Thursday at Sumter Oaks

Sumter Oaks RV Park celebrated the 11th anniversary of being an Escapees park.  We had a good roast beef dinner at the Club House followed by entertainment from a comedian.  He was good, multi-talented and had a fast paced show of about 1 1/2 hours.  We were here when the park first opened but didn't get a lease lot until about 7 years ago.  The park has changed a lot, much work has been done.

Tampa and beyond

Today we went to Tampa to Christmas shop and of course eat lunch at Sweet Tomatoes   We did some shopping before eating and after went to Target.  If felt dizzy in Target - I had either eaten too much (best possibility)  or was overcome by all the glowing items available.  Then I went to Kohl's to spend the $45 coupon I had earned, when I paid they gave me a $10 "customer appreciation" coupon to use next week.  I think they own me.

We also went to Camping World and Parksdale Farms and loaded up on fresh produce again.  It was a long day, lots of walking - my legs were sore again.

Saturday on the computer

We went to the park clubhouse for breakfast and then I spent most of the day on the computer shopping.  I finally got together orders.  My eyes were almost crossed when I was done.  Also we decorated the MH inside and out for Christmas.  We drove about 30 miles north to eat dinner at Zaxby's.   We rented  the movie "The Expendables 2" which we enjoyed.

Black Friday

We went to Clermont (near Orlando) to Christmas shop.  I spent about 2 hours in Kohl's and got a lot of things.  Then we went to Target, K Mart and BJ's.  BJ's is like Sam's Club - we had a guest pass.  Not much different than Sam's.  I was exhausted mentally and physically and ready for a nap when we got home.  (Not that I slept in the car on the way home.)

Thanksgiving 2012

We watched the Macy's parade on TV in the morning and then went for dinner at Cracker Barrow like we always do.  We had to wait about 15 minutes to get seated which wasn't bad at all.  They had a good dinner:  turkey, ham, stuffing, sweet potatoes,  vegetable,  cranberry sauce, corn bread and biscuits and pumpkin pie.  We took one dinner home for "left overs" for the evening.  After all that food a good nap was next!

In the afternoon we talked to Sheila and Brenda to wish them Happy Thanksgiving.

Sun, at last

After several days of heavy clouds, it is good to see the sun again.  Still cool, still humid.  Yesterday we got a LOT of rain in about an hour.  It hadn't rained for a long time so was needed to green things up.  It really came down hard for awhile, thunder and all.

We went out for breakfast as usual and read the papers this morning.  Then this afternoon went to the ice cream social at the clubhouse.

Brooksville

We went to Brooksville today, had lunch at Paneras and did a little shopping.  Just a day to get away.  We are on day three of heavy clouds and humidity.  Hope to see the sun soon!

Unknown to us, Sam's Club had their Holiday Tasting day so there were many places in the store handing out little bites of food.  The wine stop was my favorite one, followed by the espresso.   There were also lots of people, one man I kept getting behind in the lines wanted to chat up the person handing out the food.  One 18 +/- boy was riding around in a motorized cart but would get up and walk around, in better shape than I am.   I was about ready to tell him that there might be people that needed that cart and he should get a live.  Perhaps it was a version of bumper cars to him.  Sad.

Can't get away with anything

Seems like wherever we go we see someone we know.  We went to Walmart late on Friday and there was a friend that had just made their way south.  Where we had dinner, friends.  Today we went to lunch at McDons, friends - then Walmart, friends.

This morning Don took the Honda to the Honda place to get the wheels aligned  turns out they needed it badly.  Meanwhile, back at the ranch (campground) I cleaned and polished the leather furniture except for the fount chars - ran out of pep and more importantly it was 10:00 coffee time.

Where do you perch?

Tampa and beyond

As soon as we got up we turned on the TV to see that in fact President Obama won another term.  When we went to bed it was fairly certain but I wanted to know for sure.  Still Florida has not declared a winner as usual.  We are probably the only ones in the RV park that voted for Obama.

We went to Tampa today, ate at Sweet Tomatoes, did some shopping and then went to Camping World followed by Parksdale Farms for fresh fruit and vegetables.  Was a nice day to be out.

I got bit by a ant yesterday and am now suffering.  The only thing I could think about when I got bit was how much pain I was going to be going through in the next few days.  My ankle is all red and swollen.  Ice packs are about the only thing that helps (and Tylenol 3).

Sunny Sunday

We ate breakfast at our favorite Denny's and it was good as always - way above most Denny's.  Then we read our two Sunday papers, one we get delivered - the Leesburg paper and one we purchased - the Tampa paper.  We went to the 4PM ice cream social and then had a late dinner.  It has been a hot day but cooling down at night.

Work around the motorhome

Yesterday Don power washed our concrete patio.  It had gotten really black with mold over the summer but looks super now.  Today he washed the motorhome to get all the road grime off, it also looks good.  We picked up dinner at King's Wok, one of our favorite places.  It was good as usual and then we watched the movie "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel".  We enjoyed the movie but sure not for everyone.

Escapees meeting

We went to Clermont today for the monthly Escapees meeting at Golden Corral.  There were about 40 people there, not everyone has made it from the northern states yet.  Afterward we went to Camping Connection and purchased a new motion sensing porch light.  The plastic on our porch light is broken so is a good time to get one of the new 12 volt motion sensing lights.  Also went to Lowes and Kohls.  I didn't buy anything at Kohls, that is a first.