Texas Hill Country (con't)

After spending a week in Kerrville, we headed up the road to Fredericksburg, Texas on Friday, December 6^th. Fredericksburg is a nice town of over 11,000 people and was settled by German immigrants. It attracts many tourists, especially around Christmas and we enjoyed seeing all the decorations.

Fredericksburg is the birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. There’s an awesome National Museum of the Pacific War in town.

We had to leave Fredericksburg a few days earlier than planned because we had no heat in our motorhome. We drove back to Kerrville and called a mobile RV technician who had training and experience on our Aqua Hot hydronic (water-based) heating system. The diesel burner would not ignite, so we did not have heat in our house.

The technician diagnosed the problem as a defective electronic control board. I ordered and received one so we’ll have it installed on December 26^th when we go back to Kerrville from Castroville where we’re currently at.

Julie and I have decided to end our full-time RVing late next year. We’ve been at it since May 2013, have visited all 50 states, and are ready to have a sticks and bricks home again. This year we have looked at 55+ communities near Hilton Head and Tucson.

We looked at model homes at the new Latitude Margaritaville near Hilton Head and liked them. We also wanted to take a look at the Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach community which opened in 2017. Last Tuesday, we flew from San Antonio to Orlando and rented a car to drive up to Daytona Beach.

We have been doing a lot of research on the various floor plans, options offered, and available lot locations. On Wednesday we learned that the lots had different build dates. We picked a lot where the house will be finished sometime between November and January and we would be ready to close and move in then.

We picked out the “Coconut” floor plan, about 1700 square foot, two bedrooms, two full baths, den, great room, and a large outdoor living area with screened enclosure. We’ve already picked out our exterior color scheme, a shade of green. 

We have to fly back in late-April for our appointment in the design center where we pick out our cabinets, flooring, tile, interior paint colors, etc.

Steve & Julie Cornelius