On The Road Again

Botanical Festival of Lights Lake Semanol 

Don Pedro State Park New Years Day

Working for Habitat For Humanity

Diana's Ditch

Setting Form boards 

Eastern Blue Bird Sebring Fl

Dedication Ceremony

Mrs Saunders New Ramp

Packed Up And Ready To Depart Titusville

Rosette Spoonbill

On the Beach Topsail Hill Preserve

Evening Sun On The Beach

Sun Set Topsail Hill

Good Night

Quilting Group BETA Donation

Campsite Topsail Hill

Immature Little Blue Heron

                                                          

                                                           ON THE ROAD AGAIN

It is now the beginning of March and we are sitting in the campground of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park located west of Panama City on the coast of The Gulf Of Mexico. Where has all the time gone? It was bittersweet pulling out of The Great Outdoors in Titusville. We leave behind many new friends and lots of great memories but we also have many great adventures ahead of us.

Since we last checked in with our blog we spent 2 weeks volunteering with Habitat For Humanity in Sebring Florida through a group known as Care-A-Vaners. The area is a predominantly rural where the main industries are orange production and cattle ranching. We towed the Airstream and were provided with a place to park for the 2-week period. The campsite was a 4H camp located on a lake in an orange grove area. Weather and some logistics dictated the jobs we had to do. The primary job was to start construction on a home. The other jobs included building a ramp for an elderly lady, painting the interior of The Habitat Restore and generally helping out at the store. At the groundbreaking ceremony it was heart warming to see the recipient; a lady and her daughters looked over the foundation of her new home. The look on the face of Mrs. Saunders coming down her new ramp was priceless.

The remaining time in Titusville was spent doing all of our regular activities.

Diana’s cousin Lynn and her husband Rob from Canada were in Kissimmee for several weeks so they came over to visit with us. We went over to Kissimmee for a visit with Lynn, Rob and Bev, Diana’s other cousin, and husband Glen. We had a ball catching up on old times and generally enjoying each other’s company. 

The last weekend was hectic. Abe visited for 2 nights. We attended a Chili Cook Off, a Rotary fundraiser, where we got to taste close to 30 different versions of chili. Mike and Carol visited for 3 days. We were able to show Mike and Carol the resident Eagle nest with a young chick. It was great watching the adults feeding the chick. We were also dog sitting Buddy, our friends Dick and Andreas little dog, during everyone’s visit. David spent 2 days receiving instruction on woodturning where he made his first bowl. Now I can compete with Diana in the arts and craft world.

In 3 days we will join an Airstream Caravan in southern Louisianan where we will experience the food, music and culture of the Cajun country; then on to Big Bend National Park in south west Texas.