FLORIDA HERE WE ARE

Well here we are in Florida.

First night in Effingham I'll.

13 hours on the road but all you can think of is getting out of the snow and not sliding in to the cold sheets.  Burr. 

Dinner with Jim's army buddie Norm and his lovely friend Judy.  She is amazing, after becoming a widow, she has drove her rather large 5th wheel to Golden Colorado and that is no small feat.  I think of taking this beast, sorry beast, I mean "The Castle" all by myself and I shutter.  We sure make ourself dependent on our men.  Thank you Jim.

I get such a kick out of Jim and Norm on the phone, a couple of old hens.

The second might we stayed in Chattanooga TN.  Very pleasant camp ground but finding a spot that wasn't wet or muddy was a task for the dogs to do their business, I just say that they travel well and Otto is taking on a new doo.  He had so many matts in his hair I have been cutting it 
about 1/4 inch long.  Thank goodness for warm weather.  Only 8 hours on the road, so glad we have bananas, clementines and apples for the road though I could have done better.  No mattter we will be at our destination today.

This is the third night,  we made it to Ocala FL.  Grabbed a spot here because it became really hard to find a spot near Sarsota.  Yes you guessed it.  Wonderful Jim is taking me to the Ringling Brothers Estate so I can see their Mansion - Ca' d'Zan.  Means "house of John".  We stopped their one year and spent 1/2 a day going through the Art Museum, which by the way is a must see.  It was like going through the Old Testament in pictures.  And what pictures they were.  10x12 foot paintings depicting all the old stories you 
have heard since you were a child in Sunday school.  We never went inside the mansion. I get to do that today, 

Today is  March 1st and that is the start of our rental at Crystal Lake RV resort in North Naples.  I can't wait till tomorrow when I take a run down to Wiggins State Park 10 miles from us and romp in the ocean,  the sun will feel so good on our frozen Remer bodies.  Now let's see if that happens.  Maybe Jim can just drop me off.  I just want to lie in the sand. Especially my feet.   

I can't get in to the grounds until 9:30 - I can just see Jim dropping me off in our  camper - he is going to find someplace to go for a few hours - the guided tour starts 
at 10 and I want to be on it.  They call the mansion "A Terrace of Dreams".
And I can't wait to see if any of the roses in the rose garden are in bloom, I would think it's too early.  Can't have everything.  I am overjoyed to be able to be dropped off.  Hope my back holds out.   Standing is my least favorite thing.  
We stand too much at church but isn't it funny how a younger pastor doesn't see it my way - I mean who is in charge anyway.  Oh that's right.  NOT ME.