Sunset-Nov 4, 2009

A lone fisherman on a disappearing sand bar
A cotton field in AL
flooded fields (and yard) in central IL
A beautiful rest stop on the way down

We left for Florida early this year :-) October 30th to be exact. The drive down was uneventful, Thank God, some rain in IL, but NO traffic to speak of. We breezed through all the major towns, Nashville, Birmingham and Montgomery, in record time. The roads were good and from the amount of construction signs, about to get better.

Paul was in his glory, he LOVES to drive, and I enjoyed the scenery. The colors were beautiful, the rivers were running high with all the rain, and as I said, the traffic was light.

We got here on Sunday, the 1st of Nov., and after getting the maintenance guy to let us into the condo, we settled in. We ran out for some basic food and got that taken care of. Friends, Jeff and Lori invited us for dinner and that meant I did not have to think about cooking. We went to their house, watched a GREAT football game, Green Bay vs Vikings and I thought Paul would bust something he was so excited. Was very pleased that Mr Farve and the Vikings pulled it off :-)

We have been doing pretty much nothing for almost a week and I think I need a good long walk. My hip does not like it when I just sit!

The Florida Iron man Triathlon is this week end, so I will HAVE to walk, the streets etc will be pretty much impassable on Sat. 2400 participants, swimming, running and biking, in and around Panama City Beach, all day!

I will try to post once a week while we are here. We'll see how well I do on that. It is hard to find a time to do this without interruption.