WEEK 1

WE DECIDED TO TAKE 10 DAYS TO 

GET TO OUR RENTAL HOUSE IN 

FLORIDA. 

 WE LEFT WINNIPEG WITH -32 SHOWING ON OUR CAR

AND A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE.

FLORIDA HAS BEEN HAVING +20 MOST DAYS.

CAN'T WAIT

LOTS OF SNOW COVER MOST OF THE WAY TO BRANSON.

WE HAD NOT BEEN TO LAMBERT'S EVEN THOUGH WE

HAD STOPPED THERE MANY TIMES.

MOST TIMES THERE WERE BUS LOADS OF PEOPLE

SO WE SPENT TIME AT THE ANTIQUE MALLS INSTEAD.

THIS TIME THERE WERE NO LINE UPS AND THE ANTIQUE MALLS

HAD CLOSED. WE FOUND SEVERAL OF OUR REGULAR STOPS

HAD DISAPPEARED.

THE PORTIONS ARE HUGE. WE HAD LUNCH AND SUPPER!

I TRIED THE CATFISH AND RON HAD HOG JOWLS!

RON ENJOYING A 'THROWED ROLL'! THEY REALLY DO CHUCK 

THOSE ROLLS AT THE DINERS!

 BRANSON - FINALLY A LITTLE LESS SNOW!

I DID GET A 'SORT OF PICTURE' OF A CARDINAL.

MY AIM WAS TO SEE SOME - I SAW QUITE A FEW!

PICTURES OF THEM - NOT SO MUCH!!!!

 WE DID A FEW OF THE REGULAR STOPS AT BRANSON.

HAD TO CHECK OUT DICK'S AS WELL

AS ALL THE THRIFT STORES IN THE VICINITY.

LOCATED A FEW UNIQUE NATIVITY SCENES FOR

MY COLLECTION.

RON IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT TOYS!

NOT A LOT OF SHOWS OPEN YET.

WE MISSED THE ANTIQUE MALL AND QUILT SHOP

THAT FELL VICTIM TO THE TORNADO THAT PASSED THROUGH

2 YEARS AGO.

NOTHING HAS BEEN BUILT ON THAT SITE YET.

SO WE FOUND A FEW OUT OF THE WAY PLACES TO CHECK.

ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN, HEADING SOUTH ON THE 65, WE DETOURED

TO CHECK OUT STONECROFT. WE HAD SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS THERE

OVER THE PAST YEARS VOLUNTEERING.

WE WATCHED MANY BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS OVER

TABLE ROCK LAKE (BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTANCE).

 THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT NOTHING HAS

CHANGED SINCE WE LAST STOPPED BY.

 SEVERAL TIMES WE SAW HUGE FLOCKS OF GEESE.

THERE WERE BOTH SNOW GEESE AND CANADA GEESE

GATHERING IN VARIOUS FIELDS.

GUESS THEY WILL BE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE

THIS SPRING AS WINNIPEG IS STILL IN WINTER MODE!

 HEADING INTO MISSISSIPPI BROUGHT A BIT

OF WARMTH. AND A LOT LESS SNOW.

 AMONG THE THINGS WE STOP FOR - OLD CARS!

RON SPOTTED THESE AND DID A QUICK TURN AROUND.

OUR FIRST SIGN INDICATING WE WERE 

NEARING FLORIDA - IN MOBILE, AL

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

 THE SS ALABAMA - WE STOPPED HERE MANY YEARS AGO

WHEN OUR KIDS WERE YOUNG.

MOSTLY SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 20'S

 I 10 HEADING EAST

 WE STOPPED IN FORT WALTON BEACH, ON THE 

GULF OF MEXICO.

WE SPENT SOME TIME ENJOYING THE WATER VIEWS.

 THIS WAS A DOG PARK, RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM OUR MOTEL.

QUITE A BIT OF WATER STANDING IN THE AREA, BUT WE COULD

GET DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE FOR A FEW PICTURES.

FURTHER DOWN THE BEACH ROAD JUST BEFORE SUNSET.

WE CONTINUED ON THE 98 (AND A FEW SMALLER SIDE ROADS) 

FOLLOWING THE GULF OF MEXICO

EARLY MORNING 1 WEEK AFTER LEAVING HOME!

NICE SUNRISE BUT TOO MANY BUILDINGS IN THE WAY.

THE WHITE SAND ALONG THE GULF.

BUT THE WIND WAS EXTREMELY COLD OFF

THE WATER. WE DECIDED NOT

TO WALK ALONG THE SAND.

DID NOT WANT TO PULL OUT OUR WINTER

COATS AGAIN.

 OUR TRAVELS DOWN THE GULF.

WENT THROUGH SEVERAL SMALL PLACES SO

TRAVELS WERE SLOWER.

 GOT TO TALLAHASSEE JUST BEFORE THE FLEA MARKET

CLOSED. SO WE DID A QUICK WALK THROUGH AND HEADED

TO THE I 10 AND LAKE CITY FLORIDA.

 MANY SHRUBS ARE IN BLOOM. WILL NEED TO CHECK MY

BOOKS TO SEE IF I CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE FLOWERING

AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

CHECK BACK FOR WEEK 2!