Tue, Dec 5, Miami Everglades RV Park, Homestead, FL:  Went to our little strip mall late morning and did the grocery shopping.  Our park is in a big agricultural area—mostly tree farms.  All kinds of palm and other tropical trees.  And there are beautiful, gated homes in the area—tree farming must be booming.  Especially since the hurricanes.  I heard a royal palm goes for about $20 thousand!  Went for a walk and then sat around reading for a while.  We don’t get much shade in our site, so most of our reading is inside.  83 today and beautiful.

Key West

Mon, Dec 4, Miami Everglades RV Park, Homestead, FL:  Slept in this morning.  Then took care of some banking issues.  Took a walk and then relaxed and read for a while.  Put a casserole in the oven and then played rummy for a while.   Saw on the news that they caught and killed a 17-ft python in the Big Cypress preserve in the everglades.  Yikes!  At least they killed the damn thing!  83 today.

How would you like to see this thing slithering in your back yard?

Sun, Dec 3, Miami Everglades RV Park, Homestead, FL:  Drove over to James and Carolina’s apartment this morning.  It’s quite a drive.  I thought it would be much closer.  They’re in N. Miami Beach which is much less busy than Miami Beach.  They look out over a pretty little park.  We had mimosas and Colombian pastries and then went to the Pier for lunch.  A nice day.  Had a great time with them. 

View from their 25th floor balcony.

Enjoying mimosas in their kitchen.  They have a beautiful apartment.

A wine bottle night light my brother-in-law made.

View from our table at the Pier.

Another view from our table.

On the pier looking back at the beach.

Fri, Dec 1, KOA, Okeechobee, FL, to Miami Everglades RV Park, Miami, Fl:  Mike did all the driving today, since it was only about a 3 hour drive.  We took Rt. 441 south on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.  This route is designated a scenic highway.  And it was beautiful after getting past dumpy RV parks and mobile home parks.  We did pass a really nice RV park which we wrote down and will check out later.  Although I doubt we’ll come down this way again.  We picked up Rt. 27 and then got off on Chrome Avenue.  A lot of construction on Chrome.  We finally got to our park and were set up by 1:00. Played rummy for a while.  Going to bed early tonight.  Didn’t get much sleep last night.  Low 80s today. 

Doors of Key West

Thu, Nov 30, KOA, Okeechobee, FL:  After our morning ablutions we headed to Home Depot to pick up a new outside mat and a new inside mat.  Also picked up a doweling to hold the bed up so we can access the storage underneath. Our new mattress weighs 80 pounds so we need something to hold it up.  Works out okay.  Went to Parrot Island for lunch.  I had a delicious chopped salad and Mike had a Cuban sandwich.  Played rummy for a while after we got back.  Mike emptied the tanks and started putting stuff away.  We leave tomorrow for Miami.  Looking forward to it, as we’ll hook up with Mike’s son, James, and his wife Carolina.  Low 80s today and we finally took the quilt off the bed.  Shouldn’t need it any more at night. 

Mike posing in the lobby of Trump Tower--NYC.

Wed, Nov 29, KOA, Okeechobee, FL:  Did the laundry this morning and then worked on getting our blue ray player working.  Not successful.  Will have to wait until we get home or find someone that can help us.  A breezy and warm day today.  Upper 70s today.  

21 Club - NYC

Tue, Nov 28, KOA, Okeechobee, FL:  Partly cloudy and breezy today.  Sat outside reading for a while.  After lunch we headed to Publix go do some grocery shopping.  Got that done and played rummy for a while.  I won one and Mike won one.  Perfect!  Spent a lot of time trying to get our blue ray player to play a DVD.  We had audio but no video.  Will have to spend some time tomorrow to figure it out.  We brought a lot of DVDs with us to watch.  Not sure how it will all play out.  Low 80s today and beautiful!

German cemetery, Normandy.