Bushnell to Okeechobee!!

Friday 7 February 2020

   After breakfast Shari called and we made arrangement to meet her, Matt, Mathew and Mckayden at the Freezer Tiki Bar in Homosassa.  We all shared three orders of shrimp(the best) snow crab legs, a

Shari's group has gotten

a b\it smaller!!

beef wrap for Mathew and lastly a soft pretzel(for Makayden).  All the food was great and then we went to the Homosassa Springs Wildlife park.  A good time was had by one and all.  There were lots of manatees to watch.  It was just a bit to chilly and breeze to really enjoy the walk but we stayed until closing any way.  It was a good visit with Shari and family.  It was 6:30 until we made it back.  Rudy was very happy to get out of his house and go for walk.

Lots of  Manatee's at

the State Park!!

Saturday 8 February 2020

   Much nicer day with temps in the high 60's and very little wind.  We had a quick breakfast and waited for Shari to come over for a trip to the cemetery to visit Shawna's grave site.  Her and Matt arrived around 10:30 we stopped for flowers and headed over.  A sad but healing visit each time we go there, especially today with bright sun shine and warmer temps.  We went back to the Moho talked for a while before they headed out.  Diane and I went down to "Couples" for lunch but ended up with breakfast.  Back to the Moho to start packing for our trip to  Okeechobee tomorrow.  Chicken on the grill for our last night.

Sunday 9 February 2020

   This story is all to familiar.  Despite having disconnected most of the utilities last night and

Found this guy swimming 

across the creek behind

the campground!!

prepacking the inside.....It was 10:30 until we were ready to pull out.  Maybe it is knowing we are only going 160/170 mile today.  The reason we don't know for sure is when I reset the date and time on the dash I made the odometer display disappear...really.  We took the back roads and stopped for lunch at "Mike's BBQ Drive In" in Bartow.  And no we didn't drive the Moho in.  Oddly enough we parked at a walk in clinic that was next door (we have spent a lot of time at them) this one was closed.  The food was great.  We headed on down the road Diane got us on a "truck route" to avoid traffic which we did, however the road was very narrow for an old fart driving a wide Moho, but we made it.  Pulled into "Villa Margaret" at 3:30 with an average speed of 38mph for the day.  Yea now that I lost the odometer display I have the average speed display, average mph and other not so useful information.  I'll be working on that later this week.  We made the traditional first night meal, burgers on the grill while talking with the neighbor(a little more than we planned).

Monday 10 February  2020

   We enjoyed a nice breakfast on the grill bacon, potatoes and eggs.  It was kind on amusing watching Diane chase her potatoes around her plate trying to eat with her left hand.  We drove around

Beautiful Lake Okeechobee!!

looking for a walking/biking trail, into the post office and then down to Lake Okeechobee.  Quite sunny and warm today 80+ and with almost no wind.  There is a nice trail on top of the levee that I think we will hike on later this week.  We hit the grocery store for taco making stuff before heading back. Back at the ranch we walked Rudy down by the canal.  We need to remind ourselves about the alligators and not letting Rudy down by the waters edge.  Back to Moho a glass of wine and just relaxing before dinner.  Incase you didn't notice we did NOT have lunch in town.  We ate here before we left. Just saying.