and they went to T-Rex, a place to eat, shop, explore and discover. OMG - Inside the restaurant - an ant bigger than life!
a big ant in the restaurant
Below: The wall of the "Ice Room" in the restaurant kept changing colors.
inside the restaurant
Lee Duquette got mouthy with one of the critters in the restaurant!  
laughing dudeLee Duquette
inside the restaurant
dinosaur
a giant lighted mushroom

While Judy and Joe were in Orlando, they did some other sight seeing.

Juldy Betts and Lee Duquette
Joe and Judy Betts

Finally, the detective told Karen and Lee Duquette that they should be near their family in Broward County because it will be quite awhile before there is any new information in Brian Duquette's case. So with heavy hearts, they returned to Broward County just in time for Halloween. Karen went to a line dance party and none of her line dance friends knew she had returned. They kept trying to guess who was in the costume shown below. Karen also had a "voice changer" under her costume to disguise her voice. She won 2nd place. Of course, she really should have won first place, but this group did not like scary costumes. Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dum costumes took first place.

Karen Duquette - Halloween 2008
2nd place winner

go to the next adventure of the two RV GypsiesSo, they parked their RV at Markham Park in Broward County, Florida, and spent time with family. In November 2008, Karen's friend Monica Ekedahl and her daughter Titti, who live in Sweden, came to Florida for a visit. Monica and Titti wanted to go to Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, so they did.

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