1/5/2014. Wednesday!!

Guess what day it is!!!!!  It's HUMP DAY !!!!!!  Just four more days left and we will be turning our home around and heading for Georgetown !!!!! What a wonderful weather week we have had, i heard a little cooler tomorrow, but back again in the mid 80's over the weekend!!! We have rode our bike 10-12 miles the last few days but got up this morning and the front tire was flat!!! So no riding today!!! Paula shuffled me around town looking for a new tire, bought 2, but neither will work so that will have to be a tomorrow job for Rodney and Jim ( I'm not much at knowing what to look for in a bike tire!!)

Yesterday after a   l-o-n-g bike ride Paula wanted to try out our kayak as she has ever rode in one so off we went around the harbor and rode out into Lake Monroe!!   We had a great time, but wow!! what workout!!!  I'm out of shape!!! Ha.  I will attached a few of the 20 pictures Rodney took of us playing around in the harbor!!!! Today we settled up with the Marina on the charges for our stay here as they have no one at the office to take any money Friday till Monday Morning, and we plan to be gone early around 7:30am!!!! Jim took us this evening to Winter Springs ,a suburb of Orlando, to a restaurant WAY out in the country, called The Black Hammock restaurant. It is famous for their farm raised Aligator meat !!! We had a sampler platter of several ways the chef prepares this wonderful tender meat!! We walked around the area and enjoyed the beautiful view before having dinner!! Pics attached!! 

We have truely enjoyed our time here in Sanford, and the special time with Paula and Jim!!!

Just a few more days before we depart from here so we said we were going to make a list tomorrow of anything we wanted to get done or revisit before we leave!!! They are very special friends!!!

I will keep you updated !!! Love to all, Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

Fun in the kayak!!!!

Nice long trip out in the lake!!  See us way out there???

Oh what fun!!! It was a great ride!!!!

Lexie wanted to go sooooo bad!!!  She loves the kayak!!!

The Aligator farm!!! Grow this year, dinner next year!!!! Ha

Out by the Aligator farm!! Fun to be a tourist !!!!!

This is the view by the restaurant and the Aligator farm!!! 

This sign was on a Palm tree outside the restaurant!!! I wanted a tee shirt!! They did not have any tee shirts that said that!!! :(.  Good gator meat!!!!!

I made a weight lifting exerciser for his fingers using a can of soup and a strip,of material!!  I works!!

Keeping his hand in shape!!!!!

1/31/14. Friday

Good day my friends and family!!,  Ok I know it has been a week!!! I have had some problems with my internet and my I phone!!! I took several pics this week and lost many pics due to what I discovered yesterday was a soft ware problem on my phone!!! I was so disappointed!!!  Went to verizon first and they could not help,said it was an apple issue, they sent me to an apple store of which I was very thankful for Paula running me around town to these places!!!!  Yesterday I went to the apple store and they tried to recover my pics and reset my phone but today it still,has issues!!, YUK!!!! I'm a little upset with my apple,products right now!!! I guess I will have to wait till I get back home and see if it can be repaired!!!

It has been cold here or I should say cold for here!!!, 45 degrees and windy!! I know some of you have had much worse and I have kept up with your weather also!!!! Hope all are safe and staying warm!!!!

We did have a pretty nice day on Wednesday and we took the bike and rode around town. We found a little place in town and had my nails done!!,  YEAH it was much needed!!!! We ate at a little cafe we discovered and had a great salad and a bread bowl of French onion soup of which was wonderful!!! So good I took a pic and it was was recovered when they reset my phone!!!! 

Other than that we have stayed around the boat and did a few things on our list to be be completed before we ahead home next week. This whole week I have read a lot, watched movies and lay in bed every morning to watch the Today's show!!!  As you can tell relaxed a lot!!! We both are getting anxious to travel again and enjoy the water!!! We have both decided we really want to go farther south next year to have some warmer weather!!! We hope Paula and Jim will be able to meet us and travel south and go over to the gulf coast!!! I have already started booking several tour groups in March and some in May !!! Tour business is gearing up already!!! We thank God for the business!!! 

Overall we have had a very relaxing vacation!!! Rod's hip is much improved and we feel your prayers for his recovery!!!  I still want him to see a dr when we get home. I ask all of you to pray for our dear friend Dan Eaddy as he waits for his results on his cancer being in remission!!! It has been a long journey for him and his wife Peggy!!  We love you guys!!!!

Sitting here this morning in my PJ's ( I know it's 11:00) but it's cold out and raining cats and dogs!! Rodney went with Jim for some time at the man's store Gander Mountain!!! Ha!!! We have reservations for an airboat ride tomorrow as the weather is suppose to clear up this afternoon and be 80 degrees tomorrow!!! I sure hope so!!!! I am ready to put on shorts!!!!

Love to all!!!! Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

A great cafe we enjoyed Wed on our bike ride!!!

I had to take a picture, this was the prettiest salad and a bread bowl of French onion soup!! Almost to pretty to eat, but we both sure enjoyed!!!!

Then they brought us this cute little 2 ounce cup of dessert apple parfait!!!  Ain't nobody don't like no parfait!!,  Ha  YUMMY!!!!