Friday, March 27, 2009
A Special Day - 50 wonderful years
A must event to post on our blog. It's our 50th wedding anniversary - Saturday, March 28.
We have been blessed to have each other for these 50 short years along with our daughters - Cindy, Denise & Dawn, their families and our many friends.
A special message to all our grand kids - Joey & David (Cindy & Roy), Justin, Samantha & Connor (Denise & Rob) and Bailey, Sophia, & Olivia (Dawn & Ken), may you be as fortunate as your poppy and memaw.
The pictures are of an Edible Fruit Basket we received to help celebrate the special day.
Blessings to all.
dave & audrey
Sunday, March 22, 2009
We're Home in Washington, NC
Well, our 4 month adventure in FL is over. We arrived home at 130 Fairway Drive Saturday, March 21 at 5:30 pm. It was a 13 hour drive from TT Orlando leaving at 4:40 am with 4 stops along the way for fuel. The best diesel price was $1.91 in Latta. SC at the Flying J.
Now the hectic schedule begins - traveling to Pinehurst on Thursday, back home on Sunday, back to Pinehurst to house/dog sit from April 9-15 when the kids head to Disney. A few weeks later it's off to PA for 2 months. I'm beginning to think, full-timing makes sense when we see all the yard work facing us before we head out again. Also before heading back to the road in May, the coach needs a good waxing. A friend of ours, Rob Wall, just used a product called Poliglow on his coach and his wife said their coach looks show-room new. Will have to check out the product.
The pictures show our work to unload the coach and organize the garage. The turtle pictures were taken at our coach the day before we left for NC. Audrey provided the carrots for our friend.
It's now Monday and the coach has been unloaded and most of today was spent doing yard work. The end is in sight. Hope all of you are doing well where ever this update finds you. Most likely there will not be another post until we get to TT Hershey in early May.
Travel safely and Blessings to all.
dave & audrey
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
NC Here We Come
On Monday we met Audrey’s brother and his wife (Carl & Irene) for lunch in Leesburg. This is our second visit with them this winter.
On Wednesday we rode our recumbent bikes on the West Orange Trail. Joining us and starting at the Killarney Station Trailhead were my sister-in-law, Ginny Watkins, and her friend, Forry Yeakel, from
Friday was another fun day. Audrey and I invited fellow recumbent riders to join us to ride the 12 miles of well-paved roads in
We moved back to TTO on Sunday, arriving early a.m., and found an open site near the clubhouse – the one we had back in February. Needless to say we took it.
On Monday after chatting with Ginny and Forry, we decided to ride the WOT again. The drill was about the same as days earlier except we rode more miles and I had a flat tire just as we entered Winter Garden. I had a new tube put in the tire at the bike shop in WinterGarden, and we continued our ride.
On Tuesday, we motored to near
items during our stay this winter in FL. The new shop is much larger than the previous one. On the way back to the coach, we made our last stop at Lazydays for lunch (free). Our friends, Pat and John Lively, were having their coach serviced at Central FL Coach Works and met us for the free lunch at Lazydays.
At the start of this update, I noted that we were about ready to head back to Washington, NC. We've made the call on a departure date. We'll leave TTO early Saturday morning and will stop overnight at a campground in Walterboro, SC. One of our friends, Claire Weston, has recommended the campground. We hope to arrive home around noon on Sunday, unpack the coach, clean up the yard and get on the golf course. This will likely be our last posting until we make our journey to PA.
Thanks to all who made our winter stay so much fun.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
TTO and Catrike Rally
Our stay in TTO for this 2 week period is coming to an end. On Sunday we leave for Lake Louisa State Park for a week before returning here on Sunday, March 15.
Since the last post we've done some fun things centering on our recumbents. On Friday, February 27, a group of "bent" riders gathered at the Green Pond Trailhead on the General Van Fleet Trail to ride to Polk City and back. There were 51 recumbents rolling down the trail. This event was the Catrike Pre-rally - the Catrike Rally was the next day. Use this link to view the photos taken at the Catrike Pre-rally.
http://tinyurl.com/baaynb
Saturday was the big day. Catrike sponsored the Catrike Rally and Factory Tour in Winter Garden. The ride began at 9:30 in Winter Garden with riders pedaling varying distances on the West Orange Trail. It was an awesome site to see between 150/200 recumbents riding the trail. Most ended their ride by noon and had lunch in Winter Garden before heading to the factory tour. The factory is about a mile from downtown Winter Garden in a small industrial park. The tour was very interesting as the owners and associates gave a demo of building a Catrike from start to finish.
The below link will show photos taken of the Catrike Rally.
http://tinyurl.com/cd3c5l
While at the Catrike Rally, Audrey found a new flag for her Catrike Speed (aka Black Cat). Speaking of Catrikes. I demoed a number of models at the rally - the Catrike 700 and the Catrike Expedition. One of these days, there will be another trike in our stable of bikes. It most likely will be the Expedition since the rear wheel on my Corsa can be moved to the Expedition making for a faster ride. Speaking of interests in trikes, our friends Myron and Dorcas Whitley came to the Catrike factory tour where Dorcas demoed a number of Catrike models. Could there be a trike in her future?
Today, Wednesday, Myron Whitley will be taking on the task of replacing the cooling unit in their refrigerator that died a few days ago. I volunteered to help Myron -- ha, ha. Minimally I hope I can help him move the refrigerator so he can replace the cooling unit. Beyond that there is not much I can do. Myron knows what he is doing.
Tomorrow (Thursday) we're off to Plant City and Power on Cycling where I will have the seat replaced on my Bacchetta Corsa. The seat structure has shifted and needs to be replaced (under warranty). While there I'll have the Corsa serviced.
While participating in the Catrike Pre-rally, numerous videos were taken as you would expect. View the movie below.
Stay tuned for the next post.