It's that time of year. The snow starts to pile up. The temperatures drop sharply. Gary is tired of hauling wood upstairs. It is time to go to Florida!
On December 26 we started the packing. This is a picture of the car packed to go. We left on December 27 and made a stop in Cumberland to do Christmas presents with Jon, Erin, and Emily. Here is Emily finding a new sweater.
Next we moved on the Massachusetts where we spend an extra day with Bob, Gina, Bridget, and Alex.
These two munchkins were on Christmas vacation and we had a great time visiting with them and exchanging gifts. We went out to lunch with Bob at our favorite place in Sudbury, the Wayside Inn.
This Inn dates back to colonial days and has a great atmosphere as well as good food.
Our travels included a trip to a very nice yarn store, The Fiber Loft in Harvard, Mass.
We left on December 29 for the trip south. This is a picture of the trip through Hartford, Connecticut.
We stayed in Pennsylvania that night and woke up to snow, which continued into Virginia.
Before the day was over the snow was over and we headed south of it. Finally on December 31 we reached Florida and spent the night at Jacksonville.
We arrived at our destination January 1 and spent the afternoon and evening moving in. Of course we had to go out for supplies, and visited one of our favorite locations, Steak and Shake.
A real milkshake is truly a treat. However, the fat content of that shake probably had something to do with Louise going to the hospital with chest pains. After spending a night there, she returned home with no diagnosis, but with no frightening results either. Since then the diet has been much better.
There is something so enjoyable about being in Florida. Probably someone from a milder climate than northern Maine would not appreciate it so much. It is currently "cold" down here and people are complaining about winter. It has been down in the 30s a couple of nights, and the past few days have been in the 50s. Today we visited one of the beaches and we found people dressed pretty warm for a beach visit,
Despite the cold it is beautiful. The grass and the trees are green. The sun is shining. We are so happy to be here and away from the terrible weather at home.
We spotted a little boy at the beach who was having a great time running on top of the sand dunes.
We are happy here.
