Our Last Week in Florida



Foggy Mornings

It's our last week in Florida and for some reason we were busier that we managed to be all month.  Wal-Mart to get all the much needed paper supplies and Brad got the Tail Pipe fixed, yeah.  After that we got cleaned up and headed out for  dinner with the Lucero's, up to the Bone Fish Grill in the Villages.  What a nice time, Shawna, Len, Gabe and us had a nice visit after the meal.  We finally headed home about 8:30.  We got the tail pipe extension from Alliance Coach, and while out to pick that up we had to stop to for lunch.   Not a bad deal, a little touring around the area and then we headed home for dinner at the RV.  Tuesday started out slow, but I headed out to 

 

Wednesday we went to visit John and Ellen(friends from work), but that got canceled, so we headed out to Rita's Oyster Bar for lunch, what a great find.  After that we headed out past Brown Wood (the new Villages section and did a little sight-seeing.  We managed to get lost in the new part of the Villages, no houses yet, but the club houses, softball fields and golf cart roads are all in place.  After we figured out where we were, we ventured down this little side road and found the Paquette's Historical Farmall Museum(tractors), and from there we found the Lake Okahumpka Park.  A nice little park, with a small hiking trail and canoes for rent so you can tour Lake Okahumpka, we will need to check that out again next year.  We finally headed home about 5:30, but what a nice relaxing day

 

Thursday we got up and slowly got ready, not knowing if we were going to visit John or not, but about 10:00 he called and asked us to come down, about 1:00 and we would head out for lunch.  What a nice visit, we found their new home, and I got a tour of that, a short visit, then off to lunch.  Brad and I were starved, since it was almost 2:30, so we all ate then headed back to the house.  We hung out until about 4:30-5:00, then we headed home to rescue Rudy  his kennel.  Needless to say, after such a late lunch we didn't really have anything for dinner. 

 

Friday I managed to get 3 loads of laundry done at the Moho, and about 2:30 we took Rudy and headed out to visit with Shari and crew.  We sat there and talked for a while then headed home for a quick bite to eat and off to the horse races at the CG.  It is just too funny, a bunch of old farts acting like they just bet $1,000.00 on the Kentucky Derby, when all you bet is $.25 on the horses, ruled by the dice.  We just laugh so much and have a good time laughing at and with everybody else, it's nice to win, but the $.25 bet isn't going to break the bank. 

 

Saturday we were up early, out for breakfast, over to watch the O'Donnell kids play soccer.  It was hot temps running in the high 80's.  We lasted until about 1pm, then headed home, stopping at the Publix grocery store to stock up for or trip north.  Home groceries put away, Rudy for a walk and a little bit of outside clean up, prepping for the trip home.  A nice meal of  Ribs and baked sweet potato and a couple more strolls around the CG once the sun went down and the weather cooled a little. 

 

 

Soccer is a family affair for the O'Donnell's  Matthew playing with Shari as the ref, Mckayden playing with Matt as the ref, and the 3 older girls play on the same competitive team, with Matt and Shari watching from the side lines.......makes for a full Saturday for all.

Sunday morning we headed over to Shari's around 10 for breakfast and our last visit with them.  Back to the Moho, drop Rudy off and up to the Club House for Bingo.  No winning, but a few good-byes to our new friends, knowing that we are leaving the in AM.   After bingo Brad made a last trip to the Lucero's, the post office, a drive into town for gas and a stop at the bank for money.  Back home where I had been slowly cleaning up and putting stuff away.  I think it took us 30 min to roll up the awning, sweeping off the dust and tree dirt, but it needed done.  The outside is all cleaned up and put away when Dawn and Gene stopped by with one more treat for Rudy, no he isn't spoiled, then we  head inside for dinner and some more packing.  We are to have rain in the AM, so by the time we head inside for the night, everything outside is put away and the inside after being cleaned up, doesn't look so bad either.  

Diane and Brad