October 17

Gosh!  Where did the month go?  Since I last posted, we've been in Florida.  We spent three weeks in the Tampa/Lakeland area, a week at Keaton Beach and are now in Perry visiting friends.  Here's a quick synopsis of our month.  

We had the opportunity to meet up with some old friends, Elke & Chuck, from Germany who were traveling in the US.  What a wonderful experience to get together and share a few meals and talk about our lives, our children and what we want to be when we grow up.  Even at our age, we think we'll  grow up one day.

Chuck & Elke at Jacksonville Beach,FL

 

I also got a chance to visit with my cousin, Bobby Jr. and we spent the afternoon talking genealogy, while our spouses tried to make conversation.  Debbie & T had never met before.  They were both very gracious in allowing Bobby and I to be so consumed with learning about our ancestors.

Greg, Leslie, Angie, Dave, Blake

Also while in the Tampa area we got to visit with a dear friend, Angie, who was once our neighbor when we lived in Niceville, Fl.  It was great visiting with Leslie, Angie's daughter, and her family.  Blake and Greg were there for a couple of days so we got to see them all and reminisce about when we all lived on St. Andrews street.  One day while there Dave, Leslie's husband took us on a boat ride on the Kissimmee River.  We saw eagles, egrets, turkey buzzards and herons.

A heron drying his wings.  What an interesting site.

Sunset at Keaton Beach

After 3 weeks of waiting for our new 5th wheel to arrive and have the extras installed, we left Tampa and went to Keaton Beach  Oh!  Did I forget to tell you be bought a new 5th Wheel trailer.  A Montana 3700RL, for those of you who might be interested

If you've never been to Keaton Beach, I would NOT recommend going out of your way unless you are a fisherman.  It's a sleepy and I do mean sleepy little fishing village.  There is one restaurant, a bait shop, 2 RV parks and the Gulf of Mexico.  It's a beautiful area, but other than seeing sunsets and fishing there isn't much to do.