BROOKSVILLE, FL.

We arrived at the

Clover Leaf Forest Campsite,

Sunday March 29th.

Barb and Terry live in Clover Leaf Mobile Park

which is another part of Clover Leaf.

The park has two swimming pools ( an inside one and an outside one)

 and a jacuzzi.   We've taken advantage of them everyday.

We are having a great time with T and B. Sunday night we

went to a show.  It was hilarious, put on by the residents here.

There was Baby Snook's 

The Andrew Sisters

Quiz Show

Soap Opera  plus others

Baby Snooks

.The Andrews Sisters

We rode to the play in B and T's Limo!!!

B and T have a very nice home.  Tonight we had a cookout there.

We went to this Cowboy Junction Flea Market

(One of Terry's favorite places)

I bought a couple of necklaces and some veggies.

We've play Sequence, Upwards and Farkle every night.

It's amazing how Terry and Larry have stayed awake.

Larry and Terry went out to breakfast this morning

with the Old Gezzer's.

Barb and I went along but sat by ourselves!!!!!

More fun tomorrow. Weather is still great. Getting lots of reading

done and maybe some biking in tomorrow.

NY WOMEN VOTED TOP VACATIONER IN FLORIDA

Pictures of this NY women is plastered all over Florida

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Be sure and get her autograph as it will be quite

valuable someday.

ZEPHYRHILLS

March 28th (Day 22)

We arrived in Zephyrhills and the campsite office

 closed at noon, so we went over to see our friends from

 Bleecker to see if he had a suggestion. 

Betty and LeRoy Lane

The owners of the RV park allowed us to park

our camper there over night, for free while we visited the Lane's.

LeRoy, Betty and Us
We went out to a local restaurant for supper
I think we talked non stop from 2 to 10 p.m.

"JACK"

Lane's talented dog. 

He performed quite a few tricks for us.

FT MYERS

Swan Lake Village RV Park

March 25 - 28

Very nice park...I give it 5 stars

and it's close by our friends, Skip and Charlene

We left Ft.Lauderdale Wednesday a.m. taking Alligator Ally

that runs from the east to the west coast.

I was hoping we'd see an alligator along the way.

"There's one, there's another one, oh my goodness

there is one every 100 ft or so. After seeing about 50

of them we didn't bother to look any more.

Charlene and Skip live next to this RV park, an easy bike ride

over there. Our first night here, they invited us to supper.

I was under the weather so Larry went over and had a good

visit with them. Charlene sent me a plate of food.

Charlene, still that sweet personality.

Thursday the 26th I took it easy, went to the pool and

by evening was feeling somewhat better so we went

over to Kemp's for supper which included some neighbors

that are leaving soon for their summer homes.

Kemp's dining room.

There were 4 couples there, by the time I got

around to take a picture most everyone had

gotten up from the table. It was a fun time, their friends

were very nice and the conversation(s) were interesting.

The swimming pool here

That's me

Friday was more relaxing, swimming in the pool and then

the Kemp's came over and took us for a ride out

toward the beaches and to a neat place where they

sell oranges, juice, ice cream, gifts, and other goodies

Larry Charlene Skip

Larry and Skip

Free samples: Orange, Orange/strawberry, Orange Cranberry,

Grapefruit, and a couple others

We bought a quart of the orange/strawberry, plus a couple of jars
of marmalade, honey mustard and something for Shari who
will have to wait to find out what it is.

Our visit with Charlene and Skip was great. So many memories
shared, sharing about our kids, gkids, and "their" great gkids.

After we left the citrus store Charlene drove us over to

Shell Point Village where Janet and Harry Myles live.

This is owned by C. & M.A.

Harry

Janet

Cramer's, Myles, and Kemp's

Again, lots of memories of Riverview/Endicott,

kids, gkids, fun times. Uncle Josh entertained them. They

laughed so hard Charlene said her face hurt and Janet

had to get up and get a drink of water.

It was so good to see the Kemp's and Myles's,
another high light of our trip.

Saturday morning and we are all packed up and ready

to go north to Zephyrhills well almost anyway,

bikes have to be loaded in the truck
and the awning has to be rolled up.

MY FRIEND MARIA (E) Boca Raton

Visiting my friend Maria(e) was one of the highlights of our trip !!!!

Yesterday afternoon (Monday Mar.23) we drove up to Boca Raton,

which is about 20 miles north of Ft. Lauderdale. 

I met Maria, her name is really Marie but somehow when she introduced herself

to me the first time I thought she said Maria and she never corrected me, so she's

always been Maria to me.

Maria and I in front of the pond that is across the road from her house

Maria had arrived in Endicott, NY from Czechoslovakia with her husband Peter

and daughter Alena in mid '60's. They didn't speak English, but they all learned it very fast. 

 Maria was a professional basketball player in her country so when she heard that IBM

had a team, she checked into it and fortunately she was put on my team.  We "clicked" on the

basketball court and also became good friends.  So many memories that I just

can't get into them here. 

Looking at her swimming pool from her dining room

Maria swims everyday, plays tennis 2 or 3 times a week

and has a workout room with 5 or 6 exercise machines.

In front of her house

Maria's grandfather was a famous painter in Czechoslovakia.  He painted over 1000

painting.  Today they are very valuable.  Maria has this one in her living room

as well as many others.  You can go on the web and find his paintings.

Maria's father was a doctor and a concert pianist.  He also wrote a book

about the many paintings.  I met her father and mother when they

visited Maria in Endicott.

The book her father wrote contains pictures of the paintings and their background. 

 Maria is going to get me a copy of it when she goes to back to Czechoslovakia.

Whenever we went to Maria and Peter's house they always served us

coffee (so strong you could almost chew it) and many goodies.  Yesterday

she did the same and we ate all afternoon.  Shrimp, loxs, cream cheese and bagels,

sandwich meat, cheese, strawberries, pickles, choc candy, crackers, and more.

Unfortunately Peter died in a tragic automobile accident in 2002.

We left Maria's about 6 p.m. and with an address , which was

fairly near Maria's, where we located another friend from Endicott/Endwell.  We

weren't sure if the address from the internet was this person or not

but went to her door anyway.....and sure enough it was Dot Cart.

We had a nice visit.  We both got caught up on family and friends from Valleyview.

Arrived back at Kerwick's about 9 p.m.  I'm glad Larry's a good driver.

Rt 95 sure is a busy and fast highway.

Miscellaneous Stuff (Day 19)

Here are some odds and ends pictures

Watching Syracuse win over Arizona on Sunday afternoon (at Kerwicks')

Ignore the guy in the picture.  It's this odd tree I took a picture of.  That is it's natural coloring.

Sharon doesn't know the kind of tree it is, will have to do some research.

We went to lunch here on Monday

Hotdog Heaven's Angel (s)

Larry took Molly for a walk this morning and came home with these two

coconuts he found beside the road. John cracked one open and we ate some of it.

Lunch at "Rosie's" today

This is one of the lizards that run around the yard here.  He is on a piece of coral

Will blog about our visit with Maria next!!!

Ft Lauderdale "The Kerwick's"

Sharon and John Kerwick

We met them in Northville about 8 years ago.  They own an "Arts and Crafts" summer home

on the Mountain Road, about 1 mile from us.  John spends the whole summer there, Sharon

isn't retired yet so she goes up several times during the summer.   They've been very gracious to us

for allowing us to park are camper in their back yard this week.  We are having a great time with them.

They have a very nice house and their yard is beautfully landscaped  Take a look.

They have coral rocks interspersed in the landscaping

We are camping at the end of their driveway.