Front entrance to the club house. Cousin Kay is standing in the TV room. Behind her is the doorway to the game room. It is huge !! There are sliding glass doors all the way around it so it is very bright and cheerful. Beyond the game room is a huge deck where you can go down to the pier or just lounge around at some of the tables out there. Inside there is also a private game room ( 4-6 players... looks like a poker room actually) and a large kitchen. Very nice club house !
Now tell me that this doesn't look like a lot of fun. To be a kid again !! Buckets of water falling on you .. if not dumped on ya, those funky looking mushroom things with water spilling over on you and the pipes spraying you with water... nice. I asked the kids that were playing here if the water was cold and they replied that it was colder than the pool... and the pool was pretty darn cold. I think they said that just to keep us out :) Around the outside of the area was a lazy river ride on tubes, only it wasn't in operation when we were here. Oh, well.
There's I-95 in the distance. I'm standing about half way up the pier when I took this shot. We got down here about 7:00 pm to do a little fishing. The sunset was fabulous... just a bit left of this picture. Got a few bites, but that was all.... tomorrow is another day.
This is the reason we came here... to see the Manatee. They are huge !! Had a great day !
This is the last place we stayed before heading home.... site D 31 Orlando TT. We left on Wednesday the 22nd of April to meander home. Later that day, we arrived at Turtle Bay Campground at Homasassa Springs, Florida. Nice park and just down the road from the Homasassa Springs Wildlife Park. We went there today (23rd) and I'll be posting some pictures later on. Spent the rest of the day checking out the local cuisine from information that we got from the folks here at the park. The winner: Marguritaville. The fried oysters were out of this world ! Tomorrow we head out for Santee, South Carolina.
This is our 4 year old grand daughter's dance class. Lauren is middle right in the light blue outfit. She has a dance recital coming up in June that I will definitely be at. I can't believe how fast they tend to grow up !! She's my sweetheart !!!
Our last hurrah with friends we met while in Florida this year. We all got together to eat at the Mongolian Grill in Orlando. Bob and Mark kept us in stitches all night. As you can see, Bob and Laverne were making balloons which caused quite a stir at the restaurant and several children there benefited from their fun. It was a great night, one we won't forget..... probably won't get to see them again, but we can stay in touch via blogs, email and cells. Happy Trails guys !
Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night... and no, I wasn't about to go out at night to take the feeder down! First picture: This guy has already climbed the ladder on the back of the camper and is trying to come back down from the roof. He finally got down to where he wanted to be and then fell through the clothes line. Had another picture of him hanging off the corner but that didn't turn out very good. Once he got to the bird feeder, he flipped the top off and was scooping seeds. His buddies returned shortly after. I took the feeder down this morning !!!!!
and I'm hoping that they have gone somewhere else... Sassy has been going absolutely crazy since you left at 11PM. So, now we know what all the noise was about !!
It's really going to be sad to see everyone part... we've enjoyed their company sooooooooo much.
Here are just a few friends we've met. 
What a fun group of friends we have !! This is the after dinner club.... what we do in the evenings. As you can see, Phil is a card in himself !! Love these guys. Butch, Laverne, Bob, Cat behind Phil's cards, and of course Phil. We are playing a game called Sticks, made simply out of tongue depressors. Pick a stick and do what it tells you to do... whether it's 3 hearts and 3 spades or a run of alternating 9. Who ever gets 7 sticks done first wins the game. We also play Phase 10 and Canadian Salad.
After a long day of little flea markets and the Mall in Orlando, we took Phil and Cat to see Animal Kingdom Lodge.
wild life. Must be quite the view to look out over what resembles and African plain with Water Buffalo, Giraffes, Gazelles, birds, etc. 
A day out at various little flea markets... looking for a particular little boy shirt for Kay's new grandbaby. Famished, we stopped at a Chinese restaurant across from Old Town. Wonderful day out with Food, Friends and Family... btw, Kay never did find that shirt ...
A day out at Webster flea market with friends Catherine and Phillip from California that we met this year in Florida., Later went to Olive Garden where Phillip got a little bit of red sauce on his very nice Disney shirt... ouch. Gave him a Tide stick.. was a little apprehensive about it working but da da ... it did !!
