VALENTINE'S DINNER in PENSACOLA FL

Not much going on in this out of the way place!  This park is okay for a short term stay, but not for a month. Boring! The only thing around is Black Water River and Parks or the Beaches to the south. But the weather has not been good for the beaches, for sure!
We have gone into Milton to Lowe's and K-Mart and then the other direction another day to Crestview.  That always brings on sadness since that is where my oldest brother lived (He is now in
Chicago near some of his kids.), but not much more of interest there.  Even our favorite used book store there has closed up!
We only have nine days until we move on east and south!
I did spend a day last week scrapbooking and today Gary did some handyman projects around, but the wind is kicking up now. I don't think that it is to be much more than wind.
Last Friday we went in to Pensacola to pick up our mail and then to meet with our SS Class for a Valentine's dinner at Franco's Italian Restaurant. We had a very nice time and most everyone was there.

Wonderful decorations, very festive!

Some of the planning and decorating committee.

Jerry and Ashley and Ashley's mother.

Our table with Howard, Lana, Ron and Edith.
Wonderful time visiting!

It was a great time to thank Ruth and David for their faithfulness as teachers for our class.

Don and Ruth

Diane and David

This church and class has sure seemed like home for us even though the church is huge compared to what we are used to.  The ministry that Olive Baptist has in this city of Pensacola is very diversified. They are in the middle of a building project to house some education groups right now.  I also found out that there is one night a month when a scrap booking group meets there. I just wish is was during the day so that I would be more comfortable traveling the 45 miles from Pensacola to home in Holt. But 11pm at night is not a good time for that trip. So I will skip it this time around and hope that next time through here we will stay closer to the city. It is a way to meet more people.
Tuesday we will be going to lunch with more friends from class, and last Sunday Dennis had his chance to introduce us to more southern cooking at PoFolks after church. We had a good visit with Henrietta and Bob, as well as Joanne and Dennis. We had enough left overs for two more days! As our friend Donna says, it is one of our favorite ways to cook!!
Take care now and stay warm!!

JANUARY 20 - BACK IN FLORIDA!

Eagles Landing RV Park in Holt, Florida. They have about sixty sites, so just nice size and kept very neat.

Some flowers are blooming!

Of course we were hoping for warmer weather! Sometimes it is and sometimes not! The nights, especially, are colder and days are good for jacket wear. Except today, I have been running in shirt sleeves back and forth to the laundry. I love it when the laundry is close and neat!
First things out of the way were my annual mammogram and the visit with my new oncologist. Reports were all very good, so glad to move on for another year.
We then got back into Olive Baptist Church here and with our SS Class that we enjoy so much. We went out to eat at Cheddar's with 8 from our class after church. Love the fellowship and comraderie! We called one of the couples, Dennis and Joanne,

and met up with them at Steak & Shake for a good visit after one of my appointments. Dennis gets such a kick out of trying to make us true southerners! They have a small boat and love fishing here in the Black Water River. They also love going on cruises. So we soak it all in!
The following Sunday 11 of us went to Chet's Seafood in Pace and were introduced to Mullet and deep fried Mullet backbones. ???  Don't think that we will order that again, but I saw some good baked Cod that I will try another time. Now Dennis wants us to try cheesy grits and collard greens. I think that I could handle the grits, but know that I do not like the greens.  What's next?  We need to make a date with Lana and Howard also.
I called two other friends in the area and hope to meet with them soon. Karen's husband is in the hospital and seems to have recurring pneumonia, so she is busy with him.She is our former Ohio friend and renter of one of our apartments. And Miki, my brother's neighbor here, was getting ready for a trip to Tallahassee to visit with some of her kids. She will call when she gets back.
We found out yesterday that we are going to miss our Ohio friends, Cecelia and Rudy this time around. We are going the same places that they are through the next few months, but not at the same times. We did have a good visit with them when at Gary's Class '63 luncheon in Salem.
We have three days planned in Disney Wilderness RV Park in February but it now sounds like we will just be getting our feet wet in that few days. Guess we will have to do it again for a much longer stay.
This past Saturday was a beautiful day so we took advantage of that and went to DeFuniak Springs for a Vintage RV and Car Show.

They did a good job of outfitting them for their time period.
Recreational vehicles have come a long way since the 1930's!
There was not much there in the way of vintage cars though. It really was a small show!

We stopped by the Library and saw much history in it.

And they had a conservation tent that was very interesting with samples of lots of wild life as well as plant and tree life. It would be very interesting for the Scouts!
And on to an Art display in a Civic building.

The children were sure enjoying their art class!

And I enjoyed the quilt portion of the display!

A wonderful day out and the drive was relaxing. I-10 was not too busy through here.

We woke one morning to plenty of frost. The good thing here is that it melts off fast!
We have also had condensation inside of our bedroom closet. So we are running the dehumidifier more. If it is not one thing, it is another. Life is interesting.
Take care and stay warm.