Fort Richie

Today we went to check out the place we are going to have our motorhome windows fixed.  (Some of them have gotten fog between the two pieces of glass.)  We were impressed with the place.  It will take 2-3 days and they have hookups for us to stay there.

Then we went to Red Lobster for lunch.  It has been a long time sense this has happened so I thought it was over - the hostess takes one look at us and wants to seat us in the bar.  We refuse, bad past experience.  The hostess seemed irritated that she had to lead us elsewhere.  Let her sit in the bar!  Our lunch was good.

We went to Target and CVS, then home.

Wesley Chapel

We went to Wesley Chapel, south of here, to their nice strip mall.  It appears it is now full of stores and restaurants.  We went to Best Buy and for once didn't buy anything although I am looking for a larger computer tablet and a new phone.  I did get a chance to look at both.

Afterwards we ate dinner a Outback, had a good steak.

It has been raining a lot here but cooling down some.

Need to think spring:

Tea party

Tea party today (not the political kind, just tea and treats).  About 18 women from the park were there, everyone brought a snack so there were plenty of good things to eat with our tea.  The organizer and friend gave me a beautiful and delicate tea cup to take home.  I love it and appreciate the gift.

Rainy Sunday

We went out to breakfast and came home to get to work around the motorhome.  Stayed home the rest of the day.  It is major humid here and very uncomfortable.  Rain is forecast until the end of the week.  eek  What happened to the beautiful winter weather we have come to expect?

Saturday

We went to breakfast at the clubhouse, had a good visit with some people from Iowa with connections in Minneapolis.  Midwest people usually go to Arizona and not Florida so don't often get to visit with them.

In the evening we went to dinner at Ruby Tuesday's in Brooksville with a stop at Lowe's afterward.  It has been a hot and humid day, as if it wasn't humid enough we had heavy rain for awhile in the afternoon.

Could this be the car I had in high school???

Lots to do

We went to 10 AM coffee - always interesting.  Afterwards a Deputy County Sheriff gave a presentation on identify theft and scams.  Really nothing new but very interesting to find out all this is going on in our county every day.  Really makes one stop and think about giving out personal information.  (Last week my credit card was refused at Bushnell Walmart - I knew it was not maxed out.  A few minutes later I received a call from the credit card company.  They asked me if it was me that tried to use it as there has been a unusual amount of fraud at that store.)

In the evening was a the usual dinner at the clubhouse and as always it was very good - pork chops.

Today is our daughter Brenda's birthday!  We talked to her in the evening.

Busy day

We went to Brooksville for hair cuts and several other stops.  We had to hurry home to get ready to go to a patio party at some friends site.  There was a good crowd, plenty of food, a various beverages.  We had a fun time but were tired after such a rush day.

Presidents Day

Going shopping was a mistake, everyone else had the same idea on their day off.

Cold nights, warm day

The cold nights are not a problem when they are followed by a warm, sunshine day!

We went for breakfast at the clubhouse, a record breaking turnout!  We were a little late but a lot of people were later.  We picked up Chinese for dinner and watched the Olympics in the evening.  Watched the replay of the U.S. Hockey team beat the Russians!!!

Valentines Day!

We went for a cruise on a pontoon boat with 7 other couples from our park.  First some of us ate at a nearby seafood restaurant  which was very good.  We had grouper which I hadn't had for a couple years, forgot that it is so good.

The boat ride was a little cold but fun.  We saw a beautiful sunset and a great full moon rise.  We won a box of candy for being the furthest away!

Earlier Don had given me a dozen roses.  Beside being Valentines Day it is our 50th anniversary of our engagement.

Storm

We has a nasty storm late this afternoon.  Wind, rain and even a little hail - South Dakota style storm.  We didn't have any damage to our motorhome or car but a few people had damage to their awnings.  We have lots of small branches and many leaves in our yard which will have to wait to be picked up until it gets nicer outside.

Is that the sun?

Finally the sun shines.

We went out for breakfast and then read our two Sunday papers.  Went to the Ice Cream Social at the clubhouse in the afternoon and watched Olympics in the evening after talking to our two daughters.

The U.S. skating team.

Rain, Rain, Rain

It has rained ALL day, I am getting so tired of this.  It is also cold.  Isn't this suppose to be Florida "The Sunshine State"?

We went to the clubhouse for breakfast and Steak and Shake for a dinner hamburger.  Watched the Olympics in the evening - Snowboarding and Ice Staking my two favorite.

The Olympic metals are beautiful!

Hot to COLD

It has drastically cooled in Florida.  We went from air conditioning all night to heat today.

We went to Clermont to the monthly Escapees club meeting.  Lots of people this time.  Not everyone knew we had been on a trip and wondered why we had disappeared.

Last night for the Jay Leno show, we will miss him.

Pictures

The internet on the ship was painfully slow so I couldn't upload pictures, but now I can.  Here are a few.

Sunset as we were leaving LA

Crossing the ocean

Lei I made

Rainbow out in the ocean

Volcano on the island of Hawaii

Tree Tunnel

Beach

Wyamaia Canyon

Ceiling of Piazza on ship

Blow hole

Getting back to real life

Feeling better today but still a little lagging.  We went for groceries and a McDon hamburger.  I am still doing wash of things that require special care.  It has been threatening rain all day so have to wait to wash what needs to be hung outside.  Still hot and humid.

I also have been trying to get things put away.  That will take awhile!  It is good to be back on fast and dependable internet service after what the ship had.

We saw a rainbow at sea like this one!

Jet Lag

We got up at 10:00 AM, would have been 7:00 AM in LA.  Don got the water connected and we put out the slides.  I started the wash.  We took all the jeans, shorts, shirts into the laundry mat in Bushnell and got them done in quick time.  We were going for groceries but decided we just couldn't handle that today.  We aren't even hungry, just had some snacks.

It is a nasty "Florida" hot and humid day.  The AC was on all day.  I got some wash done but still have more to do, just no ambition.

Homeward

We had breakfast on ship - their excellent French Toast and then it was wait until our "color/number" was called to go on shore.  We disembarked at the end of the ship and had to walk to the front of the ship to go into a warehouse to pick up our luggage by the end of the ship.  Then back to the front of the ship to get on a bus for the airport.  Quite a hike.

At the airport we grabbed a sandwich, didn't have to wait long to board the airplane to Atlanta.  We heard because of the bad winter weather in the northeast that some connecting flights would be effected.  Sure, this was all we needed.  I checked flights on my phone which showed we would get into Atlanta and leave for Florida at the same gate which lead me to hope it would be the same plane.  Turned out to be true thankfully.

The flights were actually early by a few minutes arriving, but it was midnight in Orlando when we got there.  We got our luggage, rode the waiting van to our car and drove 1 1/2 hours to our motorhome arriving at 2:30 AM.  We didn't bother to take luggage inside or even connect the water.  We used bottled water to wash and brush our teeth and were asleep by 3:00 AM.

Cruise day 15

Time to pack up our dirty clothing.  I tried to do a good job but that quickly turned into a "just toss it in where it would fit".

We went to see a favorite comedian in the evening.  Strange how someone can be so funny and keep it clean.

Cruise Day 14

One day is much like the last, perhaps too long on the ship!

EAT
go to activity
EAT
nap
SNACK
check out whats happening
EAT
go to show