Maggie May

Maggie May
Maggie May

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Weather Becoming Warmer in The Forest

We have finally had enough warm weather that I put away my winter clothes. Yippee! With the arrival of warm weather and Rainbows came more forest fires. Chris (our Ranger) and fellow fire fighter stopped by for a quick dinner of country fried steak, rice and gravy, summer vegetables, salad and banana pudding after they finished mopping up our last forest fire. Last week we had a cute couple from Switzerland camping with us. They had this Land Rover special made for them in Switzerland and had it shipped to the USA for their travels here. I thought that this set up was really neat. They spent this long weekend in the infield of Daytona 500 in their rig. Awesome! As my mind races on......Billy is free of kidney stones for now so he is going to see about having his shoulder fixed tomorrow! What next? Our 2 1/2 year motor home journey is coming to an end, and we plan to head back home to Panama City mid April. It is sad to hear our buddies here in The Forest making their plans to return next year. Maybe we will get lucky and sell our house so we can spend another year in The Forest. The bears are beginning to slowly come out of the woods. So slowly, that a 350 pounder was hit by a car on one of the National Forest Roads last week. So sad. As always, I'll leave you with a few photos, and Life Is Good Today!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

"Winter" in The Forest

My oh my! Billy is still dealing with kidney stones without the pain finally. I am sewing like mad to complete Spring/Easter dresses for the girls. We have learned that we are expecting a new Grandson in June! :) Still experiencing horrible accidents on the Trail over weekends. Billy and I somehow waited until it became too hot to go hiking. Our four hour hike turned into one hour, and we still can't seem to find enough time to ride and enjoy The Centennial Trail! The bears are sluggish and "in hiding" while the snakes are popping up every where! For Valentine's Day Billy treated me to a concert in Deland, FL featuring an old college buddy, Jack Williams, who is a singer/songwriter. Had a blast. I will leave you with a few pictures and as always "Life Is Good Today!"

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Guess We Have Been LOST since Thanksgiving

We celebrated Christmas in Tampa with Marianne, Kevin, Jackson and Kevin's wonderful family. A good time was had by all. Jackson, Marianne and Kevin came to spend a few days here in The Scrub with us before we went on down to Tampa. It was too cold for Jackson and I to sleep outside in a tent but we will one day soon. We celebrated a quiet New Year's here in the campground and then had an unplanned visit to Tampa to see about getting rid of Billy's kidney stones that are on the move. We are still trying to get rid of those kidney stones. We haven't been able to do much 4 wheeling on the Trails, but plan on getting back out there tomorrow if the kidney stones allow. I have some other Christmas photos that have not uploaded so I will add them later. Best wishes for 2013 to our Friends and Family. "Life Is Good Today!"