Well, the last week has been perfect, sunny weather in Florida. This is why we came here. It has been in the 70s/low 80s and really nice. As a man of fact, it almost got too hot a couple of days....but Jack says it is just right!!
On Thursday, February 5, we took a drive over to Bradenton to look around. We had been there before at different times but not since we had been here this time. We enjoyed the drive over - went over a different highway. Stopped had lunch and of course had to hit the outlets there. You wouldn't believe the number of cars & people there. One of the sales clerks said it had been that way since the middle of January when all the "snowbirds" had hit town.
We are continuing with our square dancing here at the park. Are really enjoying it and getting to know more people.
On Saturday, February 7, we went to Lake Placid's art and craft fair. I thought it wouldn't amount to that much, since Lake Placid is not very big, but was very pleasantly surprised. They had over 150 vendors, entertainment, and food. Had some real cute stuff. We bought a new "wrought iron" welcome sign with a glass ball on it. It was cute. We even met a couple from Overland Park, Kansas, while we were there. Small world.... Here are a couple murals that are in the downtown area of Lake Placid. This town is known for its murals - we haven't seen all of them yet.
On Thursday, February 5, we took a drive over to Bradenton to look around. We had been there before at different times but not since we had been here this time. We enjoyed the drive over - went over a different highway. Stopped had lunch and of course had to hit the outlets there. You wouldn't believe the number of cars & people there. One of the sales clerks said it had been that way since the middle of January when all the "snowbirds" had hit town.
We are continuing with our square dancing here at the park. Are really enjoying it and getting to know more people.
On Saturday, February 7, we went to Lake Placid's art and craft fair. I thought it wouldn't amount to that much, since Lake Placid is not very big, but was very pleasantly surprised. They had over 150 vendors, entertainment, and food. Had some real cute stuff. We bought a new "wrought iron" welcome sign with a glass ball on it. It was cute. We even met a couple from Overland Park, Kansas, while we were there. Small world.... Here are a couple murals that are in the downtown area of Lake Placid. This town is known for its murals - we haven't seen all of them yet.
Sunday, February 8, the park had a bar-a-que chicken dinner. There is a man in the park that is in the catering business and he caters most of their dinners and they are very good. Met another couple from Missouri there. They were from a small town close to Rolla, Missouri.
We have enjoyed the pool this last week. The water is back to being very nice since the cool snap so it has been a busy place.
On Thursday, February 12, we drove over to Ft. Myers to go to Camping World, Miromar Outlets and go to the Beach. It was a nice day but let me tell you the traffic over there is really busy. It got over to the Beach area around 2:00 p.m. and it took us 45 minutes just to get up the road to the Beach and then another 30 minutes to find a place to park. Really crowded. It is a nice Beach area but sure didn't like the traffic we had to fight. If we go back we will go early and leave early.
We have had a couple groups in this week for entertainment. On Tuesday, we had a couple named Grace Harmony Gospel which we really nice; then last night we had two guys - Elvis, Alex and Elmer. They were really good. The guy that portrayed Elvis had a wonderful voice and did sound real close to Elvis. He also say Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, and some others. We really enjoyed this one.
Jack and I are going on a 5-day cruise leaving Miami on Monday, February 23. We are getting excited about it. We found a good bargain and couldn't pass it up. Our good friends, Marlin and Dora, from Kansas City are flying down and going with us so I know we will have a great time. We are going to Key West & Cozumel.
We have our Valentine's Dance tonight. Hopefully the music will be good. It is a new group we haven't heard yet.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone and give all your love ones a kiss and hug today for sure!!
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