April 5, 2017 - Wednesday

Another hot day - 90's. So we headed out to the beach. This time we went a little farther down the highway to Delnor-Wiggins St Park, also where we had been on previous trips and liked the beach. Close parking with only a short jaunt to the beach. We were fortunate to get a really close space. The waves were very strong, but the water was warm ( the dot in the water in the picture is Richard) we sure got our share of sun. We didn't use enough sun screen and we both got a little sunburn . 

April 4, 2017 - Tuesday

We had our first "beach day" today.🏖 We spent the day at Lovers Key State Park in Fort Myers. We had been here on previous  trips. It has a free tram that drives you down to the beach from the parking lot, which is great & it is a double tram that holds many people. It runs back and forth every 15min. It was a super hot day, 90's again, but there was a nice breeze off the ocean. Richard even got his "beach nap" in. 

April 3, 2017 - Monday

Said good-bye to Jack & Jan (we will stop back here on our way home at the end of the month) Our next stop is in Alva,FL at W P Franklin, a Core of Engineers Campgeround. It is near Fort Myers. It was about 285 miles from Orlando, a 51/2 hr drive. We will be here for the next two weeks. It's a very nice, well maintained Campgeround, as are all COE sites. All sites have concrete slabs and hooded picnic tables. The weather was extremely hot...90's.

April 2, 2017 - Sunday

.Today is our last day at the "J & J Resort" . We started the day making a Happy Birthday video for our grandson Jake for his 24th Birthday. 🎂 He is currently in California for his job, so we wanted to surprise him with a musical Happy Birthday message, which turned out a lot of fun since we had to do it twice because I forgot to push the video start button the first time!! Leave it to me !! 😗 we got another afternoon tee time. ⛳️ Again another beautiful day, but a little warmer, actually quite hot. But we had a good time anyway.🏌. (Can you see that I learned how to use emojis) ended the evening playing  the Mexican Train domino game, and made it an early evening since we will be leaving in the morning.

April 1, 2017 - Saturday

Their was a nearby neighborhood garage sale which Richard & Jan love to browse. So while they went to see what "treasures" they could find, I got our laundry done. In the early afternoon Richard & Jack went to the gun range to practice shooting (Jack's new hobby) Us girls went to a farmers market nearby. There I found my goodies, fruit, jam, dried fruit, bread and my very favorite ...garlic free dill pickles, soooo good!! Later we went to church for mass. Then we treated our friends for their hospitality to a good meal at a restaurant called TooJays. We ended the evening sitting in their screened in deck having wine and good conversation along with their neighbor, Lilia.

March 31, 2017 - Friday

Richard decided that the tires on the tow dolly,which we are towing our car on, looked a little worn. He didn't want to trust them for the rest of our trip. So he and Jack took the tow dolly to have new tires put on it, as the saying goes ...better safe than sorry! Jan & I went to do some shopping, of course. Later we got an afternoon tee time to golf. Being that my foot is sore, I didn't golf but I drove the golf cart for Richard and kept score. It was a beautiful day,warm, but a little bit overcast with a light breeze. A fun time!  Being lent and Friday, we had tuna sandwiches & milk shakes for dinner. We ended the night with with a card game ( which Richard of course won). 

March 30, 2017 - Thursday

Had a fun filled weekend with good friends! 😊 We arrived at the "J & J Resort" (aka... Jack & Jan's) in Orlando, early afternoon. Coming down their street, we had a laugh as we saw the "famous vacancy sign" on their mailbox! We spent the afternoon "catching up" . Later we got a treat, we were able to see the rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, on their dock, on their  neighborhood lake.. Lake Price. That was amazing!! We actually saw light of the rocket, but I wasn't able to capture it on my camera, however the picture shows the white smoke tail from it. Then we had a good home-cooked meal, salad, meatloaf, mashed potatos, & corn. Yummy!!