Fri, Nov 11, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  We had some excitement last night.  Not sure if I’d call it excitement.  We’re watching TV last night around 7:00 and the carbon monoxide detector started alerting.  It was lighting up like crazy and beeping.  We checked everything, shut down the propane and it was still alarming and beeping.  We checked the owner’s manual and it took a while just to find the section on the carbon monoxide detector.  The only thing we could find was this alerting and beeping indicated we needed to replace the detector.  Mike finally pulled the fuse.  We ended up calling Glades County fire and they sent out someone to check.  This big fire truck pulled up around 45 minutes later with all their lights flashing.  I’m sure our neighbors thought they’d be pulling a body out or something.  They checked everything with their detector and found nothing.  Still worried, we opened windows and put on all the fans.  Today we headed to ACE Hardware and bought a plug-in detector.  We are now protected.  Carbon monoxide is nothing to take lightly.  

To all the veterans out there, thank you for your service!

 

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Thu, Nov. 10, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  Well, we survived the hurricane/tropical storm today.  Yesterday people were scurrying around removing their carport covers and screen room covers.  Because we have a permanent screen room, the only thing we had to do was take the chairs off our patio.  Supposed to be pretty gusty tomorrow.  Not sure if we’ll put our chairs back out or not.  No happy hour tonight.

Our permanent screen room.

Fri, Nov 4, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  I drove to Clewiston this morning and Mike stayed behind with the guy from Bobby’s RV Repair who was here to fix our hot water heater.  I got back around 11:30 and we headed to The Riverfront Grill (formerly Crumb’s) for lunch.  A beautiful day, albeit a little windy.  We put the umbrella out and a frog jumped down and landed on my left boob.  Decided it was too windy for the umbrella as it kept trying to blow away.  Had a great lunch and then back to our site and Mike set up the water softener.  Now we just have a little trimming to take care of and we’re done—for now anyway.  83 in here today. 

A couple of nice boats went by as we were having lunch.

Wed, Nov 2, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  This morning Frank was here early to wash the fifth wheel and the shed.  It looks really good.  I swept the patio and the pavers in the screen room.  Going to get more pavers for a walkway between the patio and the end of the screen room.  But first we have to get the water heater fixed.  Bobby’s RV Service is coming out tomorrow afternoon to hopefully take care of that.  We got the table and chairs set up in the screen room.  That’s all we did since Mike is not feeling too great.  One thing at a time.  87 here today.

Blue Angels - Pensacola, FL

Tue, Nov 1, 2022:  Ocala, FL, to The Glades:  We got going about 8:30 this morning.  We only had a short stint on I75 before we got on the Florida turnpike, but had a close call when a couple of exits up, the line to get off the highway was backed up on the right lane, bringing everything to a screeching halt.  I hate I75.  The less we’re on it the better.  We took Rt. 27 down through the center of Florida.  It’s a limited access highway with three lanes on each side.  Much less stressful.  Stopped at Lake Placid, got our groceries and continued on to The Glades.  Got here about 1:30.  Our new neighbors, Gary and Mary Beth stopped by to say hello.  We put everything away and then relaxed.  I got ready to take a shower and realized I hadn’t turned on the water heater.  The cold shower felt pretty good.  Tomorrow we’ll finish setting up the table and chairs in the screen room.  88 here in The Glades.   

Belingrath Gardens

 

Mon, Oct 31, 2022:  Dothan, AL, to Ocala, FL:  We left Dothan at 8:20 this morning and were ensconced in our hotel room by 3:30.  We lost an hour today as we’re now on Eastern Time.  An uneventful drive with no rain.  85 here in Ocala.  Tomorrow we leave for The Glades.  We’ll stop in Lake Placid for groceries.   

Bellingrath Gardens

 

 

Sun, Oct 30, 2022:  Tupelo, MS, to Dothan, AL:  Another long driving day today.  And I didn’t get much sleep last night, so Mike had to do most of the driving.  We left Tupelo at 8:30 and arrived in Dothan by 3:30.  We drove through showers off and on.  At least it wasn’t a downpour.  72 here in Dothan.  Tomorrow we leave for Ocala, FL. 

Mackinac Island

Summer "cottages" on Mackinac Island

The Grand Hotel