Our winter in Florida is drawing to a close. It is 5:00 am on Monday morning while I write this blog. Can't sleep thinking about hooking up the 5th and heading out on the highway after spending 5 beautiful months here at Rainbow Resort. We have made some great new friends here, had some pretty awesome adventures and did not have to shovel a lick of snow!! This morning we will be moving on to St. Augustine, Florida where we will be spending three days seeing the sights in the oldest city in the USA.
Last Friday I surprised Tom by inviting some of our new friends over for Happy Hour and birthday cake. Over the winter Tom played guitar with several people over at the home of Paul and Nita Taylor. They live all year around here at Rainbow. Nita is originally from the Maritimes. She said every man should have two guitars and they bought this one for him for his birthday. It plays Happy Birthday as well as other cute little songs. Here is Tom with Nita and his new guitar.
John and Judy brought party crackers to add to the party atmosphere and to Tom's hair do.
Duane and Marilyn Gordon have a big beautiful couch two doors down. They hail from Indianapolis, Indiana. Duane has helped Tom with many things over the winter. Marilyn is my Bunko playing partner. On the right is Paul Taylor, Nita's husband who Tom has spent many hours with playing guitar.
Nita, John and Judy. We are going to miss the Hollingers. It has been a blast and we will see them again back in Canada this summer.
Jim Davis on the left lives next door. He and his wife Sherry also come from Indiana. Jim has a garden shed on his spot and in that shed he paints some very pretty landscapes. He gave us one that we will take home with us.
Sherry Davis listening to Jim. I think she has maybe listened to Jim for too long!!! He is a chatterbox for sure.
Tom was sitting outside reading the paper when they all came around the corner singing happy birthday. It was a nice surprise. Very nice people and we are going to miss them all. They have made our winter extra special.
I am not sure what we will have for internet connection at our next stop but hope to be able to post from St. Augustine. I know that many people are starting to make their way north. Wishing them all safe travels.
We often experience the same problem of not sleeping. It's call Pretravel Restlessness (Not sleeping soundly the night before you hit the road.). The strange thing is that it doesn't always happen.
ReplyDeleteWe're wishing you and Tom a safe and enjoyable trip and definitely will try to get together back home this summer.
It's about time.