Dinner with good friends....

Yesterday we had dinner at the local Mexican restaurant with good friends. Great conversation, decent food, and good ambiance...doesn't get any better!

Going back to Wekiwa Springs State Park today...

Today we're heading back to Wekiwa Springs State Park https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/wekiwa-springs-state-park for four nights or so and we're looking forward to it :). UPDATE: Returned today November 18th. Photo Link here.

It was great meeting up with Dennis and Joann!

Google photo album from Paynes Prairie State Park: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rLg12CywUWaBF7Bv8

Monthly group therapy...

We're heading out today for our monthly camping jaunt to a Florida State Park with the rig. This time we're going back to Payne's Prairie https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/paynes-prairie-preserve-state-park but where we go is not as important as the fact of just getting away. There's the packing of course, and getting the rig ready and the anticipation of change from the routine. With the motor home the "getting there" is as good as the being there, and we all (including Buddy the hound) usually enjoy the trip. That being said, we do limit our distance trying to stay within three to four hours of our rig storage at Christmas FL. After about four nights we're usually pretty refreshed and ready to get back home, and then home is really appreciated with the comforts of great Wi-fi, fully equiped kitchens and multiple baths. Someone once said us campers spend lots of money to periodically experience homelessness. I wouldn't go that far, but I do know the change of scenery does get the blood flowing and reinvirorate things a bit...and that's a good thing. My best childhood friend recently moved from Colorado to Ocala Florida, and he and his wife are going to visit us Tuesday at camp where we'll do a bit of a BBQ. I've known Dennis since I was five, and that was a LOT of tide changes ago:).

Sometimes things bunch up and you're busy....

We met up with good friends over from the West Coast (Dean and JoAnn Paradise) and had a nice lunch at Rusty's at Cape Canaveral, then took them to the National Seashore. That night we had Book Club, and then last night "Murder On The Orient Express" at the Melbourne Civic Theater. Tomorrow we leave for four nights at Payne's Prairie State Park. Nice to be busy! Link to Payne's Prairie: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/paynes-prairie-preserve-state-park

John Silong, Memorial Service and Obit information

FYI from John's daughter Cindy: 10:45am: John Silong's Memorial Service, 10:45am Lane B Cape Canaveral National Cemetary, 5525 US Highway 1, Mima FL 32754. Obituary information: https://islandcremations.com/obituaries/john-silong/5564/

A voice from the past resurfaces...Dennis

My childhood best friend, Dennis Kargul, gave me an email shout out yesterday. We were friends from Kindergarten right through Junior High School and it was great hearing from him :). We're going to try and connect at our next campout to Paines Prairie State Park late October.