Day one of the Florida Freeze of 2008 and we have survived. Last night we turned on the cozy, romantic electric fireplace to heat the living room and watched movies. The tank heaters are on and hopefully the black tank won't freeze solid, although that would make emptying the tank an unusual experience. It's funny to listen to many of the folks around us worry about a little cold since our neighbors are from Vermont, New York and Michigan. They talk about 36" snowfalls but aren't sure what to do to keep their water hose from freezing!
This morning the temp was already 34 by 8:00. We turned on the coffee and all the electric went out. It reminded us of the first day here when there was an electrical problem with the trailer. After checking the power pole and seeing several folks out doing the same, it seems the entire park was out of service. Nothing to do but become tourists.
Mark hooked up the GPS and drove us to Crystal River State Park near the Gulf coast about an hour from Orange Lake. This is a place where you can take boat rides to see the areas where manatees hang out. The boat wasn't available for a ride on the river because it was too cold. Next stop was Homasassa Springs Wildlife State Park. This is where they take manatees and other wild animals that have been injured. Once again, you can take a boat ride or a tram to see the areas they where the animals are in their natural habitats but it was still too cold. (We must be turning into warm weather people.)
Tonight we are going to hunker down once again since the predicted low temperature is 20. It should be interesting this evening because the electric went out again about 6:00 and didn't get restored until 9:30. The park manager bought pizza for everyone that wanted to come up to the main clubroom where the electric was working. Probably to keep folks from asking for a refund and moving on to a park with better power service. It could be worse, I read on-line that the low temp in St. Louis is going to be 6 tonight.
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I think this is your first post that had nothing to do with golf...I am so proud! *tear*
:) Stephanie
It was in the 70s here in Antonia, MO this week more than once and beautiful yesterday again. We went out with Meaghan after visiting my dad in the hospital - one of his hips wore out again so he had it replaced again. Meaghan said we should go out and have a drink or 10. Dave took her serious and had 8 16 oz Amberbock's and we all slept in until 8 a.m. then watched TV in bed until 9:30 a.m. Then Dave worked and got home at 10:15 p.m. Hadn't done that in a while. I had a few wine's myself and Meaghan had a few Amaretto Sours.
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