Blogs from Clermont, Florida, United States, North America

blog 01-29-20 Spacex rocket Ginnie and I went to the lake at 9 this morning so we could witness the launch of the latest spacex mission to deliver satellites into orbit. There was a cloud bank in the east right where the rocket would launch and it ended up blocking our view of the event. Darn-it! I did take a few pictures of birds while we were there and we enjoyed the pretty lake. I walked Watson over to Kim's house to see if her dogs could come over to play in our yard. Kim did come over but the dogs just sniffed around and barked at passerbys, no playing. At 2 pm we all went to Outback Steak House and had a delicious early dinner. This is the last day of my stay here that ... read more

blog 01-26-20 Disney Springs One of the items on our bucket list while staying here near the Magic Kingdom is to go to Disney Springs which is an area of the Disney property that has lots of stores, restaurants and sometimes entertainment. We like to go for specialty shops, lunch and Ghirardelli's ice cream store. Today was the day, and we found a great parking place that wasn't too far from the places we wanted to go. We took a boat across the lake deciding to start at the farthest point and then work our way back. First stop was a store with everything Disney, then the pin store, then the doggie must haves. Kat got a neat gold hat at one stop then we were at the Ghirardelli store, we could almost taste the chocolate. ... read more

I lost the gift of gab for a while. I lost the desire to write. I became a slug, not doing anything, not wanting to do anything. I was feeling sorry for myself a whole lot, and I wasn’t feeling healthy. It started when I got to this current campground and, hopefully, fully ended today. I had a spring in my step today, I didn’t feel so negative, I am happier inside my skin…..which has gotten fluffier since I did eat a lot while in my funk. I will admit, I stayed up until 2:30 last night watching Olympics and writing a purge blog. I had a lot of things to get off my chest. I did not sleep once I went to bed. I got up this morning and realized I could not publish what ... read more

The one about Loners on Wheels January 5. Richard’s birthday. He caught up to my age again as he does every year. Happy Birthday, Richard. The cold weather held until January 7. Then it started to warm up slightly, and by the 10th it was warm enough for us yankees to wear capris and TShirts. Life at Florilow follows a routine. Walk the dog, exercise, shower, hitch a ride to the store, eat lunch out, General Hospital, Happy Hour, dinner in rig or eat out, play cards or games or not, watch TV, bed. Repeat. Not a bad schedule, kind of like home, but with different friends and different restaurants and no theatre volunteering. I did unhook, dropping all land lines in my campsite and went to downtown Par Gas. There really was a long line, ... read more