A surprise photo showed up on my phone the other day – it was of Chet Honey. The dog who was thrown out of a car in Desert Hot Springs last year and fellow camperette Tamara recused. We found a forever home for the little guy with a woman who had just lost husband and was looking for a new love. She sent the photo with (quote):

“You brought (Chet) Honey to me one year ago today (March 28 2021). We are soooo happy together. Thank you”

Don’t ya just love a happy story?

March is a Whirlwind of Activity

The last day of March finds us sitting in the Lazy Days Tampa repair room waiting for the fix that was supposed to happen last December, but LD only ordered one part and needed two. Spent a lovely (not) night in the parking lot of Lazy Days, even ear plugs did not drown out the noise of the freeway that we were only 50 feet from. Since we have no facilities, we had to have all the windows open, luckily there was a nice breeze. Not toooo bad. But the worse is yet to come as there is now a whole lot of discussion regarding who is responsible for the bill. So, I will write the blog while we wait and I am starting at the end of March and go backward.

Don Pedro/Palm Island

Spent a great couple of days with Jerry and Michele LeAnderson. Just the right amount of stimulation: reading, trying to put together a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle (how did that go you ask? Left Michele to finish off the last 857 pieces, sorry Michele), walking beach gathering lots of shark teeth and shells, dip into the gulf which was surprisingly warm, watching the wildlife (gopher tortoise) race across driveway (really, he did!) and a great 24-mile bike ride into the quaint typical FL beach town of Boca Grande on Gaspirilla Island. Don Pedro Island also known as Palm Island is part of the barrier chain of islands of the coast of Placida. Is only accessible by boat or car ferry. We choose to take our bikes on the 15-minute ferry and leave the monster truck parked. It was a great stay – Thanks.

Tyrus Spring Break

Tyrus joined us for a week in Fort Myers and what a busy week it was! Parasailing (yes all 3 of us at once and it was a blast!), riding bikes through the alligators at Shark Valley, airboat ride in the Everglades, dancing at La Ola’s where Ty couldn’t keep his eyes off the bikini girls (of course, he IS 18!), 2 times of putt-putt golf where Grandma Jane is the champion putter, visit to a Parrot Bird Sanctuary (Bird Garden of Naples) where there are hundreds of parrots that have been rescued. Anyone desiring a bird? A dolphin cruise, Ty really wanted to see dolphins and was not disappointed. Baseball spring training game at Jet Blue Park, every night out to dinner, but let me tell you that a teenage boy will eat you out of house and home! Breakfast alone consists of 2 bowls of cereal with milk, 5 chicken strips, sausage, 2 pieces of raisin toast or a blueberry bagel and juice. Whew. Wrapped up the week playing corn hole, I suck at that. Ty won handily.

Cape Coral

I am keeping a calendar, just not reading it – correctly. You ever done this?

One of the things that is most confusing for us since on the road is the date and every day is Saturday. To help things along, we have a google calendar on our phones, then we also keep a paper calendar. So, what is the problem?

We had it in our brains that we need to leave Naples on Wednesday, March 10 and move to next spot in Ft Myers. Here is the problem. Packing up the rig up on Wednesday morning (remember we think this is March 10), saying our good byes and for some reason I decide to call the Ft Myers spot to see what lot we have. Daisey, Blueway host, informs me that we are all set to come in on Friday March 11. Wait – What? March 11? But we are leaving March 10 where will we go? Daisey, who hasn’t caught on that we are very, very confused on what date it actually is tries to sooth me saying “It’s alright, Mrs. Fouchey, we will find you a spot to overnight in before you move into your lot on March 11. So come on in. See you tomorrow!” “Oh okay, Daisey, see you tomorrow. “I say and hang up. Tomorrow? We are packing up and ready to move today – Wednesday, March 10. Now I look at the calendar, check my watch for the day and realize that today is Wednesday and Wednesday is March 9! We leave tomorrow!

We had a good laugh – since we are ready to go and we have nowhere to go, we took our bikes off the rack and went for a nice ride to a bird preserve.

Just Enjoying the Sun and our family and friends – La Ola!

March, we enjoyed very much as the weather was SPECTACULAR. Just like I like it, although Ty thought it was too humid. Anyway, we spent lots of beach time, sunsets, visiting with my brother and wife going out to eat, theatres, and playing lots of cards. Also spent time with John and Sandy, Dolce has forgiven Ty for stepping on her. And also La Ola’s with Kit and Denise dancing, dancing, dancing and maybe a little alcohol might have been involved. We visited Ten Thousand Island a couple of times in the late of the day to watch the birds come in to roost for the night. We were lucky enough to see Spoonbills that are so beautiful in color (white and coral) and have the most unusual beak that is shaped like a wide spoon. Hiked a couple times in the Everglades, this is the only time of year that is good hiking because the water is low and bugs are down.

What was I thinking?

April Ends Our Fun in the Sun

We will be leaving Florida April 10 and slowly heading westward.

Ty and Jane Great Adventure will be on a pause while Ty has shoulder replacement surgery on April 28 and I get my cataracts removed. Yahoo, for me, not Ty. A 12 week recovery and we will reassess.

Looking for a short term rental as we really don’t want to haul the rig all the way back to CO, but if we do we do have some options as to where to park.

Anyway, fire up the cards!