Travel Update

Our family/friends have returned to Indy in the middle of an ice storm and snow storm. They have 11 inches of snow but are safe and sound.

Debbie and Kenny (That is a picture of them on Nassau.) left Florida on Monday after ten days of fun in the sun. We also had a little cooler weather than normal, but it still wasn't the icy mess they had back home.

Debbie and Kenny arrived in Florida on Friday the sixteenth. We left for a cruise to Nassau on Monday and returned on Friday the twenty-third. We were pampered, waited on, and it has taken two days for us to get back in the swing of normal life. (If you can call living in a motor home normal.)

I have always wanted to go to Atlantis on Paradise Island. We had played with the idea for a turn of the century trip in 1999 but the cost was much more that we could afford at the time. Well, guess what!! Paradise Island is only a taxi cab drive away from the cruise ship dock in Nassau. So, Debbie and I took a taxi to Atlantis and walked all over the place. We saw three aquariums, beautiful sandy beaches, and three swimming pools. That place is amazing. I kept thinking how much fun our grandchildren would have had. They would love this place.

Our next stop was Coco Cay...Royal Caribbean's private island. They also had beautiful sandy beaches and Debbie, Bill, and I went looking for sea shells. Bill walked further than he had in a long time and the cushion of the sand and water didn't aggravate his bad knees.

We arrived home on Friday in time for Bingo. We didn't win anything, but it was good to be home. Crystal River had a cold spell while we were gone and our neighbor Dee covered our plants so they wouldn't get damaged by the frost. We did lose a few leaves, but the plants will be fine. Thank you Dee.

Debbie and Kenny love to see nature in its natural habitat. We have seen moose, elk, and bear in Alaska together and while in Florida Debbie wanted to see manatee and alligators. The paper has had several pictures of the manatees at Three Sisters. So I asked around to find out where we could see manatees. Three Sisters could only be reached by boat, so we went to King Bays Road bridge and sure enough, we saw lots of manatees as they moved back inland.

The spring keeps the water at a constant 72 degrees and the manatees like to stay around Crystal River until the Gulf warms up, usually in April. So you might just see us hanging over the bridge periodically. It is the best free entertainment you can find in town.

Today the ladies attended a pajama Avon Bingo party. We all went in our PJs and if you won you could pick an Avon product. It was fun. One lady came with brush rollers in her hair. I know I'm showing my age, but no wears those anymore, do they? It was cute.

Bill stayed around the coach and did odd jobs. He fixed a leak in the water hookup, fixed a fishing pole, cleaned the fresh water holding tank, and put Sta Bil in the boat motor.

Tomorrow we can play again.