Sharp's Travels

It was 43 degrees this morning, warmer because it was cloudy and it started to rain just as we were getting done with our morning walk. We had a high of 54 degrees. We had cabin fever this forenoon because of the rain. This afternoon we went down to see how Ken was doing. With the medicine he is on now he sleeps most of the time. We got to talk to him for a little while before he fell asleep. We could see that he is in a lot of pain. Cheri and Eileen played a game of domino against Roger and me. The ladies didn’t show us guys any mercy. After supper we did our evening walk. As you can see it was a lazy day.

Cold!!! It was 33 degrees this morning and I noticed that it was 38 degrees in Litchfield Maine. I think there is something wrong with this picture. It did warm up to 59 degrees with lots of sunshine and windy. Cheri put together a pot roast, carrots, onions, and potatoes in the crock pot and we took it down to Ken & Eileen’s so they could have it for supper. When we got back Cheri did some laundry and cleaning. I worked outside on the sewer bracket that I bent coming out of a campground last fall. Paul had helped me do some bending on it trying to get it straighten out. Things were going pretty good until we broke the pipe wrench we were using to straighten the bracket. Well I finally got another pipe wrench and finished the job. I even put a coat of paint on it. Then I installed my new indoor/outdoor temperature gauge in the truck. The old one quit working last summer. That took care of our day.

Our cold weather is still with us. It was 41 degrees this morning and a high of 54 degrees and windy. Roger picked us up and we went to the flea market near the airport. I took along my LP tank and got it filled as long as we were close to the LP place. Then Roger and we needed to go to Wal-Mart, so off we go. It was lunch time when we got home. This afternoon we worked on getting our taxes really to send out. I should say Cheri worked on them as she does most of the work. I think all that is left to do is make copies of everything which is my job, then take them to the post office to be mailed. It will be a good job to have done. Cheri also gave me a haircut today. This evening is was dominos with Paul & Bev. We guys were the big winners, won both games (must be a full moon).

The cool weather is back, we had rain most of the afternoon and evening. Eileen had a doctor’s appointment this morning. So we went down to Ken & Eileen’s at 10:00 am to sit with Ken while Roger took Eileen for her appointment. Ken is still in a lot of pain and didn’t sleep much last night. While we were there Grandma came down to see how Ken and visited for a while. Mike their next door neighbor came over for a visit. And Rick & Janice stopped by to drop off a casserole for Ken & Eileen’s dinner. Eileen and Roger got back about 12:30 pm. We left and went home for a sandwich for lunch and then off to Beal’s to buy new shoes for both of us. They were on sale plus we got an extra 15% off because it was senior citizen day. Then I wanted to stop at Lowe’s to buy some new heat resisters for the 5th wheel. This evening we took Roger to see the Steve Jeffris show over at the Rainbow RV Park. It was another good show and Roger really liked it. We had a visit with Steve after the show and Roger is going to try and have him come to Wisconsin for a show. Roger is on the committee that brings talent to their town. They have an old restored theater they put on 5 shows a year. It was about 10:00 pm when we got home.

Wow we got to run the air conditioner this afternoon! After the fog burned off it was a wonderful day with a high of 75 degrees. Larry and Denise stopped by this morning to see the quilts Cheri made. They are now headed farther south for a couple of weeks. Cheri put together some of her baked beans for the Wisconsin Pot Luck here in the park at noon. At 10:30 am we headed down to Ken & Eileen’s to see how Ken was doing and met Roger with the golf cart taking garbage up to the dumpster. We had a short visit with him and decided to wait until after the pot luck to see Ken. We had a good time at the pot luck. We had a lot of good food and then played some progressive bingo, also had a white elephant action. Cheri won a door prize. Delores stopped over after the pot luck to see Cheri’s quilts. Then we went down to see Ken. He is still in a lot of pain and the medication only takes away some of the pain. When we got home Cheri took an old towel and made a pouch to hold ice packs on Kens shoulder. We took that down so Ken could use it right away, also took down an ice pack we had.

Cheri finished her picture quilt today and is now ready to take the quilter. It looks very nice. Bud and I did a 135 mile motorcycle ride up to Crystal River. We made a stop at the Harley Dealer where I bought an air pump to pump up the shocks on the motorcycle. We got a call from Roger saying that Ken’s surgery came out ok. They were supposed to keep him in the hospital for three days and then to the nursing home for therapy. Will after the surgery they told him that he didn’t qualify to stay in the hospital and sent him home last. We don’t know all the details because they didn’t get home until round 10:00 pm. We got an e-mail from Larry & Denise saying they were staying the night at Wal-Mart and had been over to see us while we were on our evening walk. So we went over to have a visit with them. It was nice to see them again.

Ed & Loraine picked us up for church this morning, Grandma decided to go to church here in the park. When we got home we ordered in Papa John’s pizza for lunch and left over for supper. Early afternoon we walked down and had a visit with Ken & Eileen. Roger (their son) is coming in from Wisconsin today for ten days to stay with Eileen while Ken is in the hospital for his shoulder surgery. When we got home Cheri took the Sunday paper over to Grandma’s. It wasn’t long before Cheri and Grandma was back with the van. Grandma needed medicine from Wal-Mart so Cheri took Grandma over and they both got the groceries. I stayed home and watched the NASCAR Race. It was another good race. We had nice warm day with the temp in the upper seventies and a little breeze. It has been a long time since we have had two nice days in a row. This evening we went up to Paul & Bev’s to play dominos.

This morning we got back into our routine, got our morning walk in early. It was a beautiful day with a high in the mid seventies and no wind. Cheri worked on laundry and cleaning today. Late morning we went over to visit with Grandma and to let her know we were going to the afternoon Follies show at the Rec hall. Bud and I were going to go for a motorcycle ride today but got a call from him this morning saying he couldn’t go. So I worked on removing the rock guard / mud flap off the 5th wheel. I am getting a longer one that will work and look better. I need to get the new one ordered. At 1:15 pm we headed to the Rec hall for the follies show. It is put on by volunteers that stay in the park. It is always an excellent show and I think this was the best ever. Shortly after we got home Ken stopped by with his golf cart. He couldn’t get the lights to work. I checked it out and found a bad wire connection. He needs to have the cart lights completely rewired, a project that I will do sometime later this spring. After supper we took our evening walk and surprised how much more daylight we have now.

We were going to go to the beach today and then drop Greg & Jeanene off at the airport. We decided it wasn’t warm enough for the beach and we would have to rush around to get everything done. So we all took a late morning walk and just hung out at the 5th wheel and did some visiting. At 1:15 pm we went over to the local airport to watch some sky diving. We timed it perfect; they had just made the jump from the plane and got to see the whole thing. The plane that took them up was back on the ground and loaded with the next group and started to leave before the last guy landed. Then we headed for the airport in Tampa to drop off Greg & Jeanene. There five days with us went so fast and we all had a good time doing things together. We had a late lunch with them at the airport (thanks for the lunch Greg & Jeanene) then said our goodbyes and headed for Zephyrhills. We wanted to get ahead of the rush hour traffic. Things went good until we got near Zephyrhills. The big car show and swap meet was letting our just before we got there and we were backed up in traffic for an hour and 10 minutes. It was 5:45 pm before we got home.

We ate a big breakfast this morning and were ready by 10am to head to Apollo Beach in Tampa Bay. The Tampa Electric Plant is there and tucked away by it is the Manatee Viewing Center. During the cold winter months, you can see manatees swimming in the clean, warm water reservoir. From their observation platform we saw at least 200 manatees swimming around in the warmed water from the power plant. We have had such a cold winter this year over an unusual long span that the number of manatees there is real high. They were neat to watch, we got a glimpse of a couple of babies swimming with their mom. We also saw spotted eagle eels and fish jumping right up out of the water.

There was a self-guided nature trail on the tidal flat walkway that offers a leisurely stroll on a 900 foot pier. We spotted a baby hammerhead shark and a couple of stingrays.

We stopped at Burger King for a quick lunch before heading on down to Myakka City to see the Lipizzan Stallions.

We arrived at the Lipizzan winter training grounds about 1 ½ hours before the show. We took the extra time to wander through the stables and check out all the Lipizzans.

As show time grew nearer, the crowd started to gather. The show is free but they do ask for donations to help support the horses and grounds. The show was great. The horses jumped and had all 4 feet right off the ground. Check out the pictures posted.

Our plan before returning to Zephyrhills was to stop at the Roaring 20’s Pizza & Pipes. When we arrived there, we saw a long line all along the front of the building. We were told it would be about a 1 hour wait so Greg & Jeanene slipped in to see the big Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. At show time it comes up out of the floor and the organist entertains the people while they eat. It has 2,456 organ pipes and percussions. It is quite a site.

We decided not to wait and headed to the Golden Corel in Zephyrhills to eat. We were home by 7:30 pm.

For pictures of the day see album: Lipizzan Stallions

We were up and ready for breakfast by 8am. Jeanene brought a new recipe with her and we whipped it up. It was a mixture of hard boiled eggs, mushrooms, mushroom soup, mayo, milk and crumbled crisp bacon over toast. It was real good. This recipe is a keeper.

With the dishes done we were ready to hit the road. We went north to Williston to check out the horse farms and training centers. We were lucky enough to land right is the middle of them. We also got to watch of group of people practicing jumping their horses.

By 1pm we were ready for lunch. There is a restaurant in the area called Red’s and we had been there before and wanted to take Greg & Jeanene there. It has a unique atmosphere and the food is excellent. It lived up to what we remembered. We were stuffed when we left there!

Our next stop was Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. We took the boat along Pepper Creek to the main entrance of the park. This park houses injured animals that are native to Florida.

As soon as we enter the gates, we headed directly to the manatee pool. They were about ready to feed them their last meal of the day and we could get a real close look at them. They are huge. It was neat to see their trunk come up out of the water and grab the alfalfa and lettuce.

We wandered on over to the underwater observatory. You could go down below water level and look out the big windows and see all the fish and the manatees.

We checked out the rest of the park. We saw black bears, red wolves, whooping cranes, bobcat, reptiles, alligators, deer, flamingos, waterfowl and of course 50 year old Lou the hippo, an honorary citizen of Florida.

We took the tram back to the main building and of course had to check out the gift shop before heading for home.

We arrived back at Baker Acres about 6:45pm and just had snacks for supper and settled in to watch a little TV.

For pictures of the day see album: Homosassa State Park

Jeanene got up this morning with a cold. I guess the weather change was too much for her. Cheri Picked up Bev, Betty, and Deloris and headed to Dade City for the fat quarter sale at the quilt store. Jeanene didn’t go as she felt a little under the weather with her cold. Cheri got home around noon. Then Greg, Jeanene, Cheri and I headed for the flea market over by the airport. After checking out the flea market and not buy anything we headed to Plant City to have strawberry short cake for a late lunch. It was 2:30 pm before we got home. We only had an hour before we had to leave and head to Lakeland for Chinese with a friend of Jeanene. After a nice supper and a visit with Jeanene’s friend we headed over to the other side of Lakeland to see the Steve Jeffris show. Cheri and I have seen his show a couple of times in the last three years. He puts on a great show and wanted Greg & Jeanene to see it. Cheri brought three more of Steve’s CD’s; I think she now has a total of six of his CD’s. We were about an hour early so we got to have a nice visit with Steve before the show started. It was around 10:00 pm when we got home. We had a lot of sunshine but the wind made it for a cold day.

Today we were up and ready to go pick up Mom and go down to the hall for their monthly breakfast. They had a big crowd. We had eggs, sausage, French toast, pancakes, applesauce, strawberries, juice, milk and coffee---all for only $3.50!

The sun was shining and it got up to 65 degrees, a great day for an adventure. By 10am Greg, Jeanene, Gay and I were ready to head for Lake Wales to the National Historic Landmark, the Bok tower Gardens.

The gardens contained more than 1,000 plant types. Paths meander through open spaces and plantings to create tranquil resting spots with picturesque vista of the carillon tower and the Florida countryside.

Mr. Bok decided to add a carillon tower as a centerpiece of the garden. The 205 ft. carillon tower is among the finest in the world. The tower consists of 60 bronze bells, ranging in weight from 16 lbs. to nearly 12 tons. They began building in 1927 and completed it in 1929. Four days a week they have a live concert and the other 3 are digital recordings played on the half hour on those days. It is interesting to see how they play the bells.
We checked out the grounds and the tower before heading to tour the Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens. They began building the home in 1929 and completed it in 1932. It is 12,900 square feet. We toured 11 different rooms. All were decorated with bright colored tiles. The hand carved doors and woodwork was beautiful. The home and grounds were beautiful.

We ate at the Blue Palmetto Cafe on the grounds. We sat on the patio outside to enjoy more of this great weather while we ate our lunch.

We enjoyed it all and would certainly go again to check out the next season of blooms and maybe be lucky enough to catch a live concert of the Carillon.

We arrived back in the park about 5:30pm to a pot roast dinner waiting for us in the crock pot.

We had a great day!

For pictures of the day see album: Bok Tower

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone, tell someone close to you that you love them and need them in your life. 43 years ago today I asked Cheri to merry me. She has full filled my lift to the fullest. Greg & Jeanene and Cheri & I headed for church at 9:15 am. After church we stopped by a county park to take a walk on the board walk around the river and swamp, a very enjoyable walk, didn’t see any alligators. From there we went to the Big Top Flea Market. People from the north like to go to the flea markets as they don’t have them in the north like we have them here. When we got home we ordered in Papa John’s pizza and started to watch the Daytona 500. When they had the stoppage to fix the track we took our evening walk. Then it was back to watch the rest of the race. It was a long race with all the problems with the track surface breaking down. Still it was a very exciting race.

Paul and I left at 8:00 am and headed back up to the Sumter Winter Extravaganza car show and swap meet. It was still a cold morning with no sunshine. We had a good time checking out all the cars and trucks that were for sale. They did have some good buys but none fit my pocket book. Cheri and Bev got together for a visit and Cheri worked on her picture quilt. When we got home I was surprised how much she had done. At 3:30 pm we headed out to Wal-Mart to pick up my medicine. Then it was time to go to the airport to pick up Greg and Jeanene. Their Plane comes in at 5:30 pm. They came in from Wisconsin where there is a lot of snow and cold. I think the only thing that they got away from was the snow because it’s still cold here. We had a high of 58 degrees today. We ate supper at the airport so we would miss the rush hour traffic. We got home around 8:00 pm and had a nice visit before we went to bed.

It’s still cold 38 degrees this morning and a high of 52 degrees and windy for the day. Paul and I left at 8:00 am and headed for the Sumter Winter Extravaganza. It is a big 3 day car swap meet with a lot of cars for sale. There is a 100 percent chance for rain today but we went anyway. Will it started raining about 10:30 am so we headed for home. We did get to see quite a few cars and trucks that were for sale. Not too many venders had their things set out because of the rain. Bev and Cheri spent the morning going over their quilt projects. When we got home we had lunch and then Cheri had me print out the rest of the pictures she needed for the picture quilt that she is working on. After Cheri got the pictures pressed and ready we then cut them to the size she needed. That project took most of the afternoon. Paul and Bev picked us up at 4:30 pm to go out for a fish fry for supper. When we got home we had an evening of dominos with Paul and Bev. It was still raining some when we went to bed.

We didn’t walk this morning; it was just too cold and windy. At 10:00 am Cheri and I drove Ken & Eileen down to the University Hospital in Tampa. Ken had an appointment for his pre surgery on his shoulder. He found out that he will have to be at the hospital at 6:15 am on Feb-22 for the surgery. We got back to Zephyrhills around 1:15 pm. We stopped at Arby’s for lunch, Ken & Eileen bought our lunch for driving them to Tampa. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching NASCAR racing for me and Cheri worked on the quilted throws. She finished binding one of the quilts and was busy working on the other one before we left to go over to Grandma’s for supper. Grandma invited us along with Dean & Betty. After supper we played one game of dominos which Cheri won (she is so lucky).

It was another cool windy day with a high of 58 degrees. We only did half of our morning walk because the wind was just too cold. Cheri and I went out for breakfast this morning to the Two Minute restaurant. We had to wait to get in and we shared a booth with two other people. The food was good and a great way to meet new people. After breakfast we pick up a tank of LP and then went to Wal-Mart for groceries. By the time we got home and put the groceries away and the LP tank installed it was 11:30 am. Cheri said we had a big breakfast so no lunch today. I see Paul out taking the forms off the concrete work that was none yesterday. It all looked good but he needed another step up to the patio. So we formed up the step, mixed the concrete and poured it. Then Paul and I set down and had a beer. Then I headed home where Cheri was sewing the binding on the quilted throws. I rode my bicycle down to the other side of the park to talk to a guy about the fuel tank I have for sale. I had a nice visit with him and found out that he is from Wisconsin. We didn’t do our evening walk, just too cold and windy. This evening we went up to Paul and Bev’s to play dominos and the ladies won big time. When we went to bed it was already down to 40 degrees. Sure am glad we are in sunny warm Florida. HA!

Cheri wanted to know what I was going to do today. I said I didn’t have any plans because it was going to rain. She wants me to take her and Bev to Lakeland shopping at some fabric stores. Paul was doing concrete work in front of their steps that goes into their park model and wouldn’t be gong with us. I walked over to get Grandma’s to get the van and asked her if she wanted to ride along. She said that would be great as she doesn’t get out much, so the four of us headed for Lakeland. Our first stop was at the Fabric Warehouse. It doesn’t take me long to look at material so I went back out the car and did some reading in the book I brought along. It was long before Grandma came out. When Cheri and Bev came out we headed to The Patchwork Pig. Grandma and I stayed and waited in the van. From there we made a stop at the Olive Garden for a lunch. While we were waiting for our table it started to rain. We had a lunch of soup, salad and bread sticks, it was very good. Cheri said we have to make one more at Joann’s Fabric. Once again Grandma & I waited in the van. After about 45 minutes we were on our way home in a heavy rain. It was about 3:00 pm when we got home. Cheri and I spent the rest of the day reading, watching TV and napping. It finally quit raining around 7:00 pm.

I was up at 3:30 am to see if the Space Shuttle was going to go up. I got Cheri up at 4:00 am and at about 4:10 am we headed outside to watch it go up. The sky was clear and there was no problem watching it go up. We really wanted to see this event as it is the last night launch for the Space Shuttle. I took some pictures but it looks like a star in the sky. After the Shuttle lift off we did our morning walk. We had used Grandma’s van yesterday and needed to drop it off at her place, well the windows were iced up and had to wait for them to clear before we could drive. I keep wondering if we are really in Florida. It was 37 degrees this morning but did warm to 65 degrees with mostly sunshine. I went looking for Bud this morning to see if he wanted to go for a motorcycle ride today and he wasn’t home. I came back home and was getting the bike ready to ride when Bud showed up. To make a long story short we left at 10:30 am for a ride, it was 52 degrees when we left. We rode over to Kissimmee and stopped at the Harley dealer there. Then stopped for lunch and headed home, it was 3:00 pm when we got back. Cheri had been up to Paul & Bev’s helping Bev lay out the pattern for her quilt. Cheri said that the quilter had called and said that her quilt was done. So we headed out to her place to get the quilts. They look very nice and Cheri is happy (which is a good thing). Now she has to put on the binding and they will be done. I did some brats on the grill for supper tonight and then our evening walk. We both headed for bed early this evening as both were tired from our early morning. It was another great day in cold Florida.

I got up at 4:00 am to watch the Space Shuttle lift off. As you know it was cancelled so I went back to bed only to lay there for half an hour and couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up and worked on my blog and watched some TV. We picked up Grandma and Ed & Lorraine at 9:15 am to go to church. After church we had a date to meet Larry & Denise at Wal-Mart in Dade City at 11:30 am. We were about 20 minutes late as church was late getting out. We picked up Larry & Denise and headed for the Pioneer Village Museum for the quilt show. Larry and I look at the quilts for a little while and then we went to see the old time saw mill cutting logs into boards. When Cheri and Denise got done we drove down town to the quilt store. After an extended shopping time we went across the street for an early supper at the Beef O Brady’s. Later we dropped Larry and Denise off at their motor home and said our goodbyes. We got home around 4:30 pm and settled in for an evening of TV when the telephone rang and Paul called to ask us up to play dominos this evening. So at 6:30 pm it was domino time. We had day of partly sunshine and was windy with a high of 59 degrees.

Today is yard sale day. We started setting things out at 7:00 am and people were already checking things out. By 9:30 am we had sold everything except the fuel tank off the truck. Couldn’t believe things went so fast. After we got the table put away we went up to Paul & Bev’s for a coffee and then at 11:15 we picked up Grandma and went down to the Rec hall for an early lunch. It was very busy and had a hard time finding a table to set at. Grandma and I each had a bowl of bean soup which we took back because the beans weren’t done. So we ended up with a bowl of vegetable soup. Later in the day we took Grandma’s van and filled it up with gas. At 3:30 pm we picked up Paul & Bev and headed to Dade City for the car show. Cheri and Bev went shopping while Paul and I looked at the cars. There weren’t a lot of cars as it was pretty cold with a strong wind blowing. On the way home we stopped at IHOP for supper which was very good. When we got home I had to watch the NASCAR Racing on TV. Cheri read some and napped in the chair for a while and finely went to bed.

It was 60 degrees this morning and overcast skies. Cheri cleaned house and did laundry today. I worked outside and finished waxing the 5th wheel. Glad that project is done, took me two months to getter done. Now it’s time to get the truck done. Tomorrow is yard sale day here in the park. So we got some things that we want to set out for sale. I was going to get some of the things out but it is suppose to rain this afternoon. When I came into the 5th wheel something smelled really good. Cheri was baking a new brownie recipe. We are having Dean & Betty over for dominos tonight. At 1:00 pm we took a walk down to Ken & Eileen’s to see how they were doing. We haven’t been out to visit anyone for the last three weeks because of my cold. While we were at Ken & Eileen’s it started to rain and had to make a beeline home as we had windows open. Well we got pretty damp. Cheri wasn’t very happy because she had to redo her hair. It was still misting rain when we went to bed tonight.

It was 53 degrees at 9:30 am when Bud and I left for our motorcycle ride to Bradenton where we stop for lunch and also a stop at the Harley dealer. By the time we got to Bradenton we had to shed some clothes as it had warmed up to the low 70’s. We got home around 3:00 pm and rode a 165 miles. Cheri worked on her quilt and went for a visit over to Dean & Betty’s. She also stopped by Grandma’s for a visit. She got back home about half an hour after I did. We watched a little TV before supper and then took our evening walk. Sure is nice to have more daylight. I think our cold weather is over.

It was a cool overcast morning and didn’t see any sunshine until after lunch, than it warmed quickly to 63 degrees. I wanted to so some waxing on the 5th wheel and had to wait until this afternoon for it to be warm enough to put on the wax (also needed to be warm for me). I got the waxing almost half done. Cheri continued to work on here quilt. She said that she now has everything cut out except for the rest of the pictures. She needs the material sheets that we order the other day in order to print the pictures. We went or to see Dean & Betty late this afternoon. They weren’t home so we decided to do our evening walk early. I did some chicken and steak on the grill this evening. We went up to Paul & Bev’s to play dominos which for the first time this year Paul and I won both games. I think I am on the mend as I did very little coughing today.

Ground hog day, I never can remember if it’s 6 more weeks if he sees his shadow or 6 more if he doesn’t see it. All I know is that you can expect 8 more week no matter what happens with the ground hog. We had another nasty day of rain and wind. We did finally get to see some sunshine around 3:00 pm. Cheri worked on her quilt today and I helped her cut the pictures to the size she needed. I went down to see Bud this afternoon to set up a motorcycle ride for Thursday. I am not sure where we will be riding as it’s my turn to plan the ride. It was a cool and breeze evening walk.

Wow! It’s hard to believe that February is here already. It started to rain shortly after our morning walk and continued off and on all day. So that means we couldn’t get outside to do anything. I hate it when we are cooped up inside for the day. It all worked out for the best as Cheri wanted me to help with her new picture quilt project. It’s going to have pictures of our Alaskan trip on it. My project was to pick out the pictures she wants and get them printed on the material sheets that go in the printer. We had bought a package of ten sheets for $30 to see if they were going to work. The printer run out of ink on one sheet so I ended up getting nine pictures printed for her. Now I have to order more material sheets. I also had to get up in middle of the night again with a coughing bout. Sure hope I start feeling better. We got ready to go out for our evening walk and it was raining. I said to Cheri we need to get out and get some fresh air so we made a trip to the grocery store and bought some ice cream. On the way home we got a call from Paul and Bev wanting us to come up to their place to play dominos. It was still raining when we went to bed.

I was up again in the night with another coughing bout, sure am getting tired of all the coughing. Ed & Lorraine picked us up for church this morning. When we got home around 11:15 am from church we got a call from Larry & Denise. Larry said it’s kind of cold as we were to go for a motorcycle ride with them to Tarpon Springs this afternoon. It was only 51 degrees, windy and no sunshine. So we decided to take Grandma’s van. They are staying down at Lazy Days to have the hot water heater fixed in their motor home. We picked them up at 1:00 pm and headed over to Tarpon Springs. Their fiends have the boat moored and had to go back north for an emergency and wanted Larry & Denise to see if everything was still ok with their boat. The boat looked fine and it is called Sharpie Dream. It may be their dream but it sure wouldn’t be our dream. It is way too small to be sailing around in the ocean. Tarpon Springs is an old Greek city that is the sponge capital of the world. The Greeks came and settled here and made their living collecting sponges.
We walked the downtown area and stopped at lot of shops so the Cheri and Denise could have their shopping fix. We ate a small Greek restaurant which was very good. We took a different route back to Lazy Days to drop off Larry & Denise. It was after 6:00 pm before we got home. It makes a great day when you can spend it with friends.