Judy's home & Clayton & Pat too

Clayton flew into Ft Lauderdale and met up with Pat then they drove to St Augustine to see Margaret. After spending a little time there they brought Judy back Friday. We chowed down on shrimp at DeSotos Friday night and Lambert's Saturday night. The weather was good and we ended up staying put Saturday after all the driving they had done. We did get caught up playing Tonk & 7-up! After Clayton & Pat left to return to Margaret's Sunday morning Judy & I went to church at the park and played euchre tonight, I tied for second....again. While Judy was gone I didn't do too much but did spend time cleaning the joint up before she returned. It's been warm (70s) the last few days but it's getting cold now!

Gary & Deb; Christmas cookies

Friday Deb & Gary Pearce stopped by and after visiting for an hour we went had lunch at DeSotos (Sea & Surf was closed) and checked out the beach. It was a nice sunny day so we drove along the beach and also the state park. They are spending 2 nights at the Escapee CG on their way to Rockport, TX. I really enjoyed their visit. Deb had a new camera and I was playing with it so much I forgot to take any pictures with ours! Saturday Jody & Bruce were here and we mixed up 2 batches of Christmas cookies then went to the Christmas boat parade at LuLu's.

The parade was smaller this year but still nice. Afterwards we went to the Shrimp Basket for supper, I'm developing a hankering for shrimp. Sunday I went to Jody & Bruce's and assisted in the cookie baking by tasting them. We also moved some furniture so they could set up their Christmas tree. Today was nice, low 70s but solid overcast and a little light rain, but still very nice outdoors. I did get a little work done in our home on wheels. HO HO HO y'all.

the zoo

Sunday we went to the Gulf Shores zoo with our friends Ray & Barb after lunch at DeSotos. It was a very pleasant and warm afternoon. We played euchre Sunday and Tuesday evenings but didn't do too well other than having fun. Wednesday morning I took Judy to the Pensacola airport and she rented a car and drove to here sister Margaret's new place in St Augustine to see her and help her unpack and set up her new condo. It rained real hard all the way to the airport, we are almost swimming down here. Clayton will be in St Augustine about December 18 or 19 from CA to join the party. Now it's turned cold, 44 degrees at 2pm and still spitting rain. BUT......it will be back in the 60s and perhaps low 70s next week!

Tuesday night was euchre, Judy tied for second and I came in third. We have decorated the inside and outside with our Christmas decorations. Thursday we went out to lunch with Tom & Ann after Tom & I went to the Escapees CG for their weekly computer meeting. Judy played cribbage in the evening. Friday we went again with Tom & Ann to Pensacola, FL to McGuire's for lunch. The pub had over $550,000 in $1 bills with peoples names written on them stapled to every possible surface, we added one more. Today, after we had breakfast in the clubhouse and Judy did water aerobics, we went to Jody & Bruce's. We repaired a screen the dog went through and Bruce made a good roast beef supper. Nice hat huh Randy? Eat your heart out. POPS.

Where did 11 days go?????

I'm back, but not sure where 11 days have gone since my last post. I can recollect we went with Ray & Barb, HitchHiker friends, to the beach and some great shrimp at the Sea & Surf. We also went with Ann & Tom to the Escapee park in Summerdale to check it out as we both like it and the Escapees there. We also stopped for a great breakfast, in the afternoon, at a nice hole in the wall place in Foley and we stopped at a pecan farm and got 10 pounds to shell and eat. I had a birthday in there somewhere; a biggie as I got to sing "Happy Social Security to me". Judy won $10 for first place playing euchre here at the park, she keeps reminding me I won only $5 for third place a couple days earlier. We spent 3 days working at Jody & Bruce's, his parents came over from SC for Thanksgiving. Jody was working or on call at the hospital but managed to be home much of the time. She's in her second year of residency at the University of South Alabama Hospital in Mobile. We are quite proud of her. We all spent 3 days working around their house, besides a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Norm had the flu, then Bruce, then Diane, then me. I spent the last day and a half in the bathroom or bed, ya, I know you really wanted to hear that! Judy managed some shopping and all is well here! It has rained quite a bit the last 2 days but is sunny with blue skies, 62 degrees. FLASH.....we are heading for Las Vegas tomorrow so Judy can hit the professional euchre circuit, she won $8 for first place again tonight. Happy Birthday BJ!!!!

Happy Anniversary to us......

Yesterday we relaxed, met up with some of our friends and did a little shopping after lunch at Krystals. Krystals is a slight upgrade from White Castle in the south. I haven't had one since we left in January. We played euchre last night but neither of us placed in the $$$ winners; next time!

Today is our 42nd anniversary so we celebrated by doing the laundry, getting the bugs cleaned off the front cap, and cleaning the truck real good inside and out. This afternoon we we to Jody & Bruce's then we all went to Felix's Fish Camp for supper. Boy was it good!!!! Remember it Randy & Kristi? Something special happen there?

Gulf Shores, AL

Sunday morning we went back to the old turn of the century wood frame church, a little grocery shopping, Subway for lunch then home. In the afternoon we started to break camp and pack up.
Today we pulled out at 9:30 and 3 1/2 hours and 180 miles later we covered 3 (small) states. LA, MS and AL arriving at Gulf Breeze RV Resort in Gulf Shores. This is one of our favorite places, it's got everything you could want in an RV park except a high price ($405/mo with everything included) , lots of park activities, all kinds of things to do in the area, some good restaurants, the Gulf of Mexico, a nice cat names Patches and yes, daughter, Dr. Bahnmiller is less than an hour away in Mobile.
After setting up we talked with neighbors from Tipton, MI; went looking for Tom & Ann but they weren't home; then stopped to see some HitchHiker friends. Kinda feels like home.