A Good Day On The Water

Dad and I went out crappie fishing this morning and had a great day. We left about 6:30 am and was on the water at day light. The fish started cooperating right away. Dad was in the back of the boat and having a riot. He was fishing with 3 poles at first, but before long he couldn't keep up and put one away. This went on for quite a while. When they slowed down we went to the other side of the canal and started all over again.

The only thing that interrupted us was a little rain. (Well maybe it was a lot of rain.) Started out as a sprinkle, then dad said it was getting foggy or really raining cause he could hardly see the bridge that was about 1/4 mile away. We found out it was NOT fog a few minutes later. And boy did it RAIN. We both had rain jackets on but they weren't enough. Should of had the whole suit on that way maybe we wouldn't have been like a wick and soak up the water clear to our arm pits. LOL

That didn't stop us as the rain only lasted a few minutes and the fish were still biting. Kept on fishing till they slowed down. Good thing the fish can count, because we were getting real close to are limit and we probably would of went over if they hadn't known enough to stop biting when they did.

That's One Big Gator

Denise and I went out fishing the other day and she took pics of this big gator. The gator had to be at least 12 feet long. Maybe longer. I know it wouldn't fit in the boat with us. Maybe that is why it was licking it's lips every time we went by. LOL That day there was 22 gators layin on the bank. That is in about a 1/4 mile of canal bank. They like the sunny days to sun them selves.

Had a good birthday. Didn't win at bingo that night. Ooh well you can't win every time and we have won a lot this year.

Our friends Scott and Cheryl called today and they are in Florida. Going to the Keys before they come here. Guess we will have to go see them in the Keys. It is a nice trip down thru the Everglades, about 4 1/2 hour drive.

Crappies Are Bitting

Well we are getting a few crappie, not setting the world on fire but getting some. The ones we are getting are nice ones, in the 11 to 14 inch range. Of course they have to be 10 inches to keep them down here.

We had a nice Christmas and New Years. The pics of Denise, Me and the one of Mom and Dad were taken New Years Eve at our park Christmas Party. It's a good time. They have finger food and Drawings. We won 40 dollars on the 50/50 drawing.

Ooh yea the pic of the water, if you look close it has ice on it. Just took it to show you it's not always 80 degrees down here. (We have to put up with Mother Nature at her worse.) LOL. After all it was 28 degrees that morning at day light. Had to get up early to get the pic of ice, as it went away fast when the sun came up. But still we had ice. Made me want to go ice fishing. (NOT)

Eating a lot of Oranges, as they are delicious fresh from the orchard. The tomatoes are good too. ways enjoy the fresh friuts and veggies when we get down here.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas to all. This morning Romeo and I went out for a walk dressed in our Christmas clothes. Wished all we seen a Merry Christmas. When Denise was ready we took a family Christmas pic. Sebastian was not real happy about it, but had to put up with it.

Hope you all notice my heavy winter clothes I have on. (Winter is HELL down here.) LOL

Going down to the rec hall for Christmas Dinner at 1:00. I guarantee a lot more will be dressed in Christmas attire, as I think every one down here is in their second childhood. (At least they act like it.) Didn't know getting old would be so much fun.

Here is our Christmas pic.

Christmas Florida Style

We couldn't find pine trees to decorate so we did as the Floridians do. Decorate palm trees. Here is pics of our decorations. It's not much just some garland with lights up the palm tree to the leaves , some lights and garland around the awning and across the front of the trailer. Denise also has a small Christmas Tree in the trailer. Only thing missing is the snow. (OOH SHIT DID I SAY THAT) Lost my mind for a second. We don't need no stinking snow.

We're in Florida

It's good to be back in the warm weather again. Arrived Thursday 12/16 and it was beautiful in the high 70's. A little cool at night in the 40's, but that's OK with me.

Went crappie fishin with dad yesterday. We caught 8 keepers (or I should say dad caught 7 and I caught 1 keeper.) Oh well I have to let him catch some once in a while or he would quit fishin with me. LOL

Denise is all ready wanting to head to Ft. Myers to the Flee Market. The girls get a kick out of walking around and looking at all the junk.

The park has new managers and are very friendly. Taking a lot better care of the place. I think it will be a very enjoyable winter here. Everybody has welcomed us back and made us fell like long lost friends.

New Furnace in Our RV

I woke up Sunday morning at around 4am and noticed how cold it was in the RV. First thing I did was go outside and check the propane. Nope it was OK, so I went back in and started playing with the thermostat. Nothing. Checked the fuses. All OK. Now what?

All I know is it is 28 degrees outside and the heater wasn't working. It is Sunday morning and nothing open. I did a little more investigating and decided that I thought the motor was bad. What to do ?

I got on line and started calling every RV place around to try to find one that is open on Sundays. Not having any luck, I went in and broke the news to Denise. We talked it over and decided that if we couldn't get it fixed that day we would just winterize it and go over to her daughters house for the night. About that time (7:00am) my phone rang and it was one of the RV places I called earlier. I told them our problem and they called their repairman and asked him if he would work on Sunday to help us.

The repairman came over to us (about 30 mile trip for him) and confirmed it was a bad motor. He had brought a whole new furnace with him and said it would be best to just replace the whole thing. So we did.

I watched closely so I would know how to it, if it ever had to be done again. Asked a lot of questions and he was very helpful in answering them. I would be able to replace one now. Would have tried with this one if it was warmer out, so if I didn't get it done in one day we wouldn't freeze. Sometimes it best left to the pros.

You find very nice and helpful people out here on the road.