Today appears to be our last day in Florida. We had planned to leave yesterday but the storms in northern Florida and Alabama kept us here for one more day. Since we had most everything packed up on Thursday, today was a leisurely day. I grilled pork steaks for lunch. We had planned on having them last night for dinner but we were talking to friends until late. I don't like BBQing in the dark - we had already taken down all the outside lights. We ate at a local restaurant instead.
We had decided not to take our fire pit home with us since we didn't have room for it. Pam and Dennis had hauled it from Missouri to Georgia for us in October. Since it was still new and in the box, we put it inside for the Georgia-Florida leg of the trip. We gave it to Joe and Marilyn. Unbeknownst to us, Joe put it up for sale in the park-wide garage sale today. He sold it bright and early this morning for $20. The four of us decided to take this money over to the Jai Alai joint to bet on the horse races in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Joe and Mark won quite a few races; unfortunately all the winners were the favorites so they didn't really win any money; nor did they lose.
The winds today have been insane. All the awnings in the park have been put up, except for the people wishing that they would blow away. Some people have even brought in the slides on their trailers. Even though it got to 91 degrees, the clouds and wind kept all but the die-hards out of the pool. We just biked around the park saying goodbye to everyone. Finally the bikes had to be disassembled and put away.
It was an interesting dinner we had. I thought I still had a pound of hamburger in the freezer; I was wrong. Mark found two slices of salami in the fridge; I found a new head of lettuce and a few veggies so I made a small salad for Mark and a very large one for me. We then headed up for the final Prime Country Cuts evening to listen to old country music and to say goodbye to those that we missed earlier today.
Tomorrow we're heading off to our first stop in Robertsdale, Alabama which is about 35 miles east of Mobile. Monday morning we'll get up early to get through the tunnel which runs under Mobile Bay, heading towards a night in Tunica, Mississippi. Then on Tuesday morning we're off across Arkansas to get to Mom and Dad's lake house where we'll be leaving the trailer for about a month so we can do work on their house. On either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday we'll be driving into St. Louis to give our kids a GREAT BIG HUG. We miss everyone and can't wait to get there; we hope the snow that they are getting tonight will be gone, as we do not miss that!
No internet for a few days. We'll send a final blog once we get home.
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