Well it's true, It was 4:30 am and the dogs wanted out and I of course planned on taking them to the closest grassy area and that of course is the grass in front of the camper by the lake and I had no flashlight, and walla - a huge splash in the water, too big to be a fish, Jim has seen a small alligator yesterday but I hadn't. I then took the little guys to the grassy area across the street where there are only Lions, Tigers and Bears. Oh My!
What next, Burmese pythons? On the news at some local preserve in Naples, they found one on a path that was over 11 feet long and could easily kill an adult. They took it to a place to put it to sleep. I couldn't live here. Too many things that can kill you. I love the weather and Palm trees.
Jim and I went over our minutes on the phone - probably my fault, I just don't get the whole phone thing, one shouldn't be limited to minutes. They are lucky we choose to use their service. Sure PJ you tell em.
Here it is Sat. already. I have no idea where the week went. I honestly don't remember if we arrived on a Sun. or Mon. I know I just sat around two days and it was wonderful. Jim went fishing and to lunch with a high school friend, Frank Yates, they fished here at Lake Crystal at a dock, Frank's son Johnathon was with also, he is down for 2 weeks to see his parents.
The next day Jim had to get the oil changed on the truck and then go to Tires Plus and get the tires rotated. Here in Naples with all the traffic, it took most of the day, but it was important to get that stuff done.
We decided yesterday on Fri. to go to the Edison/Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers. We enjoyed it very much, especially the trees and plants. Edison really did experiment with all of it for filament for his lights. Grew so many different trees and now they are 80 some years old. Just a beautiful place right next to Henry Ford's winter place. Herbert Hoover even stayed there and he was good friends with Firestone. So funny to see so many familiar names. It's on the Caloosahatchee River, and is it ever wide at tat pot. More like a bay than a river. It was a fun 3 - 4 hours. We parked in a lovely spot in the shade and the dogs were fine. We even leave bowls of water for them but they never seem to touch it. I think they just sleep and bark at passing cars that park.
When we got home Jim had to research where he could exchange a tank, I don't know if I ever mentioned when we were in Rockport TX we went to an estate sale. Jim purchased and old Bar-B-Q grill for $20 and removed the tank. That's all he wanted, I found an old oval tin barrel and stand that had been used for holding beverages, the stand is really rusty but I thought it would make an interesting plant holder. Only $10. Anyway it was fun. The gas tank was almost full and ours on our grill was almost empty so we felt lucky to get a tank so cheep. The funny part is somehow that tank became loose and all the gas leaked out yesterday so Jim had to get it refilled. He did that when we got back from our tour Too fun.
I don't know what today brings but I think we have dinner plans at 2pm with Ron and Polly Maki. An Army buddy of Jim's and he is the headhunter that used to work for Ray at CH. He gave me the lead for a job there and 16 years later, I retire. And a wonderful 16 years it was. Loved the job, have many a good friend there still.
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