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Ready to Roll

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Ohio, United States
Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Saturday, May 9, 2020

ANOTHER MONTH GONE BY IN WAUCHULA FLORIDA

Not much going on here, but will bring you up to date!!
Friends in our park have been leaving for homes up north. Not us, it's still too cold up there
and there has been a COVID case in our condo (but on a different floor from our condo).
So we postponed until we received texts from friends at NEO church camp at Berlin Center
where we stayed last summer.   We've decided to stay in the motorhome up there rather than
go into the Condo, since our son is still in the Condo and working from there.  So plans
are firming up and we hope to leave here by June 1st.
In the mean time we did go down near Port Charlotte to visit with Audrey's niece and greats
and grands!!  They home school so hadn't wanted to bother them until they texted to see what
we were up to.  We spent an afternoon there and hope that we can get another visit in before
we go north.  My niece is in Indiana now closing on her house sale, so hope that she gets back
here before we leave.
Great nieces Amanda and Rebecca, with great,great niece.









Audrey, niece, Tina, Autumn and Sintayehu,
They are showing their butterflies and larvae.


Looking at their new tree house in the trees
beyond the house, lanai and pool.

The kids are so please with this tree house, their dad's
latest project.  He never does anything in a small way!!
The two families had dinner up there a couple days
earlier!!














Sintayehu took me on a tour of the chicken house
and pen and then through the gardens. 
She was telling of their chores programs!! 
I love the values these families instill in their children!!

Chicken house that Jeff built a few years back!
As I said, no project is small or simple!!
They are covering the pen with fencing. I imagine that
they have to guard against birds from above!!  Our son
in Ohio has lost some of his chickens that way.

Just a few!!
And their new gardens are doing very well!!


And the lake that they removed the alligators from
a couple years ago.











Awesome visit and we are always amazed at what they accomplish!! There are two families living here in homes side by side and doing well.  Jeff does a lot of his work from home.  Now they've added a little mother-in-law home for when they visit from up north.  They have used their five acres very well!!
We look forward to visiting you all again real soon!!
Does anyone know what kind of tree this is.
It is near the post office in Wauchula.

Since our visit to the Niece and Nephews, I have tried to catch up on the weeding in my flower 
beds at the SKP Resort where we live in the winter now.  I sure paid for this work by stepping 
on an ant hill and suffering from many bites on one hand and leg!!!  They are finally beginning 
to dry up. But they still itch!! 
Rose bush that I transplanted.
I look forward to watching it grow!!

Ant hill that I stepped in.  In the mulch!
We have since spread the ant poison about!!
We have a Pest Control service to begin
on Monday.  I like working on the ground
but I sure can't here now!!

Notice the grass runner headed into this flower bed!!
Much of our lawn is this grass and it is a pain trying
to control where it spreads.


You can see the little pile that I removed from the
edge of this bed.  I am trying to get ready to put
block around my beds when we get back here in the fall.

This is the horrible stuff!!!



















I have sure ached from this morning and evening
of work.  Three days later and I am still suffering!!!

I will wait for relief from the aches and pains to
get out there working again!!  I think that I will
wait for the 90 degree days to pass as well, though the
breezes are great!!

We find the geckos every where, 
even hiding in the lawn lounges!!  
We try to keep them out of the 
shed though!





No activity here in the park though, except people walking, playing shuffle board and maybe getting in the pool some. I do think that the water aerobics has been put on hold.  I need to find a CD for that to use at the Condo pool up north.

Like I said, we will be heading up north to visit by the end of the month.  It is so boring here and we are anxious to see our friends and former co-workers up there.

Hope to see you all soon, and hope that our church opens up here soon. We've been doing Sunday services with the Internet or TV or CD.
Some of the stores are open now, but we have no reason to go there except for groceries. Don't need to take unnecessary chances.
Take care!!  And stay healthy!!


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