Whirl Wind Tour yesterday...

Home again way too late last night to try and put any type of Blog together, so just wrote it off! Had a great day out visiting.

Started off in the morning by driving about 20 minutes north of here, to the Town of Davenport. John and Sheila are staying up there, so it was time for a visit! John and Sheila stay at our home park back in Woodstock. Seemed funny we are only 20 minutes away from each other down here...

They are in a beautiful Park in Davenport, and proudly have their sign posted on site!

We were welcomed by Sheila on the golf cart as we arrived at the Club House.

 

John and Sheila have a real nice Phaeton Motor Coach that they share with Chico!

They have lots of room on their site, and a virtual Jungle out behind... check it out below...

They wanted to go out to lunch and they choose a great location for it! Animal Kingdom up in Disney! Away we went! Darn... never did get a picture of Chico...

We all had to pose for the pictures inside the Lodge... this is all African Themed of course... what a spot!

Check out some of the animals that just hang around the Lodge...

 

This is certainly one of the more unusual places to enjoy a nice lunch in Orlando area.

Below is the view from our lunch table...

John and Sheila were fantastic hosts, and showed us all around the resort. They are very familiar with this place, as they stay with their Family quite often...

Now, believe it or not, this item in the picture below is a "head dress" worn by men during special ceremonies.... that would be cool to see.

We had a great lunch and enjoyed our tour. Best part was getting to run into John and Sheila again! We will see them again soon maybe, down in Winter Haven this time.

We left Orlando and drove over to St. Pete's. Howard and Teri were once again at the short end of their rope, and needed to start heading back to Ontario after getting snowed out last week. They ended up with 4 glorious days tacked on their vacation, and were not complaining about it!

We gave them a lift up to Tampa, and they were staying at the La Quinta Airport Hotel, in order to jump on a 8:00 a.m. flight up to Buffalo. They think their car is buried up there somewhere... here is hoping!

They took Judy and I out to The Olive Garden for a real nice going home dinner, that I really enjoyed! Thanks guys! I had an extra big glass lemonade with my dinner, and soon after, I started feeling really fuzzy, and for some reason, I thought we drove back down to St. Pete's again with Howard running up to the Condo looking for some missing items... but that must have been a dream...although there was a span of about 75 minutes that I missed in time last night and there are a few extra miles on the Jeep today... watch out for the lemonade at The Olive Garden! That's all I can say!

We have yet heard from them, but they should be back up in Ontario by now, in all the snow!

Till tomorrow...

 

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Easy Sunday...

Today was simply a day to recharge our batteries, you need that every now and then.

We enjoyed a local Church Service this morning. This afternoon was simply taking it easy...

I bought a new book in iTunes today...American Sniper.

 

This is a very unusual story of a Navy Seal, who became a Sniper during the Iraq War. It is unusual, as Chris Kyle, was just murdered near his home in Texas. He was working with War Vets, and one uf them, who was suffering depression, shot him at a Rifle Range where they were Shooting together for therapy reasons.

So far, a good read.

Till tomorrow...

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Mardi Gras in Florida????

Another simply beautiful day in Florida... wow... we must be running short... I don't know.

We decided this morning to take a motorcycle drive while everyone up north was firing up the snow blowers! Lots of snow going on up in Ontario! We thought about taking a drive down to a small Town near here called Frost Proof. We wanted to check out some hiking trails.

We stopped for a few minutes in Lake Wales. There was all kinds of things going on, so we had to check it out. Turns out it was their annual Mardi Gras Celebration!

Judy was checking out one of the booths in the downtown area, that was all closed to traffic.

 

Ya, check out that beautiful blue Florida Sky this afternoon.

They had Mardi Gras Masks for sale here... Judy and I were dumb founded this afternoon, as people were lined up on the side of the roads waiting for the parade to start. I went over and asked some people when the Parade started, and was told it was at 3:00 p.m. So, these people sat waiting in the hot sun for over 3 HOURS for the Parade to start! Wow... no us!

We drove south of Frost Proof, and found a small conservation area with a .25 mile trail that we walked. The one we were looking for turned out to be one we already did!

 

Just a bit of Spanish Moss above... don't drop your cigarette here! It would just be one big flash!

We found another neat conservation area at Fort Meade. This is on the Peace River, and we need to bring the kayaks here one day soon! Had a nice 150 klm. ride today in simply beautiful weather! Loved it!

Been kind of busy the last few days, and missed blogging about what we did yesterday. We were up early and drove out to the Circle B Ranch, as the people in our Park got together and were able to fill a tram ride with people for the guided tour! Didn't want to miss it! I have blogged about this 1,267 acre preserve before. It is owned by the people of Polk County, and is open to everyone 24/7 for free! They flooded the lands in one section, and it has turned out to be one of the best water bird areas in the U.S. There are also 4,000 alligators in the local Lake Hancock! NO SWIMMING HERE!

 

As a good Virgo, I got us here real early to load the tram. It is done by all volunteers who are excellent!

Here are some of the best birding shots I could come up with from the tram....

 

 

 

 

YIKES... where did this guy come from... he was nice and calm!

 

Above is an idea of the wildlife you see on a 1 1/2 hour tour! What a spot to visit! You have to come!

 

That black cat above was not in the Florida Swamp... it was in Gwenn's kitchen. This is a skype shot from a call this morning... Gwenny playing with the tupperware and the cat decided to join in on the fun! What a great call we had!

Till tomorrow...

 

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