Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Nov 9th to 11th - Florida

Nov 9th - Sun - Davenport FL
The weather was so lovely this morning that I sat outside to read and have coffee. Terry suggested that I move the computer to the dining table to see if we could get wifi at our site and it worked since it gave us a clear line of sight to the antenna on the bath house. So we spent quite a bit of time catching up on email and researching campgrounds but were unable to reach anyone to make reservations.
After lunch, Terry & I went driving and made a big loop first south, then northeast through Kissimmee and back west & south to return to the park. Fueled up on diesel - $2.99.

Nov 10th - Mon - Davenport FL
I spent some time on the computer, made some campground reservations and prepared a bean casserole for the crock pot while Terry visited with Frank & Barry. Then Terry & I went to a few flea markets and got quite a bit of exercise to buy one Tshirt for Terry. We had a nice lunch, came back to the park and visited with neighbors for a while.
There was a pot luck dinner (hence the beans in the crock pot) in the park tonight followed by a musician who played the guitar and harmonica (sometimes at the same time) and sang very well. We chatted with a nice couple for a bit and were back before 8.

Nov 11th - Tues - Davenport FL
Did some maintenance and chores this morning and then had a late breakfast. About noon we took off with Frank & Marion for some exploring south on hwy 27. We went to a candy factory which promised viewing of the candy making process but nothing seemed to be under way. But we did take advantage of the candy tasting and we each bought some sweets. Then we stopped at a visitor center right beside a large orange juice processing plant where we watched an interesting film on orange juice and did more sampling - juice this time. We drove through nearby historic Lake Wales and checked out a couple of local stores.
On the way back we stopped at a WalMart for a few grocery items and ended up getting a pair of shorts and 2 pairs of jeans for Terry as well.
I applied myself to putting captions on pictures when we got back rather than going for a swim so I will be able to put them on the internet tonight.

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