Ft Lauderdale

We had a great time at my brother, Gerry and his wife, Amy and on Saturday we headed to Ft Lauderdale to meet up with Wendy, Scott and Xavier before their flight back home to Costa Rica.  They were down from Costa Rica spending Christmas with Scott's Mum and Tom in Key West.   They picked us up at the hotel and we got to spend a couple of hours together and they took us out to an Indian Restaurant(so good).  Thanks Scott and Wendy.  After they dropped us back at our hotel and this morning we were off early and headed back to St Marys GA.  It was great to see them.  Xavier is growing up so much. 

Pic 1.  We stayed at the Comfort Inn and the car belongs to a couple that are presently on a cruise.  Someone came in and stole their tires.   Would of loved to see their face this morning when they got off the cruise....They must of had low profile tires and that are very expensive....
Pic 2....Scott and Xav at the restaurant
Pic 3....Gary, Wendy and I outside the restaurant
Pic 4.....Beautiful Sunrise this morning...how does that expression go....Red sky at night...Sailors delight...red sky in morning.....sailor take warning....Thank Goodness we were almost home before the rain started....It was quite heavy when it started but tapered off....

Christmas in Bradenton

 

 

Christmas Eve went to a very pretty Church in St Mary's GA.(pic 1)  Very much enjoyed the service but did miss not sharing Christmas Mass with my sister, Lynn and my granddaughters, Bryanna and Sophie.  Our Christmas eve meal was champagne and fresh Shrimp(pic 2) that we got fresh from the market.  So very delicious.   On Christmas Day, we headed to Bradenton, FL to spend Christmas day with Gerry, Amy, Evan and Ashley for Christmas dinner.(pic 4)  Mike, Donna and Bert and Patty were there as well(pic 3).   It was great spending it with all of them.  It was a gorgeous day and I got to Skype with my Kids.....Not as good as being there with them but to see them all made our day.  Merry Christmas to all my family and friends,

 

The Blessings of Peace
The Beauty of Hope
The Spirit of Love
The Comfort of Faith
May these be your gifts this Christmas Season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fernandina Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Had a great day at Fernandina Beach.....Walked thru the town...Had a coffee along Centre Street and watched the shoppers walk by.   Had lunch at Crab Trap....Yummy!!!  I had broiled shrimp Po-Boy Sandwich with grilled vegetables and Gary had fried Oysters with breaded fries.  They were delicious.  We stopped at Atlantic Seafood and bought fresh shrimp from the boats and red snapper for dinner......Great day....Had a great day.....

Pic 1..view of Fernandina Yacht Club Pic 2..Old railway station....Pic 3 Manse house built in 1860 next to Methodist Church....Pic 4 my shrimp Po-Boy   Pic 5 Gary's Oyster Po-Boy....Pic 6 Picture of Pelican flying by as we are leaving. 

Gorgeous Day Today!!!

Great day today!! Weatherman says it was 24C and feels like 33C...Pictures 1 to 3 are downtown St Marys which is on St Mary's River.  Beautiful old historic buildings.  And of course the best Pecan Pie I have ever tasted....They do know how to make them here!!!  Could not resist. 

Had to go to Camping World to pick up a connector and what should of took 20 minutes took us 2 hrs.  Tractor Trailer overturned on highway 95....Back to back traffic....When we returned the highway was backed up all the way into Georgia and we got off at Exit 3 and we could still see the traffic at a distance at a standstill.   OMG!!!!  Unbelievable!!!  They were almost done picking up....so hopefully it cleared up!!!! 

Jacksonville FL

My first view of palm trees is when I cross from South Carolina to Georgia...as you can see from the picture 1......We took a drive to Jacksonville which is only 20 minutes away from our campground.  This is the bridge that crosses Jacksonville.  So beautiful and I took pictures of the Ships in the dock...The last one is a car container ship....It was massive.  Today it got as high as 88F....Loving this weather.....Now having wine and garlic bread on the grill.   Live is good....Cheers

A Big Wheel RV Park

This is our site, the lots here are a good size...70 by 20 and concrete pads....Love it.   Still have to get our bikes off the back.  Maybe tomorrow.   They have a fishing pond with wide mouth bass and they want us to fish it and we do not need fishing license to do it as it is privately owned.   So pretty and the lots are well treed......Having a great day today though we did get rain quite heavy for a bit but still 25C.  

St Marys Georgia

Pictures......1 is Sunset on our Journey down on the first day.  2 is our rig with the bikes on the back and you can see our red car in front parked in front of the office....3 is the RV Park and 4 is the place where the Sunday brunch is being held.
Our destination this year is St Marys  Georgia for 3 months.   We left on Friday Dec 7 as we were trying to avoid the 2 storms.  The first day we drove 14.5 hrs and got as far as Willmington CT outside of Hartford Ct before we hit heavy rain mixed with snow.   Stopped over for 5 hrs and continued our trip at 3am.  We hit clear roads thru Scranton PE but could see they had snow and freezing rain continued for 15.5 hrs and overnighted in Enfield NC and the next day it was only 9.5 hrs to our destination at A Big Wheel RV Park in St Marys SC.   Today it was a balmy 23C....all set up and looking forward to spending 3 months here.  The staff is so friendly and helpful.  Every Sunday they have potluck with all the residence in the park.  Because we just arrived, we were invited to attend and it was excellent and everyone very friendly.  Looking forward to next Sunday and we can bring a dish.  I love Rving as we meet such wonderful and amazing people.  We have a couple from Bedford NS....They have been coming here for 6 years.  Looking forward to our stay here.