Sunshine and Sand

What great weather we are having. We have never seen a January when the beaches were full, but they are this year. Yesterday we went to the beach with Sherry and David. We chose Canova Beach in Indian Harbor because of the facilities and ease of parking. We spent about six hours on the beach enjoying the sun, the breeze, and the sound of the waves.

David and Sherry bought a new canopy and we bought a new umbrella. Both of them blew down several times in the sea breeze!

Sherry and Louise did go visit the water a couple of times.

It was a perfect day for the beach!

As the tide came in the breeze increased, and we decided to go out to an early dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

After we returned home we watched a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. We were able to see it clearly from our yard.

This launch was scheduled for Thursday night and we spent an hour standing around waiting for it, but it was scrubbed at the last minute.
Today we went to Cocoa Beach. Louise knit at Juice n Java for a couple of hours, visited the library, and then we went to the park on Ramp Road to watch the kayakers and boaters, and eat a lunch.

This is located on the Banana River, and we often see birds or manatees, but not today. It was 84 degrees here in full sun, so it was a warm day!
Finally we stopped at a produce store and bought some fresh fruit!

Here we have oranges, grapefruit, a mango, bananas, a pineapple and an orange tomato.
We are enjoying ourselves here and absolutely love the weather.

Busy Days

What have we done in the almost two weeks we have been in Florida? We have settled into the life we live here. Gary has been to his painting group twice and Louise has been to her two knitting groups three times. We have shopped for food and things we needed and did not have. Mostly we have enjoyed the warm days, warm nights, and beautiful surroundings.

Yesterday was Gary's birthday. Louise made a cake, which we shared with David and Sherry.

They took us out to dinner last night at Olive Garden, for a really great meal.

Today we went back to the gym for the first time this year. We spent over an hour in the pool.

There is an ease of life here, no deadlines, no rush, just doing what we like when we choose to do it. No snowblowing! We are in beautiful surroundings and enjoying it!

2017 - A New Year

It has been so long since we have worked on the blog that we had to go through a whole process to get into it! This is a new year and we will do better with the blog.

As you can see, we are back to our January destination in Florida. We arrived yesterday and have settled in our apartment. It was a long journey from the snowy roads of Maine. We got to see every member of the family before we left. We had Christmas at home, then visited Jon and exchanged gifts, then left for Bob's where we spent two days. The kids are at an age where they are a lot of fun and we enjoyed our time there.

We left Massachusetts on Wednesday morning and made it through Connecticut with no problem. The traffic was a little slow in New York, but we made it to Scranton for lunch. We reserved a room in Chambersburg, PA and expected to be there by 3. We knew there was a big storm coming through on Thursday and we wanted to be south of it. We hit traffic around Harrisburg that was literally tied up for hours. We did not get to Chambersburg until 6:30. We ended up with a suite in a Clarion hotel.

When we got up Thursday morning there was a coating of snow and ice on everything. We started out again and had a wonderful day driving through Virginia. We got off I-81 and took I-64 across the state. It goes through the Blue Ridge Mountains and the day was just beautiful.

We had an uneventful day Thursday, and decided to stop for the night at Smithfield, North Carolina.
To our surprise, Sherry and David Cole had caught up to us with their RV. We went to visit them before we left for the trip south. Friday was South Carolina day. If we could eliminate one state from our trip this would be the one. The traffic barely moved all day. Apparently the roads in SC aren't able to handle the amount of traffic they get. It was a slow and frustrating day. We were most happy to see the Georgia border. Traffic flowed nicely in Georgia. We spent the night in Pooler, just outside Savannah.

Saturday morning we headed to Florida. Our landlords told us to come a day early if we wanted to, and we did. The sight of palm trees, blue skies, sunshine, and warm air was welcome. We arrived Saturday afternoon and are all unpacked and moved in. Gary put on one of his Christmas gifts, and we checked out the beach at Patrick AFB today. The feel of that sand under your feet, and the sound of the waves breaking create a feeling of happiness.

We are glad we had the time with family before we left. We are very proud of the family we have.
However, the cold and the snow are getting harder to take as we get older. We are happy to be here! Stay tuned and we will share our adventures!