Parrottrek - Meet Frank and Suzy Whitmore If you’ve lived in TGO for any amount of time, chances are you already know Frank and Suzy Whitmore. They have been a fixture in the park for over 15 years, first using their Windsong lot, and now their Coach Club port as a homebase when not traveling. They are originally from the Santa Ynez area in California where, in 1996, they purchased and operated Antonio’s Pizza restaurant in Buellton. It became the “go to” eatery for both locals and tourists alike, and after nine years (to the day they bought it) they sold Antonio’s and started their full time adventure of living in a motorhome. Frank and Suzy were married in 1997 while still managing the restaurant. Along the way they acquired Bradley, an African Gray parrot, Abbey, a Severe Macaw, and then Cody, a Greenwing Macaw, who have become their lifelong traveling companions. There aren’t too many birds who can claim they have been to all 48 of the contiguous states and visited over 500 plus RV parks Their first RV was a Lance camper they purchased in 1998. Then in 2005, when they sold their restaurant, they upgraded to their first Prevost, mainly to help accommodate their fair-feathered parrot family. It wasn’t long before they started working for a merchandising company called Maingate, providing a great opportunity to travel and collect a paycheck. In 2006 they became part of Kenny Bernstein’s NHRA drag racing team, where they handled his corporate hospitality division. It was a gig where they attended 23 races, working for nine months out of the year, all while traveling across the country. It was actually 2004 when they purchased their RV lot on Windsong, but they didn’t start using it until 2006 when, during the racing off-season, they would hang out in Florida. In 2009, Suzy got her Massage Therapy license and provided a great service for many of us while at TGO.
Started dating
Buys pizza company 5/31/96
Gets Gets Bradley, an African married Gray Parrot 4/26/97
1995
1996
1996
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1997
Gets Abbey, a Green Severe Macaw
1998
2005
2022
Buys first motorhome A Lance camper
Gets Cody, a Buys Greenwing Windsong Macaw lot in TGO
1998
2000
2004
Sells pizza company 5/31/05 Buys first Prevost
2005
On the road, works for Maingate selling merchandise
Works for Kenny Berstein doing Suzy gets corporate massage hospitality license
2005
2006
2009
