Clowning Around With Pam Taylor
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am was working as a civilian Family Support Division Chief on an Army base in Neu-Ulm, Germany when she first dressed up like a clown, face make-up and all. It was a Halloween party and she figured, “Who doesn’t like a clown?” Well... there was an actual former Ringling clown in attendance and she immediately caught his attention. It was then that she learned how a real clown face should look and how all clown faces have their own identity. She received some great advice and from there she fell in love with being a clown. Pam Taylor and her husband, Bobby, discovered TGO about three years ago. They were having their motor home serviced at the Newmar factory in Indiana when they met a TGO couple who suggested they should come visit “our” park. They came, fell in love with TGO, purchased a place on Coach Club and after only a few months, decided they wanted to purchase a home. They now live on Plantation Drive and love everything TGO has to offer. Pam and Bobby’s previous home was in Virginia and they became full-time RVers about five years before they settled down on Plantation. Their journeys took them to nearly every contiguous state in the union, with the exception of California, Oregon and Washington. During their travels they work camped and Pam would teach face painting, juggling and other activities
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to the kids in the camps. They also work camped at Ordway Swisher, a biological station that is a research, teaching, and extension facility of the University of Florida where Bobby had studied the Gopher Tortoise and received his Ph.D. in Biology. They both really enjoy the outdoors and like to spend their time hiking, biking and golfing. Bobby also likes to run marathons, although Pam doesn’t appear too keen about him doing that any more. (Hint!) While living in Virginia, Pam worked as a real estate agent and, while watching a St. Patrick’s parade, saw a group of clowns. She learned they had a local clown alley, so she and her daughter decided to take classes to become clowns. They went to conventions, learned to juggle, paint faces and make balloon animals. Pam also knows a few magic tricks and would occasionally hire on to entertain for small parties.
