Reading the Connecticut obits from Florida....

Reading the obits:  So, here I am in Florida on a reasonably warm (59 deg in January!) morning sipping my first cup of coffee and reading the obits in the New London Day, my former CT hometown newspaper.  Up until our arrival here in Titusville in 2012 we’d spent our entire life in Southeastern CT (East Lyme and Preston) so our roots there are strong.  It occurs to me that I’ve been blessed in knowing so many people over the years, primarily due to my occupation prior to retirement.  I was an insurance agent (Allstate Senior Account Agent) for over thirty years, and that entailed daily contact with many people, a lot of them who became friends and customers. So (and I’m drifting a bit here) that’s how I remember folks not only from the towns in where we lived, but also towns like Groton, Mystic, North Stonington and a lot of other local towns and cities.  A name and photo shows up in the obits and I remember :”Yeah, collected cars and had that nice Cape with the fenced yard” or something. Amazing how much we DO remember with a little nudging from a paragraph or two and a photo, especially if they’ve chosen one that was “back in the day” so to speak. I like people and on reflection the job I had was probably a heck of a lot better for me than having to sit in an office or cubicle with a slide rule or computer.  I’m thankful for having known so many fine customers who turned into friends over the years.

An Adjunct Instructor’s Final Syllabus (A Fun article from the Opinion Section of the NYT....)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/sunday/adjunct-instructor-syllabus.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&fbclid=IwAR2mRQNBYyskydAaGWLb2G9OnTse0k2ni7ZbgtPfrfTX7Pdja71lOSjnZc0

Titusville from the air.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fN5ZL1wzapo#fauxfullscreen

Best Towns In Florida

https://www.florida-backroads-travel.com/florida-towns.html

Camping reservations as of January 13, 2019 (edited on Jan 25th).

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2-34808870 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Lake Kissimmee State Park	Site: 002Tue Feb 05 2019 - Fri Feb 08 2019 (3 nights)	$40.30 :$0.00
2-36019807 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park	Site: 18Sun Mar 03 2019 - Thu Mar 07 2019 (4 nights)	$45.94 :$0.00
2-35102421 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Faver-Dykes State Park	Site: 003Sun Mar 24 2019 - Thu Mar 28 2019 (4 nights)	$46.48 :$0.00
2-36403291 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park	Site: 043Mon Apr 15 2019 - Fri Apr 19 2019 (4 nights)	$46.84 :$0.00
2-36466743 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Site: 035Sun May 19 2019 - Thu May 23 2019 (4 nights)	$64.68 :$0.00
2-36404313 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Site: 019Sun Jul 07 2019 - Thu Jul 11 2019 (4 nights)	$97.70 :$0.00
2-36190803 FL Confirmed See Detail	Site	Fort Clinch State Park	Site: 020Wed Aug 14 2019 - Wed Aug 21 2019 (7 nights)	$108.62 :$0.00

Additionally, we've made reservations for Jetty Park in Port Canaveral from Sunday June 9th thru Thursday June 13th, Site #325.  This is a Port Authority campground.
Also, we've reserved at Oscar Scherer State Park from 12/8 to 12/13/2019. We'll be on site 50, Murray & Donna on site 73 and John and Loretta on site #48.