January 15-18

We attended the first game night since our arrival. Half the hall played dominoes; the other half were doing Texas Hold'em. We did the dominoes but couldn't be partners. Mary and her partner came in first with the lowest score and won $10 each.

Saturday night the campground sponsored a 50's dance.

They have one each month. February will be a Valentine's Day dance and a Mardi Gras dance in March. There was a huge crowd. It seemed like everyone went outside at 7:30 to see the rocket that was going to be launched at Cape Canaveral, but it was delayed for 2 hours.

A flock of strange birds has been hanging out around the campground today. Don't know what they are, but there are a lot of them!

Jan. 14

Took a drive to Camping World. It is close to Disney World which is about 55 miles from us. Fastest way to get there was using the toll road. Not cheap but fast. Cost $3.00 each way. Then we spent $80 at Camping World. Played euchre Wed. night. Had 52 people playing. Tonight we are signed up for dominoes. Got up Thurs. and it is 36 out. Will warm up to 63 today but drop into low 30's again tonight. Oh well I guess we can handle a couple of COOL nights. Not like we are getting snow, ice, and zero temps.

Jan. 6 - Jan. 13

Learning our way around Umatilla. Found the Wal Mart, Catholic Church, Winn Dixie. Played Euchre Wed. night. On Thurs. we drove over to Hernando to see a Ellen Cain. I used to work with her at WSJ. After visiting with Ellen we drove down to Tampa to check out the Hard Rock Casino. This is a big casino and very nice. On Friday Mary played bingo. They play that a lot here. Sat. and Sun. were nice and warm. Did grocery shopping and watched football both days. On Monday we drove through Ocala Natl Forest and then over to Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach was empty. Nobody there. I guess that will change for bike week. From Daytona Beach we drove to Cocoa Beach to spend a little time shopping at Ron Jon. Got back to campground in time for Mary to play bingo. Tues. is very rainy all day. Had a residents' meeting in the morning and then did the wash.

Jan. 2 - Jan. 13

Left Breese on Jan. 2 and drove to Texas T campground in TN. This is close to Steve and Denise Snackenberg's house. Stayed and visited with them for two days. Dennis and Jackie were also there. On Jan. 4 we drove south to Dothan, AL and spent one night there. On Jan. 5 we drove to our campground in FL. We will be at The Olde Mill Stream RV Resort until April 5. More posts to follow.