Month: January 2005

January 21, 2005 –

Decided to forgo the breakfast at the campground this morning and the kids concentrated on getting their schoolwork completed. This afternoon went into Clewiston – to see their small museum and a video on the sugar cane process – since the kids couldn’t take the tour. The highway was busy as this was the last day of the bass fishing tournament – and there were those staying around for the awards and prize money – and those on the road, as they did not do well enough. (Those that did not do well here – were moving on to the next location early so that they could scout out the best spots – in order to do better in the next tournament).

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January 14, 2005 –

Well the rain started about 5:30 this morning – and came down hard until about 8:30 when Mickey decided to wake up and bless us with his presence – poor boy must have needed his sleep. He did more rollercoaster type rides yesterday than he has done in all his previous years – and even wanted to repeat Space Mountain without encouragement from anyone else.

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January 7, 2005 –

This morning we woke up to a warm and muggy day. We headed east towards Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. Passed through some rain showers by before getting to the coast – but by the time we got to the Center it was 84 degrees. On the way we passed through the little town of Christmas, Florida. It has a museum; community center and you can just imagine the decorations. There was even an RV park there – complete with year round decorations and site numbers placed on 6-foot candy canes. When Dad suggested that we move there – the idea was just laughed at. (Guess they have lost that Christmas spirit).

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December 31, 2004:

Lazy morning this morning – up slowly – and down to the beach for a short walk. Found a number of interesting shells – including a mermaid’s purse, and a puffer fish.   While we were out, another rig pulled in behind us – and it turned out to be the single lady we had seen at the previous resort. Not only was she unusual to be a retired lady travelling alone, but was also the first African-American we had seen travelling in an RV. Really enjoyed our conversation with “Gloria” who turned out to be a retired teach from Washington, DC. Gloria has been travelling for a number of years – and even makes income on the road through a Shaklee Distribution network. Gloria said that she really enjoyed hearing the voices of our kids playing – as it brought back many warm memories from her teaching days. She also has a wonderful singing voice – and was trying to get us to attend their non-denominational service at the Club House on Sunday.

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