Saying Good Bye Again

It's that time of year when it seems like we continue to say good-bye to our RV friends. While we welcome the Spring sunshine, the afternoon showers that beautify our lawns and the scent of the orange blossoms we know they signal the end of another "winter in paradise."

On Thursday evening we got together for a little cookout at our place to say so long to a few more special people:

Ken and Faye leave today for TT Orlando and then they'll start back to their home park in Chesapeake Bay for the summer.

Stan and Sally leave on Sunday for TT Orlando to and then start to make their way back to Michigan.

Tom and Margie will be leaving on Wednesday. They'll head north and probably hook up with Ken and Fay in Virginia before they move on.

Bruce and Gena are here for at least another week. They sold their home in Englewood, Fl not long ago - so they too will be heading north, making their way to TT St. Clair for the pickleball tournament in July.

Kevin and Linda will be around for a couple more weeks, so chances are pretty good that we'll get together with them at least one more time before they head for Maine.

Everyone had arrived by 4:00 and Rich fired up the grill shortly after.

Everyone made their way to the food table. The food was delicious. We had hot dogs and all the fixin's, ceaser salad, macaroni salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, coleslaw and chips. Sally made some delicious applesauce bars and Kevin and Linda brought this strawberry cake to die for!!!!

Now the forecast for the day was cloudy with only a 10% chance of rain. It was definately an overcast day, but the sun did peek through on occassion. The sky looked threatening a couple of times, but the dark clouds managed to pass us by.....

Well - at least until after we finished our meal!!!! Yes we had to endure a short Florida rain shower . Definately not enough to send everyone away, but enough to get us 'cozy' under the shelter of the awning for about 5 minutes! And then it was back to having fun!

And laugh we did!!

Rich was telling everyone about his upcoming foot surgery on Monday, and demonstrated for everyone his ability to to hop around on one foot; we caught him here acting like the "Karate Kid".

But Stan and Sally were very entertaining - definately the "main attraction" of the evening. While we did not have to endure Sally's only two jokes again tonight......................

We see her here in her well known role as the "Bag Lady" - this time however, without her laundry cart!

And Stan entertains the group with his joke about the Wide Mouth Frog.

It was really a fun evening. Rich and I are so fortunate to be able to share such great times with such great people. Have fun and stay safe this summer!