Saturday, February 26, 2011
02/25/11
The days and nights here in Florida are finally getting very warm. We have turned our air on in our fifth wheel. But this means the pool and hot tub are now open till 10. So the other night we decided to hit the hot tub about 8. Some friends of our said they would like to go also. So we agree to meet at the pool in about 10 minutes. Larry and I arrive with our suites on and I had a cover up on and he had a t-shirt on with his trunks. and we both had our towels. We waited a few minutes for our friends to show and finally we saw them walking down the road with their sweats on. I said "are you not going to get in the hot tub". They replied yes and they had their suits on under the sweats and after getting out of the hot tub they were going to throw the sweats on over their suits to make the trip back home!! They look pretty funny stripping off their sweats down to their suits! And believe me, when you get out of the hot tub you are warm enough to get home, unless you have to walk a mile or two. It was very funny to see them coming down the the hot tub in their sheats!! Wish you could have been with us to see them!!
02/24/10
Larry waiting for the shuttle launch at New Smyrna Beach !
We went to the beach to see the shuttle launch with Mike & Paula. Mike drove and we arrived right at three o'clock. We were able to park right on the beach. We set up our chairs and killed sometime people watching. We bought some ice cream treat and walked the beach. A bird came right up behind Paula ad tried to steal my granola bar right out of the side pocket of my cooler. If she had not been sitting there they would have drug it off. As it was they still torn a hole in one end of the wrapper. The birds were pretty smart and very aggressive. I guess they have to be to learn to survive on the beach!
Everybody on the beach, and they were a lot of people, began to turn their chairs to face south down the beach at about 4:30 or so. Mike and Paula had their laptop but could not find a network. Other people had their radios and informed the crowd that the launch had been delayed by three minutes. We anxiously keep waiting for something to happen and finally we all saw the rocket take off The brightest and biggest thing was the fire behind it. It was very, very cool. The picture below is just on of the pictures we took. The neatest thing to me was probably after another second or two after this picture was taken that we hear the sonic boom! In fact, we saw the boosters disconnect and fall before we heard the sound! It was a cool thing to be able to witness!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
02/09/2011
Today we travel over to Clearwater Beach. It was a beautiful day! Not a cloud in the sky. Nothing too exciting at the beach. We did stop and have dinner at " Whiskey Dan's", which is a restaurant on the edge of Tampa coming back from the beach. It is built out over the bay and we were seated right at the window. Larry and I were able to watch a beautiful sunset!
On a nature note, last Friday, a Sandhill Crane visited our park for a few days. This is majestic bird that is about 4 ft tall and has very different call. One morning it came strolling by our dinning room window. And when we went outside, we were able to get within 5ft or so. Later, Mike saw it standing and eating our of their neighbors bird feeder, which hangs on a shepherd hook about 3ft off the ground. For several days, in the mornings, I heard it's unusual call. But, sadly it has now moved on.
Little House, Big Backyard!
Gail
On a nature note, last Friday, a Sandhill Crane visited our park for a few days. This is majestic bird that is about 4 ft tall and has very different call. One morning it came strolling by our dinning room window. And when we went outside, we were able to get within 5ft or so. Later, Mike saw it standing and eating our of their neighbors bird feeder, which hangs on a shepherd hook about 3ft off the ground. For several days, in the mornings, I heard it's unusual call. But, sadly it has now moved on.
Little House, Big Backyard!
Gail
Thursday, February 10, 2011
02/10/11
Nothing to exciting has been happening. The weather has not been the greatest. It has been cool and rainy, with a few days of sun in between.
Last night was a exciting night. The park had a talent show and the called it "Doing what comes naturally". And of course, Larry participated! In fact he was in four different acts. One with the choir, in which they did two numbers and Larry played the guitar for both. Second, a friend of ours, Max and Larry did an old Everly Brothers song "Bird Dog". They wore T-shirts with EX- on Larry's shirt and LAX on Max's shirts and introduced themselves and the Crappy Brothers, because they don't give a crap! Third, Larry played and sang the "Auctioneer's Song". And the fourth and last of his acts was the Quacker. A men's quartet sang the Blue Daube with quakes as the chorus. To me, this by far the funnest thing Larry did, because I knew he hated it. He was not happy about it at all, but he agreeded to do a song with them before he really knew what it was about. I thought it was hilarious because I could see on Larry's face he was not a happy camper! I was very proud of him for everything he did. I am a lucky woman!!
There were 25 acts in all. Some were very funny, some were not as funny, some were good and some were not so good, but everyone including the audience had fun!!
Little house, big backyard!
Gail
Last night was a exciting night. The park had a talent show and the called it "Doing what comes naturally". And of course, Larry participated! In fact he was in four different acts. One with the choir, in which they did two numbers and Larry played the guitar for both. Second, a friend of ours, Max and Larry did an old Everly Brothers song "Bird Dog". They wore T-shirts with EX- on Larry's shirt and LAX on Max's shirts and introduced themselves and the Crappy Brothers, because they don't give a crap! Third, Larry played and sang the "Auctioneer's Song". And the fourth and last of his acts was the Quacker. A men's quartet sang the Blue Daube with quakes as the chorus. To me, this by far the funnest thing Larry did, because I knew he hated it. He was not happy about it at all, but he agreeded to do a song with them before he really knew what it was about. I thought it was hilarious because I could see on Larry's face he was not a happy camper! I was very proud of him for everything he did. I am a lucky woman!!
There were 25 acts in all. Some were very funny, some were not as funny, some were good and some were not so good, but everyone including the audience had fun!!
Little house, big backyard!
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