Back in Lake Pan

 Another catch up post.  I don't know where the time goes.

 

    We left Camp Blanding on the 4th and stopped at Steve's RV Repair around 11 and still managed to be parked in the Stagecoach Campground by 2 pm.  Now don't get to excited about how far we went.  Steve's was only 42 miles from Camp Blanding and the Campground was less than a mile from Steve's so all total it was a 43 mile day.  Steve was very nice we thought he would look at the camper and schedule an appointment for March but to our surprise he fixed the three big items right there in the parking lot.  I was impressed.  Over to the Stagecoach Campground for the night and of course burgers on the grill.  The campground was nice enough.  If you ever want to visit St. Augustine this would be the place to camp $65 a night but very convenient and they have a trolley stop right there. 

    Friday the 5th we headed over to Lake Panasoffkee  to the Countryside Campground.  Diane was navigating and found a "short cut" and kept us off the big highways.  It did save some mileage!  First we were stuck in road construction for 20/30 minutes just parked in a line of traffic.  We turned and turned and went through some very small towns that have very small roads.  After a quick lunch break we completed our 117 mile trip to arrive at 3:30.  Five hours to go 177 mile averaging 23 mile per hour.  It  was really a nice trip and a fairly nice day.

   I know I just finished complaining about the cold weather but now it is warming up to fast.  Saturday was perfect day temps in the low 70's, barely a breeze and clear blue skies.  After picking up a saw from Len's I took a nice bike ride, Diane went for a walk and we had steaks on the grill for dinner. A great day. 

Diane found this guy on
her walk, in a telephone
pole, what the heck.

  By Sunday the 7th it was hot and sticky.  I worked on making extra shelves for our bedroom closets, sawed boards to length and stained them.  Next I went back over to Len's to borrow a ladder and that almost wore we out just getting hot.   Had a nice talk with Len and made arrangements for him to come over Tuesday evening for dinner.

   

     Monday I worked on staining and polyurethaneing the closet shelves had to keep moving them out of the direct sunshine.  We went out for lunch over to the Fisherman's Cove and the food was great.  We took the long way home checking on some campgrounds and antique stores nothing of interest though.  Back to the Moho salad for dinner and sat in the shade with a glass of wine.

   Tuesday we cleaned out the slide topper cover.  Unbeknown to us leaves, pine needles, sticks and other debris have been gathering under the cover.  It was gross half rotten crap stuck in there for years.  We got it all done but what a job.  It was hot Diane mopped sweat off of me each time I moved the ladder.  I had gloves on and had to dig the crap out with my hands.  But we made it in time to be cleaned up and dinner prepared by the time Len arrived.  We had jalapeno  stuffed venison wrapped in bacon.  Len gave Rudy his shots first because Rudy doesn't like him that much.  It seems he holds a grudge after after being "fixed by Len" years ago.  We had a wonderful evening ate and talked until almost 10pm.

                                             Cleaning the Awning cover, yuk!

Wednesday 10 Feb 2021

   Another warm day temp's in 80's and little wind.  We hung out this morning morning Diane had a hair cut appointment and I cleaned up around the camper.  Out for lunch to Catfish Johnny's, food was good service was not.  They just didn't have enough servers to handle the crowd and the food was a little on the cool side.  Down to Floral City to pick up flowers for Shawna and then over to the cemetery.  Back to the Moho .... for dinner and we started to clean up for the trip to Lazy Days on Friday. 

A visit to Shawna.  I was a beautiful day!!