1/2-3/16 Saturday & Sunday Sanford Fla

1-2-16 Saturday Cloudy day here in Sanford and bit chilly, but we decided to take off for a ride to DeLand, Fla. it's a Small rural college town BUT it was told to the guys there was a great Gun shop/ pawn shop there!! So off we went to explore. First stop was Perkins restaurant for a great feast. When we arrived at the gun shop boy were we impressed as none of us had ever seen so many guns in one store!! The guys were in heaven. LOL After a few hours there we did make it to downtown and strolled the downtown area and the unique shops. We decided to skip supper and make a stop at Baskins Robbins for ice cream. Hey you only live once, eat ice cream whenever you want!! Hehe We completed the day with rest back at the boat!!

1-3-16 Sunday Well I got up this morning and checked the weather in Georgetown, SC it was 37 degrees!!! So I sure don't think I should complain as it was 62 degrees here in Sanford this morning!!!! Ha  it did make it up to about 65-66 today!! Good sweatshirt weather and a good day to stay home and do nothing!! Well I did do some laundry!!  Paula and I did run out to Walmart for a few groceries this afternoon and yes we did get rained on!!!! Hehe 

I quiet afternoon and a good dinner of baked Pork chops and a salad.  

Sat and watched it rain most of the day!!

Hope all are doing well and enjoying the first week of 2016!!!

Love you all, Fran & Capn Rod

Big thick Pork chop!!! We were only able to eat half!! Leftovers will make a great sandwich tomorrow. 

12/30/15 Wednesday Sanford Fla

Well it's almost New Years Eve and what a wonderful surprise we had today!! Our friends Steve and Glenda Little from Timberlake Church stopped in for a visit on their way to Tampa to the football game the Citrus Bowl!! What a grand time we had and shared time just sitting on our boat and talking, and playing with Lexie, and a wonderful a lunch at St Johns steak and seafood here near the Marina. We were so excited they chose to take time on their trip to Tampa to share some very special time with us!! What a wonderful blessing to end the year with their visit!!

Much love to all, Fran & Capn Rod

Long time great friends!! We are blessed!! Thanks Steve and Glenda

A great lunch on the water!! Love you guys!!

12/25/15 Friday CHRISTMAS DAY in Sanford Fla

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!!

I do hope everyone had a wonderful day!!! Celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior and a visit from Santa!!

We spent a large portion of the morning talking and texting with the kids and grand kids about their visit from Santa. The day started around 6:30 am. Ha  Yet on a school day they just can't seem to get out of bed!! Ha

 I Fixed us ham and cheeses egg muffin omlets. We got dressed and decided to walk the town for some exercise and just enjoy the beautiful weather.  Lexie was exhausted!!! Hehe I will post a few pics to share of our adventures today. 

Paula woke this morning with a migraine so she was enable to get out all day. I fixed our scheduled white  chicken chili with corn muffins and deliver it to their boat. We will try and have our Christmas together tomorrow. We ended the day watching Jim Carey in The Grinch that Stoled Christmas!!

 Fun relaxing day!! Enjoy my pics from today!

Merry Christmas!   We love you all,  Fran & Capn Rod 

A 10 ft peinguin made totally out of Hay!! It was too cool!!!

An osprey is just like a developer, find an empty space and build a house on it!!! Hehe

The Vetrans memorial here on the riverfront walkway!! Can you see the rainbow? It was spectacular!!

Selfies on our kayak ride around the lake!! We love our kayak!! 

There will not be another full moon on Christmas until 2035!!! A truly beautiful site over Lake Monroe.

Day 10 &11 Wed and Thur 1/8&9/2014

Good evening to all!! Well today is day 11 and I did not post yesterday, day 10, because actually we did nothing and I had poor poor internet service yesterday. 

Today we got up like 8:30am!!! And took Lexie for a long walk which she enjoys a lot, as there is a great walking areas here!!!! We then decided to get our tandem bike off the boat and cruise around town for a while. We visited the Sanford museum and lots of cute little old town shops, visited the welcome center for a few brochures of things we would like to do while we are in the area. A beautiful day when we started out 70 degrees but soon began to misty rain. We were just glad it was not freezing!!! I have attached some pics of things we saw and learned about the area. We rode about 2 hours and then returned to the boat to have lunch and rest up as the street party in Sanford was tonight!!! 

We walked down with Paula and Jim to the blocked off street where MANY venders of all the town shops set up tents and had a chili cookbook at this monthly event called "ALIVE after FIVE". You purchase a $7.00 wrist band and walk the street and try all the venders chili!! We certainly got our $7.00 worth!! Also had ice cream samples, popcorn, a plate of fish with coleslaw and tarter sauce. Wow, I thought a real deal and even though it was still misting rain the whole evening we still had a great time. Back to the boat for showers and rest up after the long stroll of which all of us agreed we did not walk off many calories from one cup of chili till the next booth served us another one!! Ha. 

Fun evening!! very laid back day, but I guess that is what snow birds do when they go south for the winter!!! Ha  Enjoying everyday!!!! 

I have attached a few pics I took today, hope you enjoy!!!

Love to all, Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

As cold as it has been, there is so much here in bloom!!!

This city grows most of the celery sold in the United States!!!

The Snapper lawn mower was invented here in Sanford!!!  HUH!! Learn something new everyday!!!

Rodney has to read all the history signs!!! You surprised ?? Does he look like a tourist?

After a 2 hour bike ride, what do you do?  Take a nap!!!

Paula and I at the street party!!

Stealing a kiss!!!!  

Day 8 Monday 1/6/2014

This was our first full day here in Sanford at Monroe Harbor!! This morning I did not get up til 7:15 am!!

Rod had coffee waiting as usual !!  It was wonderful!!!! I dressed in shorts and a long sleeve shirt temp was 70 and a little windy!! Rod and I took Lexie for a nice long walk on the boardwalk! coffee in hand!!!  Beautiful morning!

Paula and I set out for some groceries and needed items ( material for tutu's) and by the time we got home it was 45 degrees and windy!!! We were frozen!!! Tomorrow the high is supposes to be 42!!! 

back into sweatpants, thermals, and sweatshirts!!! But I heard by Thursday it will be in the high 70's.

I'm ready for that !!!!

Rod did some maintance today and got a few things accomplished. other than that we enjoyed Chicken Bog with Paula and Jim and now cuddled up with my snuggie keeping warm!!!  FaceTime with my sweet grand kids and Sherry was a true highlight this evening as I miss them so much!!! 

Praying for warmer weather as it is Florida, and NOT suppose to be this cold!!

Love to all, so sorry no pics today but promise I will have some soon!!!  Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

Day 7 Sunday 1/5/2014

What a beautiful day which started out about 7:15 pulling up anchor, I mean Rod actually bare handed pulling up the 100 ft of chain and the 50 lb anchor!!! As you may have read yesterday the anchor motor quit working!!! I could not resist taking a picture of the georgeous sunrise!!! (Its attached)

The St John's River along with Lake George just continues to surprise us with some awesome views that no picture could ever capture!! I have attached a few. 

At 2pm we arrived at Monroe Harbor in Sanford, Fla. 92 degrees and sunny!!  THIS is a January to remember!!  I love summertime in January !  Ha 

Paula and Jim met us at our dock space (under a shed no less) and helped us get docked and water and power restored to the boat. Lexie got a nice walk for about 1/2 mile down the park right beside of the Marina. She really enjoyed that time on land!!! 

After Clean up and getting everything put away, we showered and dressed up in our shorts and summer shirts, and flip flops and went to eat Mexican to celebrate Paula's birthday!! 

We had a great time and discussed how much we had missed each other and made plans for things to do while here in Sanford. 

A trip for groceries is in order for tomorrow, along with purshasing tuiille for making a Tutu ( I will share more on that later in the week) and Rod will be washing the boat as you can see in the pictures attached we really have a bad "ICW Mustache" on the front of the boat! At the water line, if you see any boat with one of these that is what it is called!!, Ha 

Paula took pictures of our arrival in the Marina and sent them to me to share!!

We have had a great day and a week of travel to remember!! God has had His hand on us the entire week!!!! For that we say THANK YOU LORD!!!!

Love to all, and I will try to keep this updated everyday but if I happen to miss a day, I will catch up on our adventures!!!! Thanks for reading and sharing this wonderful experience with us, Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

The sunrise at our anchorage as we were leaving this morning!,

The picture just don't do justice to this view, nor can you see ALL the manatee around the boat !

You can not believe all the manatee swimming just below the water!! Wish they coud be seen!!!

Another view from the boat!!!  Looks like Georgetown, the temperature tells me it is not!!!

The thermal under wear have been packed up, and shorts have replaced them.  Wintertime in Florida!!!

You got to love it!!!!

Coming into Marina for dockage at Monroe Harbor Marina (pictues thanks to Paula). See that waterway mustache?? Takes Clorox to remove it!!!

With a birthday desert !! Paula had to wear the restaurants birthday hat!!! Too funny!!!

Good dinner and good time spent with our BBF's. (Best boater friends)