BEFORE END OF JANUARY HERE IN WAUCHULA, FLORIDA

We have had to cancel or postpone activities here in the park near the end of January!!!  We heard of one case of Covid and rumors of more, though those might be just colds and upper respiratory infections??  Since those rumors came out we have stayed on our own lot except for laundry.  It's best that way for a week or two.

January 15th, They had a large yard sale here in the park where they sell any donated used goods for the park activity costs.  That was an exceptional fund raiser this year!!  I did not work it, but Gary helped move all of the clubhouse tables to the lawn out front.  They also had to move them back when all was finished.  He sure was complaining of pain after that day!!

January 17th, Gary took another couple guys from here in the park to the Robertson Ranch for a tour.  He forgot to take any pictures so I have to assume they saw the same things as the first tour?? We carry the phones with us all of the time, but forget to activate them!!

January 19th,  before those changes we did have our SKPette's Lunch at Dimitri's Greek Restaurant in Sebring.  But I forgot to get my phone out to take any photos!!  

January 20th, we drove to Port Charlotte for a car service appointment.  While there I made Gary take me to JoAnn's since there is none around us here at Wauchula.  I also stopped at Michael's, but only bought some scrapbooking paper. We had lunch at Olive Garden with gift cards that our son keeps us  supplied with and that was yum!! So it was a Thrifty day except at the garage!!

We stopped and visited with Audrey's niece, Tina, and her kids and grandkids on the way back home.   

Audrey's niece, Tina and
her grandchildren, Aiden
and Mireya

Tina's daughter, Amanda and her daughter, 
Mireya. 

Audrey's niece, Tina with her 
daughter, Amanda

  Those visits are always fun!!  But this time we            missed the other half of Tina's family who live            there because there is one of that family who had       an upper resipratory problem.  So for health safety   we took precautions.   We will go back another day   soon.  

 

But I wanted to share another book illustrated by  another niece, Kaelyn.  She is from the family we   did not get to visit with this trip.  See you next time, Kaelyn!!  Great job!!  

January 18th, before the quarantine here in the park, we did get in a Coffee Hour at a neighbors near us.  It's always a good hour of visiting.  A few people we don't see out and about too often.

Friday, January 21st,  also before the quarartine, Jim the world traveler and well known author who is visiting in our park, had another travelog show for us.  This one was of the Chernobyl tragedy.  What a devastation!! And so many deaths and deformities!!  And tough to understand why Russia is so intent on acquiring that little country again.  I guess it would be the close proximity to other countries!!

We asked Jim if he was not afraid what might happen to him and his health, but he did not show concern for it.  I guess his desire to see it and knowing he is not a young man anymore made it worth taking the risk.  I will not try to explain the pictures much as my memory is not that good.  Just take a gander.

Children's beds

Books go to waste!!

This amusement park was just about ready to
be opened to the public before the tragedy.

Bumper cars

This was an amusement ride similar
to our tilt-a-whirl.

A swimming pool at a children's facility

A basketball court

A stairwell.  Our travelog speaker stepped on
a nail sticking up out of one of the steps 
here, but he shrugged it off.

Telephone booths.

Baby cribs

A destroyed area, nothing living here
except some plant life that has since grown.

This gentleman was the only one monitoring
the equipment before the explosion.

When some questionable activity was reported, it was brushed off/ ignored.  It was soon too late to

do anything about it.  These next two pictures of what is being done now to cover up the contaminated area.  

A building to cover the contaminated area. 
I forget what Jim said it was made of. 
It was moved back over the area and
would be sealed off. 

A gas mask, but I'm not sure at what 
point it was used. 

Jim dressed as was suggested to cover
much of his body. But little did they know 
that he would step on a nail sticking up from
the floor.

There were a few elderly women who refused to move from the area as they did not have anyone else to live with or near.  This area was their whole life!  

I have used so much space with pictures that I will close this Blog.  Gary participated in an Art Show in Avon Park, Florida (not far from Wauchula) last Saturday, but I will tell you about that in my next Blog.  It was a long cold day, 8am to 4 pm.  

Love to you all..... Take care!!