Mon, Nov 30, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  I don’t know what got into me today.  I got up, took a quick shower, dressed and got the trash ready to take out.  Wiped everything down outside, took the trash to the road and went for my walk.  All before 8:00!  We’ve been wanting to get a more permanent screen room for our site—one with a steel frame and roof.  We could have someone build a platform for it and then bolt it down to the platform.  Then we’d never have to take it down.  While walking this morning, I went by the site that has one of these and talked with him about it.  He said he never takes it down, just anchors the thing.  Maybe next year.  Back from my walk and Mike was up.  I cleaned the bathroom and then gave myself a mani and pedi.  It was starting to look pretty ugly out there, so I went to the office to pick up our mail before the storm hit.  Just in time.  Put all the patio furniture under the overhang and hunkered down inside.  It poured down for a while.  But now the sun is out—for now anyway.  It probably hit 80 today.

Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris

I'm so glad we got to see this magnificant cathedral before the horrific fire.  It's amazing that construction started in 1163 and opened in 1345.  It'll probably be decades before it's back to it's original glory.

The beautiful spire.

The stonemasons used these marks to identify their work.

These are on the columns inside the cathedral.

 

Sun, Nov 29, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Today was one of the last nice days before the cold front comes through.  And a nice one it was.  We got the laundry out of the way early.  After lunch we sat outside reading for a while.  I finished my Forsythe book and will start a Dean Koontz book.  Haven’t read him in a while.  I walked to and from the laundry room—so got my walk in.  Played spades with Nomad before dinner.  Low 80s today.

Kylemore Abbey - Ireland

Sat, Nov 28, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  A quiet, do-nothing day today.  Went for my walk early while Mike was still asleep.  Another beautiful day.  Around lunch a group of our neighbors were getting ready to do another ride on their Harleys.  Was over talking to Mark and Deb across the street from us.  They never wear masks.  Guess they have no fear of Covid.  We seem to be the rare exception.  Mark said they were going to stop at a restaurant somewhere on their ride.  I’m sure with no masks.  As long as we’re safe.  Mid-80s today.  Next week it’s supposed to be in the 70s and 60s! 

Hiking around Gilbert Lake

Fri, Nov 27, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Didn’t wake up until 8:45 this morning and had to hustle to get the trash out to the road.  They pick up at 9:00.  Got that out of the way and wiped everything down.  Then went for my walk.  Did a mile today.  A beautiful day it was too.  After lunch I fell asleep watching some stupid game show.  Since it’s nice and shady on our patio around this time, we sat outside for a while enjoying this beautiful day.  Played spades for a while with Nomad.  Left-over turkey and all the trimmings for dinner again tonight.  Mid-80s today.

The Activity Center and pool area.

Continuing on my walk.

Thu, Nov 26, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Happy Thanksgiving!  Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day “Parade.”  A little different this year.  Putting the turkey breast in at noon.  Planning on eating at 2:00.  Looking forward to it.  Will watch the dog show.  Hoping to find a nice holiday movie to watch, or maybe football.  84 today.

Turkeys hanging around our cottage at Cumberland Island.

 

Wed, Nov 25, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Went for my walk early this morning.  Came back, had breakfast and got on the computer.  Finally got the personal property tax paid.  Back to Clewiston to pick up an order from Walmart.  This worked out well.  I ordered on line and requested the pick-up-at-the-store option.  Had to go in the store to the kiosk where I entered my name, and in about 2 minutes a person showed up and went into a back room and brought out my order.  Easy.  The store was packed with grocery shoppers though.  Back home and made the orange/cranberry bread for tomorrow’s dinner.  Cloudy pretty much all day today.  81 for the high.

Golf Course busy this morning.

The little slough on my walk this morning.

Orange/cranberry bread--so good!

Tue, Nov 24, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Spent most of the morning on the computer and accomplished nothing.  Tried to pay my personal property tax on-line, but the site wasn’t ready yet.  Tried to access Beef O’Brady’s web site to no avail.  We wanted to order lunch and pick it up while in Clewiston later, but we’ll have to do it in person.  So, stopped on the way to Walgreens to order our sandwiches.  Picked them up on our way out of town.  The place was packed—no masks.  No wonder Florida is a hot mess.  But the sandwiches were delicious.  Saved half of mine for dinner.  A really nice day out there.  After lunch we sat out on the patio reading and getting some sun.  Low 80s today.

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