We went on the road and headed for Naples. I finally got to see Alligator Alley, and the name on the expressway going from East to West is also posted as Alligator Alley. I was surprised. The temperature was only about 66 outside when we were driving by so I only saw about a dozen Alligators. What was funny is I would see dark logs and it turned out they were also Alligators or I would see dirt and they turned out to be Alligators. Is it my vision, were we going too fast, 65 miles an hour, or do I not know what an Alligator looks like. We only had to cover 138 miles from Palm Beach to Naples. We are now settled in Crystal Lake. http://www.crystallakervresort.com/ It is a pretty special place. We stayed here back in 2009 for 6 weeks. We are here for a little over a month.
Ronnie & Marybeth Scavo are here through next Wednesday and on Saturday Frank & Helen Yates that have a home here 6 months out of the year will be also be coming over for dinner. Jim went to grade school through high school with these guys and Helen. Yesterday Ronnie and Marybeth stopped by and we threw some chicken on the grill and Ronnie made one of his wonderful salads. Ronnie has changed the way he eats and has lost 42 pounds. What an inspiration, he looks great and still has a ways to go but he and Jim are up at the workout room this morning doing their thing. They have a class A workout gym. I will be walking the dogs and that will be my exercise. I will take some pictures, who am I kidding, Jim will. He takes such good pictures.
We found a church for Maundy worship on Thursday night, a Wisconsin Synod church, Our Saviors Lutheran Church, we are having a hard time finding an ELCA church. The funny thing is the Pastor and his wife are both graduates of Bemidji State University. Can ou believe it. It is where Mac graduated from college. We will probably go back for Good Friday services, we had a nice chat with the Pastor but not one person came up to us and greeted us. It just goes to show you how important it is for us to do that at our church. We did take communion though we know it's frowned on because of their beliefs but communion is important to us. I need to speak to Pastor Dale. Isn't it wonderful that he is such an easy go to guy when I want to know about other churches.
After church which was at 6:30, and by the way their hymnal copyright date is 1941, we hadn't sung any of the hymns before. After church we went over to Ronnie and Marybeth's camper and had snacks a wine and a visit. (I had wine)
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