THE LAST FEW DAYS….

Monday:  got lab work done finally…after office messed up with the billing codes….ins was not going to pay anything…then did 4 loads of laundry and did a little trimming on the bushes on side of back yard…did not get that finished…so another days work sometime this week…it is getting to hot for me here most days…this afternoon will work on re-arranging the rig and getting rid of some stuff…Storm warnings going on all day…right now mid afternoon we have tornado watch…

Sunday: got up and out the door early…Took Maggie and went over to the Strawberry Fest….here in Melbourne..it starts at 8 AM an since I was taking the RV I needed to go early and get parking where no one could park me in that seems to happen if you don’t pay attention…I went mostly to see the craft show…I talked to a couple crafters and they were not too happy…business was not good and they are not happy with the people running the show…one of the crafters even said that they treat the craft people as 3rd class citizens …I have noticed every year there is a big turn over…I seen a lot of empty spaces…they told me that some vendors left after only one day it was so bad…

Sat… after going to a few yard sales…I  tried to get the lawn mower stared…tried for several hrs.…enlisting dads help…finally figured we were not going to get it started…so we loaded into the trunk of dads car and he took it to get fixed,..never again will I go thru that …it really bothered my arm and shoulder that was finally getting better and ended up with sharp pains going thru the middle of my back …all from pulling the string and lifting it into trunk…told dad he will have to either buy a new mower or hire someone to mow… I am pushing 70 here and can not do the things I use to….I think I pretty much look the same as I did 10 years ago…so people think I can still do all that hard physical work… (and sometimes I have to remind my self I cant either)… when in the real world that’s over for me…that pretty much shot the day…but I did find time to give Maggie girl a bath…So that was the weekend ….will leave it here and be back later..thanks for looking and come back soon….blessings to all G&M

TRIP TO THE ANTIQUE MALL…

When Sarah and I were…
camped at Wickham CG…we took a side trip to a local antique mall close to dads and the CG…here is Sarah looking over a few treasures…

Here is a very nice patio set that I liked a lot…if I new what and where my life was going to be…this is something I would like to have…not for the patio so much but for a kitchen or dinette area…I don’t think it is old …

Loved the sign in this booth….having owned an antique/vintage store for 15 years…this is a good name for that type of store…sometimes I think that self employed people are always in a Poverty-Barn store lol…

Now I am an altered art craft person…but maybe this might be a  little off the wall even for me ..unless I had it in my work area …frame is an old paint pan with remnants of old painting jobs…

I did make a purchase …not antique or vintage…but something I have been looking for quite a while….one of those material or canvas back packs…this one was so perfect!!! It had a Florida motif and was reversible…and for only $8 I think it was a bargain…

And the rest of the story….
The name of the mall is Wildwood…it opened just a little over a year ago…I was in it last winter just a few weeks after it opened and now being there …wow what a difference …they had only a handful of vendors and now there is a waiting list…I talked to a lady at the flea market a few weeks ago and she said that she was number 40 on a waiting list…this place is on the main rt for me going to Wal Mart and other shopping in my area…so I see it all the time and notice that it is a very busy place…it is a nice store with quality merchandise …if I had the merchandise that I had up north…I would have got a booth when  it first opened up…but I have found that the merchandise vintage is not easy to find in Florida…and I have sold all mine off…oh well… so this is it for now thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings to all G&M

FRESH–FLORIDA-GROUPER…..

After the kayaking….
We had worked up an appetite …Sarah and Sandy had been raving about this fresh grouper they had …so not ever eating grouper I wanted to find out what it was…So off to Crabby Bill’s Seafood Restaurant we went….

Walking up to the door I saw this sign…looked over at the parking lot…although it is not large…we were there in the middle of the day and it was far from full….

Then I looked on the other side of the sign…and saw this “limo golf cart”how cool is that…but it did make me wonder just how far they would come to pick you up…

I was glad to see the Fresh Florida Grouper sign! After all that is what we came for!!!

Sandy told us that they had up-ed the price since last week….it went up $3… but I wanted it anyway…so I got the dinner..grouper grilled, crispy fries and coleslaw..

And Sarah got an order of hushpuppies for us all to share…I think that is the first time for those for me also…MMMMM good!!!

Here is a pix of the three of us…some nice lady at the table beside us offered to take it…so we took her up on it…

 And the rest of the story..
There is not much going on now…I stopped for over night to empty my tanks at Wickham CG…then headed back to dads and camp driveway…doing laundry and other housekeeping chores…by the weekend hope to be sitting at home park or Wickham park..just to get out and about…well that’s it for now thanks for looking and come back soon ..blessings to all G&M

MONDAY MORNING KAYAKING….

ON MONDAY MORING…
Monday was a beautiful blue sky day…we decided to get the kayak in the water and go for a paddle…This little park is right around the corner from L&S Resort….along with a couple boat launches…ball field, play ground, picnic shelters….all the things these little Florida parks have for having fun…

Sandy got the kayak all aired up and we were off …while Sarah sat with the pups under a pavilion…They have a two person kayak…

The pix below was on the way from the boat ramp…going into the lake…

Just before heading out in the lake..it started to get a little rough….the wind was blow a good clip…and we could see a few white caps on the lake…I was not comfortable going any farther…

So we turned around and headed back the way we came and explored the area close to the ramp ..lots of lily pads and grasses that grow in the water…

It was pretty calm here but still had to paddle against the wind…I see lots of birds but could not get good pix…not fast enough and not a good camera…

Headed back to the ramp…I think after canoeing  with Soos and then kayaking in a two person Kayak…I like and do better in a single person water vessel…

Here is Sandy showing me how to deflate and pack up the Sea Eagle…it sure would be easier hauling around rather than  a hard body kayak….

After that…
We went to Crabby Bills ….and that and the rest of the afternoon …will be in the next post thanks for looking and come back soon…
blessings to all G&M

HANGING AROUND…

On Sunday….
there was a lot of hanging around….like all this moss on the Live Oak trees in the deep south…(Florida)…

I could walk around and look at all day…someone told me that it killed the trees…but have found out that it is an air living plant and not really attached to the trees…

And then there was this kind of hanging around…that is what we did all day at the L&S Resort…and Soos came by to visit before heading off to mow yard at her son’s place…Soos on left, Sarah and Sandy in back ground…

Some BBQ’ing …..
was also a good hanging around activity…Sandy below the BBQ master…

On the grill , hamburger, hot dog, sausage … to go along with that Linda made deviled eggs,I made some mac salad…if you look at the table we had plenty…in fact we no room for desert and had to eat that later…while we attempted to have a camp fire…

And the rest of the story….
I am really enjoying my stay with Linda and Sandy at their home…Sarah and I spent time in Melbourne then she went over to St Cloud to Linda/Sandy Resort and I followed the next day….it sure is relaxing out in the country…we can tool around doing stuff and then return to the cozy country retreat…my kind of life…anyway there is more to come…so thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings to all G&M

DAY & NITE TRIP’N AROUND…

First off we ….
We went to Camping World at Kissimmee'…Sarah had something to return and I wanted to get some Oderlos for my tanks…you know the ones….

Then we tooled around checking out all the new rigs…here is Sandy ready to motor down the highway in a very nice and big Class A she liked…Linda and Sandy might be looking to up grade from a TT to a Motor Home..some time before Linda retires..just look’n at this point…

And here is Sarah jumping out a big nice Class A…I never got a pic of Linda touring the rigs she seemed to always  be one step ahead of us…

Getting ready to leave Camping World finally got pix of Linda at the meeting of the minds trying to fix a broken pair of sun glasses…after leaving CW we went to Golden Coral and stuffed our selves so bad we could hardly walk out..it was more like rolling out moaning in pain…sorry no pix was to busy stuffing my face to take any..then in to much misery to care …lol never again will I over eat!!!

When we got …
back to ST. Cloud I was playing around with my smart phone and showed the girls all the Geocaches in the area…that peaked their interest…when we got back close to the L&S Resort…there was a couple close by…so we went looking for this one  at a little park…found it and showed it to them…this is Sarah getting ready to get back into the van..standing close to where the cache was found..

And we saw this pretty sun set just as we were leaving the park…my phone does not take good sun sets or sun rise pix,…

Then later….
to the The Dark Sky Festival after it got dark of course…the had speakers, telescopes to look thru at the cosmos…rides and fair type things for kids…this is the first time I have ever heard of this…very interesting…

So that is it for  now….I don’t think I will go to the Strawberry Fest. looks to much like a county fair…and I am not into that type of thing right now…use to love going to fair but no more…so not sure what will do today Mon. yesterday when I talked to dad he ask if I was on my way back….so maybe I will head to Melbourne Tues. for sure…so thanks for looking and come back soon…
blessings to all G&M

L & S RESORT …ST. CLOUD FL

Parked at …..
Linda and Sandy’s sisters from the WomenRV forum…Sarah is staying with them until they all leave for Rainbow Springs at the end of the week…they invited me to come and visit also..my rig in the foreground and Sarah’s in the back of pic below….
 The woods out back that I have looking out my door…just like a ST. Park!

On the side is what looks like a Christmas tree farm…not sure will have to ask..

And the rest of the story…
I got here in the afternoon on Friday…beautiful day as the next five or so days are to also be…up to 80 by Sun. They have have some hook ups for RV’s so not totally boondocking…we just hung around yesterday Linda had to work and Sandy had some paper work to do…we ate dinner together except Linda worked late…then was an early night I was tired…Today Sat. not sure what will go on Soos is going to try and come over for awhile..and tonight we hope to check out  the Dark Sky Festival…I will get a link for that and post next or you can Google it…it has something to do with star gazing… and saving the night sky from the light pollution…they have speakers…set up telescopes and a bunch of other stuff happening…sounds interesting to me…So will let you know later what it was all about…thanks for looking and come back soon..
blessings to all G&M