Norm and Dottie, Art's neighbors, arrived early this morning and we all went to Papa Nick's for breakfast. After breakfast, Marsha and I went to Target to pick up some bottled water, then headed back to the car wash at Sun-N-Fun to wash almost 3 months of crud off the car.
Then we all headed for the pool area and after a short dip, sat around shooting the breeze and drinking pitchers. We headed back to camp where the Screenroom Bar opened up and it was cocktail and snacks time.
Tomorrow, we're all going on a hike. That should be interesting!
Only two pics today. One of the sign in front of the Sun and Fun RV Resort where we're camping for three days with Uncle Art and Aunt Joe before heading for home on Sunday.
The other pic was sent to me my our neighbor, Bev. Seems that the Bald Cypress tree on the west end of the house was hit by lightening during a storm early this morning. Bev said the tree is not split, but the bark was blown off the side of the tree along the lightning's path. We'll be checking it closely when we get home.
We got a late start today, but it sure was good sleeping! Beautiful day! We went down the road to the Outpost camp store to use the WiFi and get some firewood.
After lunch, we drove the twenty miles to the grocery store. After we got back, I started a fire and waited for the coals to get ready to grill the burgers. I took a few pics before, during and after dinner. Enjoy!
We spent most of the day over at Uncle Art & Aunt Jo's house. No pictures from there.
We got back to the park around 2:30 and rode the bikes to the Outpost and used the WiFi. After dropping the computer back at the camper, we rode a couple of miles down the road and took some pictures. We got back to camp, dropped the bikes off, and walked around a bit. Simple supper in the microwave.
That was our day!
We made it to the coffee social this morning by 9:10. Took a pic of a cool looking trike in the parking lot. We took a walk down the trail from the coffee social and came upon the spot where a gator was stalking us last year. See the pics in the 2014 Florida Trip section.
Marsha heard about a mother owl and two chicks hanging out in the park, so we rode the bikes 3.6 miles to see them. They were very calm and didn't seem to mind us, along with several other people, taking pictures of them. We rode back past camp and on to the concession area where we had some ice cream and hung out for a while.
We came back to camp for cocktails and I started a fire and grilled a large steak which we split for dinner. Then, right on schedule, the sun set again.
Tomorrow, we'll make the 15 mile drive to Sun and Fun RV Resort to spend our last three nights in Florida camping with Marsha's Uncle Art and Aunt Jo. See you there!
After a gruelling 27 mile drive, including the three mile detour to Walmart, we arrived at our campsite in Myakka River State Park. We got here about 1:00 and set up the canopy before taking a bike ride to refamiliarize ourselves with the park.
We barely made it back to camp for cocktail hour. Then came the sunset. Nothing real exciting today, but who needs exciting?
