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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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December 24, 2004

In an effort to get fully into the spirit of the season (with drizzling rain and no snow) Dad had managed to bring enough Christmas Carols in MP3 format to play for 21 hours without repeating any – and had them playing throughout the day. Also started into a round robin Canasta tournament to help us feel that we were back home with the Reed clan. The elf was up to no good again and hid the boy’s gifts from Grandma Reed. It is amazing how well he can hide gifts in a place as small as the motor home, leaving the boys puzzled for over 15 minutes. However, they eventually were found and the boys had some fun with their new Nintendo games, Thanks Grandma.

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December 17, 2004

The boys were up early and into the lodge to start on their school work for the day. They were putting up the itinerary for the weekend – as there are a lot of the regulars that are planning to come out – there are a couple of Christmas events and pot lucks planned. As a result the boys had to find a small Christmas gift for a gift exchange on Saturday – so we headed into Madison for the afternoon. It unfortunately did not warm up enough for the lizards to be out and about – and after tomorrow it is supposed to get colder – and they are predicting about zero Fahrenheit with the wind chill on Monday.

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December 10, 2004 –

This morning we awoke to high clouds and sun – and the rain abated – at least for the early part of the day. The forecaster this morning stated that since the first of the month there has been between 7 and 11 inches of rain (depending upon which community or county you live in). That is an average of over an inch a day. They were also reporting that the county has had 17 inches more rain this year than on average year – so it is little wonder that fields, woodlots, and ditches are filled with water.

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December 3, 2004

Today was a school and relaxation day. Everyone did work – either school work, writing letters, etc. interspersed with games of mini-golf, etc.

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November 26, 2004 –

We went into town to buy groceries in the early afternoon and to see the remnants of the day-after Thanksgiving shopping madness. Their were cars pulling out of the campground at   5:30 AM to be in line for when the stores opened – as many opened their doors early and had big sales promotions. The local Wal-Mart for example had cloths irons, hair driers, toasters and fondue kits on for 4.99 each, coffee makers, food processors for 10.00, etc.

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November 19, 2004 –

Up this morning to an overcast but warm day. Took back roads into Gettysburg – and arrived just after the speech that was being given to commemorate the anniversary of Lincoln’s famous address.

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November 12, 2004 –

It rained through out the night – and most of the day. Accumulation is said to have been greater than an inch over last night and today.

Decided that as a result – that we would go out for breakfast and do a bit of shopping – and see if we can find a repair center to get an oil change and replace the fan belt on the motor home which has been squealing for the past day. Found a great little repair place in town – and made arrangements to have the unit in early Tuesday morning on our way out of town.

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November 5, 2004 –

The weather for the next couple of days is predicted to be rain with winds gust up to 100 – 120 km per hour. Took the Suzuki across the tall bridge to Portsmouth – and just about got blown off the road. Decided to stay close to home – do some grocery shopping and local exploring. While we were running around – the wind blew the Port-A-Bote up to the point where it snapped the wiring harness for the lights. It took some looking around to find some of the broken pieces so that they could be spliced in (due to the nearest auto supply store being up the valley about 25 miles).

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