Mon, Dec 7, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Mike did the grocery shopping today.  He LOVES to grocery shop.  We sanitized everything and put it all away.  After lunch Mike noticed the temperature in the freezer going up.  We checked everything and couldn’t find a logical reason for the increase.  It finally started going back down again.  No big deal.  We could have gotten a service call.  Watched a great football game between Missouri and Arkansas the other day.  Mike had stopped watching it because Missouri was playing so badly—according to him anyway.  They came back and scored the winning 18 points in 8 minutes.  We were able to watch the last minutes of the game when it was shown on another channel.  Cold front coming through today.  Sunny, windy, and chilling down.  Probably in the 60s right now.

All back to normal now.

 

Pearl Harbor Day today.

Sun, Dec 6, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Took care of the laundry today.  Walked to and from a few times—so got my walk in.  Chris was up there again.  Saw her last Sunday.  Seems we’re on the same schedule.  I’ve gotten to know her better because of the one-on-one conversations we have.  Both she and her husband got Covid.  Fever, aches, but mostly exhaustion.  They’re okay now.  They’re part of the biker group in here.  They’re off for a ride today.  Mike and I decided to try Crumb’s for lunch.  He jumped at the idea.  He loves their buffalo wings. We ate out on the deck.  No masks on the wait staff.  But we had our masks on and kept our distance from the waitress.  First time we’ve “eaten out” since we’ve been here.  No one else on the deck until we were leaving.  A really nice day today.  Upper 70s to low 80s. 

Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

Sat, Dec 5, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Felt a little chilly to me this morning, so I decided to wear the skirt I made out of an old pair of jeans.  Then went for my walk.  I’m sure people thought it was prom night or something.  Some ignorant person railed at me for wearing a mask.  Such are the days of political vitriol we live in right now.  A beautiful day.  Upper 70s.

Fri, Dec 4, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  An uneventful day.  I heard from my Canadian friend that Mayor Cates (Key West), his wife and daughter all fighting Covid in a hospital in Miami.  His wife died.  The former mayor and his daughter are still in the ICU fighting it.  People need to wake up.  70s today and cloudy.

Windows of Key West

Thu, Dec 3, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Cold again this morning.  But it warmed up nicely by lunch.  We had to make a Walgreens run in Clewiston today, so around 11:00 I started walking and Mike picked me up just short of the office.  Got my walk in.  So far I’ve seen 5 Canadians on my walks.  Guess they fly in.  Some ship their cars.  No masks.  Clewiston is home to US Sugar.  They have nice offices right on Main Street (aka Sugarland Highway).  Sugar is king in this area.  Fields and fields of sugarcane.  The only problem is when they burn it.  Sometimes we see black specs on our vehicles and RVs.  I’m sure that’s not very healthy.  But it doesn’t happen that often. Wonder why they burn it? Picked up KFC on our way home.  Haven’t had that in a long time.  Tasted pretty good.  When we got back from Clewiston, Daisy the cat came for a visit.  So, Bill and Margie are now here.  She is an amazing cat.  Just wish she wouldn’t kill things.  High 70s today.

Jolly Rover

Dining at the Roof Top Cafe in Key West.

Wed, Dec 2, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Quite cold this morning.  But our furnace is now working so we were very comfortable.  However, now the living room TV does not work.  So we had to get a Dish tech out here today.  Apparently, when removing the panel to get to the furnace, Craig had to disconnect one of the cables to the dish.  Guess he put back the wrong one.  Anyway, it’s now fixed so Mike is happy. We watched a great Netflix movie—“The Good Liar” with Helen Mirren and Ian something-or-other.  It was a much better movie than we thought it was going to be.  Upper 60s today with a clear blue sky.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Wisconsin.

This was his home, studio and school.

He named it Taliesin in honor of the Welsh bard whose name
 means “Shining Brow.”

Tue, Dec 1, 2020:  The Glades RV Park:  Chilly this morning.  But not as cold as it’s going to be tomorrow morning.  Stayed in most of the day.  Went out early and put all the chairs back on the patio.  A nice, sunny day though.  Our furnace wasn’t working again.  Craig came over and reset it—again.  Craig is a cancer survivor and has a prosthetic leg.  And he does everything around this park.  Always cheerful.  He is tough as nails that guy.  His wife, Penny, works in the office.  She is just as nice.  Thanks to Craig we’ll have heat tomorrow morning.  The fireplace doesn’t cut it when it gets really cold.  Made a big pot of goulash for dinner tonight.  We’ll be eating that for a while.  Never made it out of the 60s today. 

Sailboat Cruise on Lake Michigan--Door County.