WEEK 2

FLORIDA

 WE AGAIN STOPPED AT THE ORANGE LAKE TRADING POST.

STILL LOOKS MUCH THE SAME.

VERY INTERESTING PLACE. RON DID FIND A FEW 8 TRACKS.

THE VILLAGES - A RETIREMENT PLACE FOR THE RICH???

 A LOT OF SPANISH MOSS HANGING FROM THE TREES.

SOME LOOKED PRETTY SUN BLEACHED.

WE ARRIVED IN KISSIMMEE ON SUNDAY EVENING AND

SETTLED INTO SUN SOL. A NICE MOTEL.

RON RELAXING BY THE POOL.

 PICKING UP A COFFEE.

SUNSET VIEW FROM THE BALCONY.

HELICOPTER TOURS FLEW RIGHT OVER OUR MOTEL. 

THIS CHOPPER SCARED UP A BUNCH OF BIRDS 

 ALONG THE BACK FENCE I FOUND SOME ORANGE TREES.

THEY WERE IN BLOOM AND THE FRAGRANCE WAS WONDERFUL.

BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES FROM THE MONTHS WE SPENT

WORKING WITH MDS.

 A LITTLE FRIEND STOPPING BY WHILE WE WERE HAVING 

SUPPER POOL SIDE.

 A MOCKING BIRD SINGING HIS HEART OUT MOST OF THE DAY.

A VULTURE AT REST.

AZALEAS

TIME TO CHECK IN AT OUR RENTAL HOUSE IN 

WINDSOR HILLS.

 RAY & DOROTHY (BROTHER & WIFE) WERE STAYING JUST 

DOWN THE ROAD. THEIR CHILDREN HAD LEFT ON WEDNESDAY

SO WE INVITED THEM FOR BREAKFAST POOL SIDE. 

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

WAITING FOR MJJDM TO ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON.

MET THE KIDS AT THE SANFORD AIRPORT.

THEY WERE GLAD TO SHED THEIR WINTER CLOTHES.

EVERYTHING WAS A 2 THUMBS UP FOR MICHAYLA!

I THINK IT TOOK 5 MINUTES BEFORE THEY WERE IN THE POOL.

WE HAD STOPPED FOR A QDOBA SUPPER SO THEY WERE READY

FOR A SWIM BEFORE SUNSET.

A FEW GAMES OF POOL AFTER.

THESE GUYS ARE EARLY RISERS. THEY DID SLEEP TILL

7:00 SO WE GOT TO SEE THE SUNRISE TOGETHER. 

 
MORE GAMES BEFORE POOL TIME.

WE HAD GIVEN THE KIDS SOME US CASH FOR CHRISTMAS 

SO THEY WENT OUT SHOPPING BEFORE CHRIS & LORI FLEW IN.

MORE LEGO!

 WORKING ON THE 'JELLY LOOM' MICHAYLA PICKED UP.

I HAD ONE MANY YEARS AGO.

 A NEW GAME - APPLES TO APPLES

SO TIME FOR A GAME BEFORE BREAKFAST.

SINCE LORI & CHRIS'S PLANE WAS DELAYED, THEY DID

NOT ARRIVE TILL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LATE NIGHT FOR US.

TIME TO INDULGE!

BREAKFAST POOL SIDE. 

WE TRIED TO 'EAT OUT' AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

A VIEW FROM THE BACK FENCE.

HIBISCUS THROUGH THE SCREEN.

 

AFTER BREAKFAST WE HEADED TO PLANT CITY.

ANOTHER PLACE WE LEARNED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE

IN WAUCHULA IN 05-06

WE DROPPED CHRIS OFF IN LAKELAND SO HE COULD

MEET UP WITH A FRIEND HE HAD NOT SEEN IN 11 YEARS.

THEY HAD WORKED WITH YWAM IN KONA.

WE MET UP AGAIN AT THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET AFTER LUNCH.

KNOWN FOR BEING THE STRAWBERRY CAPITAL OF 

THE US. THEY SUPPLY ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WINTER BERRIES.

SOUVENIR SHOPPING

TIME TO TRY THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

AND STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE!

THE SMOOTHIE IS THE BEST!!!!

WE STOCKED UP ON BOTH BERRIES AND ORANGES AS

WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER FRUITS AND VEGGIES.

ENOUGH TO SUPPLY US FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. 

 

WE INVITED RAY & DOROTHY BACK TO JOIN US FOR SUPPER.

THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE KIDS FOR A LONG TIME SO IT WAS

GOOD TO CATCH UP.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAD STRAWBERRIES AND ICE CREAM

AFTER THE BARBEQUE.

WEEK 3 COMING UP - ALL THE ACTIVITIES WE ENJOYED.