Had some difficulty getting things posted for a few days. Not sure what the problem was but things seem to be working now. Just to catch up there were a few things that went on:
- Spent time with the Jags friends from home that ended with two good meals...one at Kelly's in Key West (a favorite place) and we met them for breakfast Stuffed Pig the next day (another favorite place). They headed back home Tuesday Morning.
- Lots going on….getting ready to leave, packing up the boat, storing the motor and generally battening down the hatches. “We” even found room to put the lobster buoys in that have been hanging here and there about the motorhome. I'm not sure what Marge has in mind for them.
- We had a group over for a potluck dinner and we had a really good time kibitzing with everyone. Below are some of the pictures of the group that we have sort of hung about with. Most are going home in the next few days.
- Bob and Gloria from Racine, Wisconsin, also had a potluck later in the week and offered as a main course some venison that was unbelievably good. Fun was had by all and of course I was again chastised as “Crash” because of the incident a year ago when I ran over the neighbor’s sewer pipe.......People even came out early Thursday to help direct me this year when we left.
- As you may have surmised, we decided to leave a day earlier than planned and drove up to the Sarasota area and had dinner with our neighbors Art and Jean Laurie from home. They live a nice life ….4 or 5 months in the sun then back to Michigan. They have been married for almost 70 years.
- It’s good to be on the road and moving again. We are both excited about getting beyond the Mississippi River to see some of this wonderful country. Our first major stop from here will be in San Antonio in a few days. Our first stop on the way was in a small campground near Marianna, Florida ......nothing special but a neighbors domestic dispute woke us a 3AM to screaming and yelling but finally settled down after an hour or so.
- Spent last night in Lafayette, Louisiana. We saw a lot of devastation and we were only going along I-10 which was back considerably from the water! The wind has knocked down everything and it goes for miles. Once we got to Texas, we saw the same from "Rita" which did damage way inland also. Really hard to comprehend the degree of damage still obvious!!!! Neat little campground with built in Cajun music from some of the campers nearby.....Marge was ready to dance in the street!!!!
- Right now we are in San Antonio at a nice campground for a couple of days and we intend to do the tourist thing and rest from driving. 400 to 500 miles a day for 3 or 4 days in a row needs a rest....or rather the driver needs a rest.
