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We had a nice day, went out for dinner at Cracker Barrow where we ate too much.  We read the newspapers as usual and just did things around the motorhome.

Bar Fly???

We ate at Texas Road House this evening.  The place looked very busy so Don dropped me off at the door to go in and get a table while he parked the car.  They took one look at me and lead me to a table in their bar.  This inevitably happens to us - we don't want to sit in the bar because of a past bad experience but we are most always led to the bar.  Now I know it is me that looks like a bar fly.  We did get a table in the dinning room and had a good dinner.

(I'm thinking that they should ask if a table in the bar is OK with the customer   While we don't have any moral issue with sitting in a bar, just a past bad experience, some people do not want to be anywhere near alcohol.)

Back roads

Today we drove around some back roads near here.  We got off onto sand roads which made me nervous thinking we might get stuck and we almost did!  The country side is very different from up north, mostly forest and swamps with many houses in-between.   Some houses are a mess of junk and other houses are very nice.  Most people have dogs patrolling the fence line for protection.  Drugs and drug making are a big problem so that prompts break-ins.  

It has been cold and we have been using a lot of heat, electric and gas.  Gets near freezing at night. Many low temperature record were broken last night.

Thunder

We had some very loud thunderstorms today and got over 2 inches of rain.  Hope the rain slows down the fires for a few days.

We went to the ice cream social today, fewer and fewer people around.  

Don and Sue

Today we were introduced to Don and Sue Paulson from Michigan.  Seemed funny to meet someone with our same names.  They seemed very nice, didn't look anything like us!  We went to breakfast at the clubhouse, they were trying to get rid of leftover food as this is the last of the clubhouse meals for the season.  In the evening we ate at Beef O'Brady's and did grocery shopping.  I need to remind myself that Saturday night is not the time to go to Wal Mart!

Atlantic Ocean

We took a day trip to the Atlantic Ocean today.  First we went across Florida to Jacksonville then down the coast on highway A1A.  It was a nice day and a fun trip - good to see the real Florida!

I need a house with an ocean view!

Atlantic Ocean

Wouldn't expect a cactus by the ocean

It goes on forever

Argo

We saw the movie "Argo".  It is one movie we've seen worth mentioning.  It was tense from the beginning to the end.  When you know the ending of the movie and it is still tense you know it is good like the movie Apollo 13.

No cavities!

I went to the dentist for my annual appointment.  My teeth were cleaned, x-rayed and checked.  No cavities!!

Afterwards we ate lunch at Cracker Barrow, can't remember the last time we ate there at noon.  It was suppose to rain today but just hot and humid instead.

Sunny Sunday in Florida

We had breakfast at Cracker Barrow and then went to Brooksville.  Our coffee pot has gotten very slow perking the coffee which is not good if I am caffeine deprived.  I tried cleaning the pot which helped some.  So we went to Kohl s where they had a coffee pot on sale and also Kohl's insisted on giving me a $10 coupon and 20% off.  Needless to say we picked up a couple other things while there.  Then we went to Sam's Club for oranges and other stuff jumped into our cart there also.  After that it was home to do our usual Sunday stuff including reading the Sunday papers.  Also went to the campground afternoon ice cream social, not too many people there as many have headed out.

Myakka River, Florida State Park

Today we went to Mayakka State Park.  It was a beautiful day, cool in the slight breeze.  We took an air-boat ride and tram ride.  There were many alligators and some other wildlife as well as interesting plants and trees.  Afterwords we went home through Tampa and had an early dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and stopped at Parksdale Farm for fresh vegetables and strawberries (now in full season).  All the sun and fresh air made us really tired.

Stock Market

Lunch with friends

Today I went to lunch with 12 friends, some people are leaving soon so had to lunch together one last time until fall.  We did a lot of laughing at our table, I'm sure some thought we were making a spectacle of ourselves.  No use being so glum!

Spring ahead Sunday

Went to "church" at Cracker Barrow, came home and read the Sunday papers and did some work around the house.  I was SO tired from the time change I took a two hour nap.  I was still tired the rest of the day and probably will be for a few days - hate the time changes.  We went to the ice cream social and then grilled steak for dinner.  Also had sweet potatoes.  Last night we watched the movie "Flight", it was good but not a good show to watch if someone is flying anytime soon.  Hope I forget it by June! 

Escapees Lunceion

We went to the Golden Corral for lunch with the Escapees today.  As always it was fun and good food but really Sumter Oaks East as most of the people are from our park.  After lunch we went to Target and CVS, had a couple things to pick up and some walking helped after all we ate.

Gulf of Mexico

We took a little trip today to the Gulf, it was beautiful weather and perfect for a car trip.  We found several nice areas, we plan to go back with our chairs and a picnic lunch one day.

Sunday Ice Cream

After breakfast at Denny's we went to the park's ice cream social at the clubhouse in the afternoon. The choir that has been rehearsing for awhile sang a few songs and awards were given in the photo contest.  Everyone had the opportunity to vote on the many very good photos.

From there we went to some friends new trailer for a tour followed by dinner at home.

Out for Dinner

We went out for dinner at Outback Steak House, we had steak and lobster   All very good.  In the morning we went to the clubhouse for breakfast.