ON THE GO!

Friday-Sunday, February 3-5, 2017  

Dade City, Florida (Travelers Rest Resort)

Mid 70s, sunny

We have kept busy, but Wi-Fi access has been very limited. It seems that in this corridor of TRR, the Wi-Fi access is not very good, even with boosters. It is a source of much contention in the park. We are doing ordinary things anyway, so we can shorten up the blog for those people who have to take a test on it when we return home. J

On Friday TK and I went to Wiregrass Mall in Wesley Chapel. It is a very nice mall that reminds me somewhat of the shopping center in Cleveland, Beachwood Place, but with palm trees and no snow. We had lunch at GrillSmith, a burger for me and a meatloaf sandwich for TK. From their Facebook page, “The heart and soul of one man goes into every GrillSmith meal we prepare. That man is the GrillSmith. Just as a goldsmith perfects his craft, the GrillSmith has spent years perfecting the artistry of the grill, shucking the confines of convention, and giving traditional recipes a modern twist.” The service was spectacular too!

Erie County was being celebrated on Saturday at the Elks Club in Zephyrhills.  About 70 people enjoyed a nice dinner and camaderie. Mary Lou and Scorchy knew a lot of people, including Carmie Hogan Munsch and her brother Dick Hogan (he taught at Strong Vincent) and Scorchy’s Erie golf partner Dick Comstock.  TK knew the Hogans and a few others. Each person introduced himself and where he/she graduated. I was the only grad of Union City Area High School. Most were Tech, SV, Erie East, and Harborcreek grads, aged 55- 86. This celebration is held every year.

Today we went to the ham and turkey dinner at Sacred Heart Catholic Church just around the corner from TRR. TRR residents truly support this church and the dinner was packed with people, a great fundraiser for them.

After dinner Mary Lou knew her brother would drive her to the Villages about an hour north of TRR. She had always wanted to see this “city” with a population of 157,000, described as “America's premier Active Adult Retirement Community located in sunny central Florida (in Sumter County, Florida, United States. It shares its name with a broader master-planned age-restricted community that spreads into portions of Lake and Marion counties).” The complex is huge and we saw only a small portion. The Welcome Center was closed despite saying it was open from 1-5 p.m. on Sundays, so we could not take a look at any homes.  I will say the homes that we did see were situated very very close together.

We encountered another couple trying to look at homes who already lived in the Villages—they told us to look into Del Webb Stone Creek/Spruce Creek-they wished that was where they had bought. TK and I visited DDIL Denise’s grandparents who live in there in the Del Webb complex several years ago. Anyway, we enjoyed the ride! http://www.thevillages.com/

Both B1 and B2 had dances last night and I loved seeing their beautiful photos on Facebook! B2 went to a Father-Daughter Dance at Frewsburg Elementary. B1 went to a Villa-Prep dance. We miss our family very much!

Note to Donna and Lawrence: Some day we will have a TB competition!!