Fun, Friends and Florida

We have had a busy week. Our friends, DeAnn and Bruce Hoover, came to our park on Sunday, March 15. They got here about 5:00 p.m. and we had our park's annual Fish Fry scheduled that night. So as soon as they got here we went to our clubhouse to the fish fry. Here is a picture of our table:

The food was delicious - we had crappie fish and potluck side dishes. As most of you know potluck dinners are the best. After the dinner, we went out by the lake to watch the NASA shuttle take off but it was too cloudy for us to see it. Oh well, will have to wait until next year, I guess.

Then Bruce and Jack took the motor home to get gas and DeAnn and I sat outside and visited. Oh my this was not good!! DeAnn got hundreds of bites on her (which turned out to be No-see-ums). We had not had any bugs at all until they found her. As Bruce says she always finds the bug bites. Bless her heart, she had them awful so she made a trip to the doctor to get medicine for them. She was a trooper about it - and kept on going.

On Monday, we met our Quail Run friends, Shelley & Bud; and Wendy and Rick; in Sebring for lunch. Had a nice lunch at the Sunset Grille on their outside patio. Nice weather and nice people. Then Monday evening we went to our favorite catfish restaurant - Jaxon's - for all you can eat catfish. As you can see we didn't miss any meals!!

Tuesday we showed them around the Lake Placid area. Lake Placid is known for its murals on the downtown buildings so we drove around and looked at them and the parts of town. On Tuesday evening, we had a birthday party for one of our new friends, Linda. We cooked out at Becky and Dave's. DeAnn didn't make it as she had her new medicine and stayed in hoping her bites would be better. Here are a couple of pictures from the birthday party.

When we were riding around we discovered this addition that was named "DeeAnn's Estates". Jack and I had seen this sign before and was always going to take pictures and send it to DeAnn but never got around to it. So we stopped and took pictures:

On Wednesday, we decided to take Bruce and DeAnn over to the Gulf side of the state. We stopped at Mayaka State Park on the way to see the alligators, etc. Here are a few pictures we took:

We then drove on over to the Gulf. We stopped by a place called Casey Key which is just North of Venice, Florida. A beautiful beach and area. Here are a few pictures:

After Casey Key, we went on down to Venice Beach to meet our Quail Run friends again for lunch at Sharky's. This is a bar and grill right on the beach. Had wonderful food and drinks. Had another wonderful time with friends. Here are a few pictures from this beach:

On Thursday, DeAnn and Bruce left around noon. They were going to meet some other friends in Savannah, GA, and spend a few days with them before heading back to KC. We had a great time with them and can't wait until they retire AGAIN and we can winter with them again. They seem to like this area so maybe we will winter here with them. Jack and I have decided to reserve our site here again for next year. We have enjoyed the park and area.

Here is a picture right before they pulled out of the park. As you can see, they have a new puppy, Miss Lindi. She is still adjusting to the world but is as cute as bug's ear. Safe travels!

We will be here for another week. Plan on heading out next Saturday, March 28, for KC. We are going to take our time going home so will probably be on the road for about a week.