Another week has gone by and it seems like I have a time getting to my blog. I read other peoples and keep up with them and then forget my own.
We were busy this week with one thing or the other. We kept Bronson, our youngest grandson, on Monday. That is always a delight. He is at such a cute age. I guess we better enjoy it before he reaches those terrible "twos"!! Then on Tuesday I had a 6-month checkup with the doctor. Everything was fine.
On Thursday and Friday my sister and I had a garage sale at her house. The weather really turned out great for it. We had a cool front move in so it wasn't so hot and we had a pretty good turnout for it. We got rid of some things we don't use any longer. We changed out the recliners in our fifth wheel. The ones that came in it were so big and heavy we got some leather ones which are lighter and easier to move around. I think we will really like them. Anyway we sold the old ones at the garage sale.
Jack started a project this week he has been putting off for a few months. He started building shelves in our storage area. We have talked about this for months but he just didn't seem to have the time to get it started. Anyway he got one section done yesterday and hopefully he will get the other section done before long so we can get our storage area organized....yippee!!
Well, we went and picked up our trailer today - out of the storage lot. Tomorrow we are headed to Branson, MO. We are taking our granddaughter, Emma, with us. This will be the first time she has been there so we are looking forward to taking her around and seeing the sites. We are planning on going to Silver Dollar City. They are having a Kids Festival at this time so they should have a lot of things for kids. We are going to have dinner tomorrow night with Don and LaVon (our Quail Run friends) and catching up with them. That will be fun.
Hope everyone has a safe and fun filled Fourth of July!!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Lake of the Ozarks
Jack and I left Kansas City last Monday, June 16, and headed to the Lake of the Ozarks for the week. I volunteered at the hospital Monday afternoon so as soon as I got home we packed up and headed out. Our oldest son has a condo in Osage Beach, MO., and we stay at it. It seems like his family is so busy with the kids' activities they don't get to use it as much as they should. Jack loves to go so he can can get his "fishing fix"! And he caught a few bass - only two keepers (which is releases).
Another reason we went this time was to go into Lebanon, MO (which is Jack's and my hometown) to see his sister-in-law. She is more like a sister to both of us and we are really close to her. She was married to Jack's brother who died about 10 years ago. She hasn't been feeling very well the last few weeks and we decided it was time for us to make sure that she was doing all right. So went into Lebanon on Tuesday (which is only about 35 miles from the lake's condo) and spend the day with her. She was feeling some better but we helped her out with some house projects that needed doing and visited with her. She is very independent and doesn't want to impose on anyone. She turned 75 this year. But she is normally very healthy and active. We were glad to see her and discuss some of her health plans and see that things were all right. She doesn't have any children so we are her "kids"....
On Wednesday, our good friends, Jeannene and Warren Likins, who live at Columbia, MO came down to the lake to see us. They stayed with us Wednesday and Thursday nights and we had a great time with them. We have been friends for 30 years and always have a good time. Jack and Warren did some fishing and Jeannene and I got some shopping in and caught up on our visiting.
Friday we headed back to Kansas City. The good thing about being retired is you can go to the Lake through the week when it is nice and quiet and then leave it to the others on the weekends. On the way home, my girlfriend called to see when we would be home and to see if we wanted to get together to play cards or dominoes. So we met the two couples we normally play with Friday night.
Saturday we got the laundry caught up and then Saturday night the hospital I volunteer at was having an appreciation night for all the hospital workers at our local independent league baseball game. So we went to that and enjoyed a night of baseball and had a good Kansas City bar-a-que dinner. So we have had another busy week.
Another reason we went this time was to go into Lebanon, MO (which is Jack's and my hometown) to see his sister-in-law. She is more like a sister to both of us and we are really close to her. She was married to Jack's brother who died about 10 years ago. She hasn't been feeling very well the last few weeks and we decided it was time for us to make sure that she was doing all right. So went into Lebanon on Tuesday (which is only about 35 miles from the lake's condo) and spend the day with her. She was feeling some better but we helped her out with some house projects that needed doing and visited with her. She is very independent and doesn't want to impose on anyone. She turned 75 this year. But she is normally very healthy and active. We were glad to see her and discuss some of her health plans and see that things were all right. She doesn't have any children so we are her "kids"....
On Wednesday, our good friends, Jeannene and Warren Likins, who live at Columbia, MO came down to the lake to see us. They stayed with us Wednesday and Thursday nights and we had a great time with them. We have been friends for 30 years and always have a good time. Jack and Warren did some fishing and Jeannene and I got some shopping in and caught up on our visiting.
Friday we headed back to Kansas City. The good thing about being retired is you can go to the Lake through the week when it is nice and quiet and then leave it to the others on the weekends. On the way home, my girlfriend called to see when we would be home and to see if we wanted to get together to play cards or dominoes. So we met the two couples we normally play with Friday night.
Saturday we got the laundry caught up and then Saturday night the hospital I volunteer at was having an appreciation night for all the hospital workers at our local independent league baseball game. So we went to that and enjoyed a night of baseball and had a good Kansas City bar-a-que dinner. So we have had another busy week.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Bouncing Baby Bunnies
We have been trying to get things back in order since coming back from Florida. Finally got all the laundry caught up and got to the grocery store.
When we got back from Florida, Jack was out beside our house working with the water hose, and saw a nest of baby bunnies. They are so cute. They must have been there for a while as they are ready to leave the nest but we hadn't seen them. But if you could see this nest you would see why. The mother bunny had made a hole in the ground, but she had pulled the grass back over the front of it and you really couldn't see it if you were not looking for it. We never could get an actual count but at least six were in there. They were so cute. We had some of the lawn people come Friday to fertilize the grass, etc., but we told them not to come between the houses that we had baby bunnies and they didn't need that stuff on them!! Oh what old people do to occupy their time!! Yesterday they started leaving the nest. They would move to a new area, and then make a new little nest just for one of them. If you were not careful you would step on them. They look awful little to be leaving but I guess the Mama has taught them all she can. Hopefully they will make it out in the cruel world. Here are a couple pictures we got:
Had a great telephone visit with DeAnn yesterday. We haven't been able to visit with each other that much since she has gone back to work. I miss our visits. Sounds like they had a heck of a day on the 13th. Hopefully that is all behind them. They were getting ready to have all the kids over today for Father's Day. We hope to be able to get to see each other one of these days.
Hope all the fathers have a great day!! We are going out to eat with our son today. Have a good week.
When we got back from Florida, Jack was out beside our house working with the water hose, and saw a nest of baby bunnies. They are so cute. They must have been there for a while as they are ready to leave the nest but we hadn't seen them. But if you could see this nest you would see why. The mother bunny had made a hole in the ground, but she had pulled the grass back over the front of it and you really couldn't see it if you were not looking for it. We never could get an actual count but at least six were in there. They were so cute. We had some of the lawn people come Friday to fertilize the grass, etc., but we told them not to come between the houses that we had baby bunnies and they didn't need that stuff on them!! Oh what old people do to occupy their time!! Yesterday they started leaving the nest. They would move to a new area, and then make a new little nest just for one of them. If you were not careful you would step on them. They look awful little to be leaving but I guess the Mama has taught them all she can. Hopefully they will make it out in the cruel world. Here are a couple pictures we got:
Had a great telephone visit with DeAnn yesterday. We haven't been able to visit with each other that much since she has gone back to work. I miss our visits. Sounds like they had a heck of a day on the 13th. Hopefully that is all behind them. They were getting ready to have all the kids over today for Father's Day. We hope to be able to get to see each other one of these days.
Hope all the fathers have a great day!! We are going out to eat with our son today. Have a good week.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Back Home in KC
Jack and I got back to Kansas City yesterday. We had a great time while we were in Florida. We enjoyed being around the ocean and the beach. And, the sunsets were just out of this world.
We probably drove close to a thousand miles while we were there, but you know we enjoyed it because we got to see a lot of Florida we had never been to before. We looked at a lot of campgrounds, did a lot of shopping, and a lot of eating!! The seafood is so good down there.
We are going to have to wait until July 1 to see if we can get a site at Adelaide Shores because they don't take reservations for us short-timers (3-months) until then. We finally talked to someone in the office last Monday, but he was just a fill-in as the owners/hosts were on vacation and he didn't have a lot of information. So we will see on July 1 if we can get our reservations. It sounds like they are pretty full most of the time especially those three months. So we hope we will get one. Will keep you posted. If not we have a couple other parks in mind.
On Sunday, we drove over to the Bayou Bay Park and looked at it. We really lucked out as one of the full time residents happened to be up by the office and offered to take us on a golf cart tour of the park. His wife works in the office, and he does a lot of the music activities at the park. Real nice guy. The park is nice, they are in the process of enlarging it and that side doesn't have all the improvements made yet, but they hope to have it done in a year or so. It definitely is right on the Bayou. The only thing I wondered about was - was there a lot of mosquitoes around? He said they were the kind you couldn't see but could feel them. He said they sprayed the park about three times a week and that helped out a lot. Had a nice club house and pool area.
While we were over in that area, we ran across a big flea market and of course we had to walk through it. It was big and had a lot of stuff. But it was a little warm that day and with the tin roofs we didn't stay too long. Ran across a restaurant called Cody's Roadhouse, and had a late lunch. We hadn't ever eaten at one of these before but the food was excellent and great prices. It looked like they were mainly in Florida.
Last night we went to our grandson's baseball game. He is getting on the end of their season so we wanted to make this one as we will missed last weeks. It was a great night for baseball and they won their game. Chad and Bronson came to watch too so we had all the grand kids and both our sons there so it was a great night for us.
We probably drove close to a thousand miles while we were there, but you know we enjoyed it because we got to see a lot of Florida we had never been to before. We looked at a lot of campgrounds, did a lot of shopping, and a lot of eating!! The seafood is so good down there.
We are going to have to wait until July 1 to see if we can get a site at Adelaide Shores because they don't take reservations for us short-timers (3-months) until then. We finally talked to someone in the office last Monday, but he was just a fill-in as the owners/hosts were on vacation and he didn't have a lot of information. So we will see on July 1 if we can get our reservations. It sounds like they are pretty full most of the time especially those three months. So we hope we will get one. Will keep you posted. If not we have a couple other parks in mind.
On Sunday, we drove over to the Bayou Bay Park and looked at it. We really lucked out as one of the full time residents happened to be up by the office and offered to take us on a golf cart tour of the park. His wife works in the office, and he does a lot of the music activities at the park. Real nice guy. The park is nice, they are in the process of enlarging it and that side doesn't have all the improvements made yet, but they hope to have it done in a year or so. It definitely is right on the Bayou. The only thing I wondered about was - was there a lot of mosquitoes around? He said they were the kind you couldn't see but could feel them. He said they sprayed the park about three times a week and that helped out a lot. Had a nice club house and pool area.
While we were over in that area, we ran across a big flea market and of course we had to walk through it. It was big and had a lot of stuff. But it was a little warm that day and with the tin roofs we didn't stay too long. Ran across a restaurant called Cody's Roadhouse, and had a late lunch. We hadn't ever eaten at one of these before but the food was excellent and great prices. It looked like they were mainly in Florida.
Last night we went to our grandson's baseball game. He is getting on the end of their season so we wanted to make this one as we will missed last weeks. It was a great night for baseball and they won their game. Chad and Bronson came to watch too so we had all the grand kids and both our sons there so it was a great night for us.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Still in Florida
We are still enjoying the sun rays of Florida. It has been hot but we have tried to time our time in the sun. We have enjoyed the ocean and the pool a lot. Here are a couple pictures. Jack and the "beached whale":
These are some sand dollars we saw on the beach.
Friday we took another drive loop to look at some more RV campgrounds. We left St. Pete Beach area and headed to the east/south areas. We first stopped at Bartow park - Good Life. This was a nice park but it didn't have any cable TV availability; and it was kind of out in the middle of no where. Then we went on down towards Avon Park area. We stopped at Adelaide Shores RV Park. This is a very nice park. But the management was not there to talk to - guess they take Fridays off during the summer. But we did go ahead and drove around the park. It was clean and nice big lots. Big recreation hall and pool. Also, they have an 100 acre lake right behind it. Nice walking trail around the lake. We really liked this park.
Then we went on down to Sebring area. Really Avon Park and Sebring are real close together and Sebring has everything you would need. It was much bigger and nicer than we thought this area would be. Oh there is a WalMart within a few miles of Adelaide Shores. We visited a park called Buttonwood Bay. This is a large park, has a lot of park models, has a fishing lake, two large recreation halls. Has lots of activities. This park I would say is older than Adelaide Shores. Their lots were not as wide and level as some of the other parks.
Right now we are leaning towards Adelaide Shores as our next winter home. But we need to talk to them and get some more details on the expenses, etc. But based on their web site they seem to be reasonable. Here is the only picture we got of the park.
Then we went on down to Sebring area. Really Avon Park and Sebring are real close together and Sebring has everything you would need. It was much bigger and nicer than we thought this area would be. Oh there is a WalMart within a few miles of Adelaide Shores. We visited a park called Buttonwood Bay. This is a large park, has a lot of park models, has a fishing lake, two large recreation halls. Has lots of activities. This park I would say is older than Adelaide Shores. Their lots were not as wide and level as some of the other parks.
Right now we are leaning towards Adelaide Shores as our next winter home. But we need to talk to them and get some more details on the expenses, etc. But based on their web site they seem to be reasonable. Here is the only picture we got of the park.
Yesterday we went to a large flea market here in St. Pete and then to an Art Fair. Both were pretty good. The flea market is a big one that we have gone to before but it seem to us that it wasn't as good as it is in the winter months. Art fair was nice but DeAnn it wasn't anything like the Fountain Hills' one.
We will be heading back to Kansas City on Tuesday. Hope the weather is good that day. The Midwest is sure having more than their share of severe storms. Looks like Indiana and Illinois is having terrible rains. Even heard this a.m. that Ohio had some storms too. Hope things are all right with Rick and Wendy.
Later today we are going up to a RV park called Bay Bayou which is in the Northern part of Tampa. Barbara Howard told us about this one. We will let you know about it later.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Sunny in Florida
Jack and I flew to Florida yesterday. Had a good flight down. The weather is definitely warm and sunny!! Really so far it hasn't been that bad. It is in the low 90s and of course have humidity but there has been a nice breeze so it hasn't been too hot. We are staying at a resort on St. Pete's Beach which is nice. We have stayed here a couple times and it is right on the beach. We both like that - taking a walk on the beach is great!!
Here are a few pictures of the sunset:
Here is a bird we saw on our walk down the beach this morning. We don't know what it is maybe some type of crane.
Today we drove down South of Tampa to look at some RV campgrounds that we might stay at next winter. We looked at five different ones. Found two we really liked. Hey, Shelley we looked at Cross Creek. This is a RV park that Bud and Shelley told us about while in Arizona. It is very nice and has a lot of amenities we liked. Another one we liked was called Riverside RV Park which is close to Port Charlotte. Jack really liked this one because it was right on the Peace River where he could fish every day. But they are already filled up for next winter.
We have another five more parks to look at on Friday. Hopefully we will be able to find one that we like and has the things we are looking for.
Today on the way back to St. Pete Beach, we were coming up I-75 from Port Charlotte and we came to a screening halt on the Interstate. They had a terrible accident on an overpass about 10 miles from where we came to a stop. They closed the Interstate both ways, and we sat in traffic and then took the detour through Bradenton town and it took us two hours to go about 35 miles. We were tired of sitting in the car all that time. But we got back to the beach to see the sun set and of course it was beautiful.
Tomorrow we are going to stay around the Beach and enjoy some the local sites.
Here are a few pictures of the sunset:
Here is a bird we saw on our walk down the beach this morning. We don't know what it is maybe some type of crane.Today we drove down South of Tampa to look at some RV campgrounds that we might stay at next winter. We looked at five different ones. Found two we really liked. Hey, Shelley we looked at Cross Creek. This is a RV park that Bud and Shelley told us about while in Arizona. It is very nice and has a lot of amenities we liked. Another one we liked was called Riverside RV Park which is close to Port Charlotte. Jack really liked this one because it was right on the Peace River where he could fish every day. But they are already filled up for next winter.
We have another five more parks to look at on Friday. Hopefully we will be able to find one that we like and has the things we are looking for.
Today on the way back to St. Pete Beach, we were coming up I-75 from Port Charlotte and we came to a screening halt on the Interstate. They had a terrible accident on an overpass about 10 miles from where we came to a stop. They closed the Interstate both ways, and we sat in traffic and then took the detour through Bradenton town and it took us two hours to go about 35 miles. We were tired of sitting in the car all that time. But we got back to the beach to see the sun set and of course it was beautiful.
Tomorrow we are going to stay around the Beach and enjoy some the local sites.
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