Friday we headed over to the O'Donnell's to get the instructions on animal care (goats, sheep, donkey, pigs, the cat and dog). They are headed to West Palm Beach for a soccer tournament and we (Brad) gets to take care of the animals. We visited for just a short time, they were very busy packing and getting ready for their trip. We headed up to camping world for a towel rack (an excuse) and to look at the RV's . Lucky for me we didn't find anything that really caught Brad's eye. :-) Back home, I made dinner at home, while Brad ran back and forth to the O'Donnell's tending to all the animals.
Saturday, back to the O'Donnell's, then home for me. I packed up a load of our heavy sweat shirts and things and headed back to the O'Donnell's. We spent about 2-3 hours there, letting Lu (the dog) and Kita (the house pig) get some time to run and play out side. It was about 2:30 and we decided on pie and ice cream for a snack, no luck all the restaurants in town close early on Saturday. OK, let's hit the ice cream shop for a hot fudge sundae, yum. Back home, laundry put away, a short chat with Len, then back to the O'Donnell's for Brad. I made dinner, some sliced cheese, crackers and pretzels. Not much, but after the ice cream we weren't all that hungry....it worked. One more trip to the O'Donnell's for Brad and then settle in for the night.
Sunday was another take care of the animals day. Brad got back in from the first animal run, breakfast, sheets gathered and another trip for both of us to the O'Donnell's. I threw in the laundry while Brad fed all the animals, then off to the 4-H horse rink to see if we can catch Ashley compete. We were there about 1.5 hours, and she said she had at least another hour before she was up, so off we go. We went back to the O'Donnell's to put the laundry in the dryer, stopped at the store for wine and coffee creamer, then back to the horse park. Inka was still in his stall, so we found Len and talked with him for a while then off to find Ashley. We managed to find her, but she thought it might be another hour or more until she competed, unfortunately we had to go. It was already 4:30 and we have Rudy and the O'Donnell animals to tend to, as well as feeding ourselves. As it ended up, she didn't compete until about 6:00, sorry we missed it, but we did have things we were committed to do. We got a package ready to ship, did some emails that needed done and paid some bills, tended to all the animals, all in all a good day.
Monday, no animals to tend to, so we got ready and headed over to Leesburg to the FedEx office. After that into Old Town Leesburg for a stroll through town, a couple of antique shops and lunch. What a disappointment, a lot of the town has closed up, but lucky for me, the candle shop was just going out of business and was 50% off, so we did some shopping. It was a beautiful day for a ride to Leesburg and for a stroll through town. Back home, left overs for dinner and a lazy night.
Tuesday was a hang at home day, sunny and warm, so Brad decided to finish the water hook ups and getting all that back together. While he worked on that I did laundry and cleaning around the RV. It was a beautiful day, so we managed a few strolls around the park in between work and when we were done we headed out to the local CU. After that we stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few things, went for a little drive then headed home. We had an early dinner, then about 6:30 I headed up to play bingo, with Brad and Rudy walking me up to the game house. Bingo is normally over about 9:00, but they did things differently so we didn't get done until about 10:00. What a long night, but much to my surprise as I headed home, here comes Brad and Rudy to meet me and walk we back, what a treat.
Today 1-22, is a chilly day. The propane ran out last night (in the middle of the night) so Brad changed tanks and today had to head out to get the 30lb tank refilled. We got cleaned up, then headed out for a drive around Panasoffkee Lake. We were surprised by the amount of lots that have been cleaned off, checked out some of the CG that we know of, no change at them, then headed into Inverness for a quick lunch and to find Fort Cooper State Park. It wasn't hard to find, so we did a little drive through and stopped at the beach/picnic area. We walked around and read the signs and checked out some of the trails, finally deciding to head out to the Fort Site Area. It was a pretty good walk, but I made it with no problems and even managed to make it back to the car. It is now 4:20 and we are going to go to Shari and Matt's for dinner, so a quick drive home, grab Rudy and off we go. Dinner was very good and the house was bustling as usual, Gabe joined us for dinner and Morgan was getting ready to go to dance lessons. We hung out until about 8:30/9:00, then headed home, oh how quiet it is in the Motor Home. But is was a great day and a nice visit.
Diane and Brad
Tuesday was a hang at home day, sunny and warm, so Brad decided to finish the water hook ups and getting all that back together. While he worked on that I did laundry and cleaning around the RV. It was a beautiful day, so we managed a few strolls around the park in between work and when we were done we headed out to the local CU. After that we stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few things, went for a little drive then headed home. We had an early dinner, then about 6:30 I headed up to play bingo, with Brad and Rudy walking me up to the game house. Bingo is normally over about 9:00, but they did things differently so we didn't get done until about 10:00. What a long night, but much to my surprise as I headed home, here comes Brad and Rudy to meet me and walk we back, what a treat.
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| Fort Cooper Picnic area |
Diane and Brad
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