New Years Eve Party

The evening started off with a “Victorias Should of Kept it a Secret fashion and celebrity show.  The show was hosted by our own Wanda Lewis.

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First up were the retired “Joe Boxers” from Qmart

We had a visit from a Secret model and her husband.

Then there was Joe Namoth

and his actress girlfriend who wanted to play with his ball.

Next up was Ebenegeezer Scrooge modeling his night wear

Last was Simon Cowell and his best friends pregnant wife

We also had a commercial from Playtex.

Everyone brought snacks to share.  This is a picture of our table.  Ted, Don, Eleanor, Marilyn and Beryl.

A few pictures of the crowd.

We were back to the MH before 2100.  We hope to stay up and watch the ball drop.

A Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year to All

Thought For The Day – Life and Time are the world’s best teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of Time, and Time teaches us the value of Life.

Thanksgiving to now

We haven’t been doing much other than sitting around reading and enjoying the warm weather.  Daytime temps have been in the 80’s with lows in the lower 60’s.  The weather for the next week will be more seasonal, highs in the mid 70’s and lows in the lower 50’s.

We had thanksgiving dinner at the AC.  You signed up for a table and each couple brought a covered dish and the Camp supplied the turkey for $2.00/person.  Here are a couple pictures of our table.

On Dec 4 I took the Jeep to get the neutral actuator replaced.  Luckily it was covered by the warranty.  Last Sunday we had lunch at Buffet City in Brooksville.

This past Monday, Beryl helped Diane make treats for the Pre K kids who where coming to serenade us on Tuesday.

The gifts are under the tree.

The 20 kids performed their songs

 

and then received a gift from Santa

and his Elf. Diane.

The kids brought their gifts out to the audience to get help opening them.

We had a good turnout for the event.

The kids enjoyed their treats.

Last nite was Dine in with Spaghetti, a salad and dessert.  To nite is a wine and cheese party.

That’s all for now.

Thought For The Day – On the internet you can be anything you want. So why do so many people choose to be stupid?

We’re Back at Sumter Oaks

Believe it or not, Friday afternoon around 1400 they came to take the MH to the bay to complete the work.  Both parts had come in.  We added another item to fix the door shade. They will order a new shade and we will have to go down and pick it up.  They finished work and had the MH back on a site by 1730.  The back AC continued to act up but, we just assumed it was the power pedestal again.

Saturday morning we went for breakfast and then hooked up the Jeep.  The Jeep wouldn’t go into neutral so Beryl drove the Jeep to Sumter Oaks.  The trip was a little less than an hour.  Now we have to find a good jeep dealer for repairs.  We got our #1 site and got setup.  Turned on the AC’s and the back one is not working again.  I guess another trip to LDs is in our future.  We got signed up for the Thanksgiving dinner.  We don’t know anyone at our table, but this is a good way to meet new people.  Here are a couple pictures of our site and both ways down the road.

 

Here is a picture of Beryl, Bennit & Bea at the overlook for Little River Falls

That’s about it for now.

Thought For The Day – If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a worldwide shortage of fishing poles.

We’re Still at Lazy Days

We left Berwick on Sunday, Nov 10 around 1000hrs and traveled ~300 miles to the KOA at Staunton.  We stopped at a rest area in VA for a sandwich and had to repair the umbilical cord which had been draging on the road.  Monday we traveled ~275 miles to the Baileyton RV Park in Baileyton, TN.  We stopped in Wytheville, VA for fuel and food.  Diesel was $2.52 the lowest we paid.  Tuesday we travelled ~250 miles to Lyerly, GA and the home of Bea & Bennit.
Bea & Bennit have 3 full hookup sites on their property. 

Wed and Thur. we visited and took rides around the countryside.  This area is rich in civil war history with many old churches and plantation type houses.  The temps got down into the mid twenties the first two nites and the bedroom heater quit working. Thank goodness for 50 amp service and electric heaters.  Bennit has had a rough year. 95% blockage of his main artery,  >85% blockage of 3 other arteries, a mild stroke and a couple other things.  He is getting around slowly and has a little problem remembering some things.  all in all he is doing pretty good.

Friday we headed south ~275 miles to Tifton, Ga and the I75 RV Park.  This is a fairly new 14 site park with all pull through sites. Saturday we traveled ~275 miles to the Lazy Days RV Park at Seffner, Fl.  Sunday we went to lunch in Brandon at Ichiban Japanese Buffet.  After lunch we moved to the LD service area park.

Monday at 1000hrs we met with Shawn, our service advisor, and went over the work to be done.  Before noon the MH was on its way to the Chassis shop to get the transmission shift pad replaced.  The MH came back to a different site around 1630hrs.  The shift pad had been replaced but they miss installed the panel holding the pad.  Tues they called around 0830 that they were ready to take the MH to the maintenance bay.  We spent Tues. nite in the bay. Mid Wednsday afternoon everything was done except for the recall work and the door closure due to lack of parts.  They knew back in Sept what would be needed but nothing was ordered until Monday.  The site they put us in had a bad power pedestal and the EMS would only allow us to run one AC unit. Oh, the parts may not all be here until Monday.

Today we just chilled around the MH and after lunch we had them move us to another site. Latest info is that the parts might be here tomorrow. I’ll believe it when I see it.

We have been eating all our meals at the Crown Club.  The food is just ok, but its free.

That’s it for now.

Thought For The Day – Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket

We're Headed North

We said our goodbyes, dumped the tanks, filled up with propane and headed out about 1030 for a 190 mile jaunt.  We got on I75 and and a few miles up the road everything slowed to a crawl  You would travel several miles at a snails pace and then go like hell and then a snails pace,  The 50 miles on I-75 took almost 2 hours.  We got off I75 and headed over to 301.  301 is the pre interstate N-S route in FL.  You go through a bunch of towns but most of the tome the speed limit is  60-65.  Next came I-10, I-295 and then I-95.  Traffic was extremely heavy.

We got to Walkabout Camp & RV Park around 1630.  We got everything hooked up and then headed to Sonny's Bar-b-q for lupper.  We leave here for Charleston on Tuesday.

Thought For The Day - Sure you can trust the government. Just ask an Indian

Change of Plans

We had about 60 people at the Easter dinner.  The club made enough ham for over 100.

We've changed our plans.  They are calling for 70% chance of rain for the days we were going to be in Charleston so we are going to leave here Sat. and spend 3 nights at Walkabout Camp and then head to Charleston on the 9th.

Thought For The Day – The secret to happiness is a good sense of humor and a bad memory.

The Last Dine In (OUT)

The weather here has been all over the place.  The last couple of nites the lows have been in the thirties and the days in the mid 60's.  Last week we had a couple of really windy days and we even had a thunder storm.

The campground is really thinning out.  Last week was the last Dine IN and there was no Jam session.  All but one workcamper couple finished up this week and the replacement park managers take over tomorrow.  Replacement workcampers will start tomorrow.

Since there was no dine in, Diane and her husband Wayne invited the remaining staff and the kitchen volunteers down to her trailer for spaghetti.  Diane made the deserts for the DI meals and helped with all the other preparation.

Diane

Wayne

Those in attendance were:

Fran & Sharon - They are parked right behind us

   

Dwayne & Louise 

  

Wanda & Wallace - Camp Managers

It was a really nice get together.  Wanda & Wallace are done Sat and leaving Sunday for a Cruise in the Gulf and then to Gillette, WY for the Escapade.  Fran and Sharon were going to head back to Wisconsin on Monday but there is still 18" of snow where they park their camper.  They are gonna stay a few more weeks.  Once they get home they will switch over to a truck camper and head to Alaska for the summer.  Later next week Diane and Wayne will head back to northern Georgia.

Sunday at 1400 we are having a dinner in the AC.  The club is furnishing the ham and everybody is bringing a covered dish.

We are planning on leaving Monday.  We will stop at Walkabout Camp near Woodbine GA and then head to Lake Aire Campground outside Charleston, SC and play tourist for several days.  From there we will head to Margie's, stop in VA and get home around April 9th or 10th.  Hopefully by then it will be warming up.

That's about it for now.

Thought For The Day – Therapy helps, but screaming obscenities is faster and cheaper