RV McCurdy's, Brad and Diane: Another week in Paradise, Paradise Oaks that is!!!

Brad's Reuben.
Like none other he has
ever had!!

Thursday 21 January Took our second trip to Leesburg that started of course with lunch at a German bakery(very good) then off to Lowes, a truck accessories store, wine store, a mobile home store for a door knob, a coffee shop and by then it was after 4 and time to head back. Took Rudy for a nice long walk, sausages on the grill and clean up for the coming storm and off to bed.

The German Restaurant,
The Yalaha Bakery

Friday 22 January We had pastries from the German bakery for breakfast, Diane had a fruit and cheese 'pillow' and I had a cream cheese 'pillow' and they were great. The rain was on and off all morning and wind picked considerably and we just stayed in for the day.

Saturday/Sunday 23/24 January Well, I hate to complain about the weather but it has been very windy and cold, this is the second day in a row with a frost. I guess I'll quit there as I know most of you are digging out from a record snow fall. Not much going on this weekend. Diane played Pokeno and Bingo winning at Pokeno and the regulars think maybe she is a professional winning her first time. Other than that it was laundry, groceries, and walking Rudy.

Monday 25 January The weather is more seasonal with temperatures near 70 and winds have calmed down. I headed over to the truck place to order the running boards we wanted while Diane stayed home and did laundry. Our friends Buddy and Teresa arrived back here this evening about 6:30 with their new Fleetwood Expedition. It is really nice a 38 foot diesel pusher with all the bells and whistles. We had them over for dinner just burger and fixings and we will go check their new motorhome in the morning.

Tuesday 26 January We headed up to check out the new motorhome and visit with Buddy and Teresa. There friends (Ron and Vivian) from the Fleetwood rally were also checking out the rig. The unit is nice with 3 slides, one of which is a whole wall slide. Anyway, the place was a mess as they try to organize and pack things away. They had just picked it up yesterday afternoon, transferred their belongs and drove up here. We did our usual running around and then we all met at the club house for diner and then bingo. Diane won as usual (first time this year).

Brad's rainy day
entertainment....
Poor Rudy!!

Wed. 27 January Overnight we had some very strong storms I think we all lost some sleep over that. The rain had stopped for a while but we all carried umbrellas as they are calling for rain all day. We all went to breakfast at the club house and for 5 bucks you had eggs, sausage, pancakes, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, and orange juice and coffee. After a little more socializing we all went our own way. We reunited at the new motorhome for happy hour and then headed to O'Shuck's for an early dinner. Food was good and the camaraderie great but the rained picked up again as headed home.

We stopped at an interesting place
for lunch....beer cans everywhere
from everywhere...and good food!!

Thursday 28 January Everything is back to normal or as close to it as it gets. Our friends left this morning and we returned to the camper to get our day organized. It rained on and off all but the worst rain was as we waited two hour outside to get the new truck fixed up with bed cover, running boards and mud flaps. Now the place had a two foot overhang on the building which gets might small in a two hour wait. If we sat down your feet and legs got wet from splashing so we stood most of the time backs along the wall. But the truck look nice and is much easier to get into and out of. Back home, leftovers for diner and best news is it is to be sunny and 65 tomorrow.

Thanks for Reading, Brad, Diane and Rudy