April 8 & 9, 2017 - Saturday & Sunday

Saturday was overcast, so we got a morning tee time because we planned on going to 4:00 mass. This time at the golf course, we were paired with another couple. They were from Germany, but spoke English pretty well, except if they hit a bad shot, then they vented in German and we didn't  know what they were saying .... but we could only guess!! (Like when Richard hits a bad shot). After church we treated ourselves to a delicious bar-be-que rib dinner at a restaurant we were told about called the Log Cabin. It was very crowed, which usually means it is good, which it was!  

Sunday was a laid back day. Richard wanted to watch the NASCAR race on tv, so I got the laundry done, fun time!  The Çampground does have a nice laundry room. We knew the beaches would be crowded being the weekend & spring break. Which also meant the parking would be far. 

April 7,2017 - Friday

Another cool. Day, not a beach day...so we went golfing again at a different course. This course was near the road where we got our ticket, so after we finished golfing we went to see why we got that ticket for the u-turn. Well ..... Right there before the opening where we made the u-turn was a sign stating no u-turns! Neither one of us saw that sign yesterday!! So I guess the officer was doing his job and the ticket was legitimate. From now on we will be more observant. At least he didn't give us a ticket for not having our insurance car with us, only a warning. By the way...the card is now in the glove compartment !

April 6, 2017 - Thursday

The 90 degree temperature's and humidity broke. (Thank goodness!) It rained in the morning and the temp dropped to the comfortable 80's. We decided to golf instead of the beach. We got a 2:30 tee time, so we decided to do some sight-seeing and shopping earlier. Well we missed the entrance to a CVS in a location we were not familiar with, so we saw an opening in the road & made a u-turn, which are legal in Florida. All of a sudden there is a State Tropper car behind us with the lights blinking for us to pull over....when he came to the window, Richard asked what the problem was (we thought maybe we had a light out), boy were we wrong...he said we made an illegal turn. We said we were told u-turns are legal in FL. He said not on that road...huh!!! But we knew not to argue with him. He asked for Richard's drivers license & proof of insurance. I realized the insurance card was back in the motorhome which we told him. Result....we got a $163.00 ticket for a "civil infraction" and a warning citation for not having the insurance card in the car! Welcome to Florida!!! Richard said he wasn't going to let this ruin his golf game. So we did have a good time golfing, but we still didn't think we should have got that ticket!!

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.