Monday, March 9th (Happy Birthday, Jody!), we left Silver Springs State Park near Ocala and traveled about 160 miles south through citrus country to Lake Placid, FL.
We have some very good friends, Bob & Sandy White, who live here and they are kind enough to let us park our motorhome in their yard and visit for awhile. We met Bob & Sandy in 1996 when we were in West Palm Beach for the Atlanta Braves Spring Training and have been close friends since that time. They have a motorhome and we have done a lot of traveling and camping together (along with another couple of very good friends from South Carlina) for many years.
Bob & Sandy live on "Lake June in Winter" (called Lake June in most cases) and have a beautiful place. Here are a couple of pictures -- from the front, from the back, and from the back porch! (reminder - you can click on any image to get a larger view).
We've had a really nice relaxing visit. Bob & Sandy were having to have a new well drilled, so for the first 3 or 4 days we had a lot of entertainment watching the well drilling operation. We went to Bible Study with them Wednesday night and got in a little sight seeing on Friday. As mentioned above, this is in the middle of citrus country and you can ride for miles down Hwy 27 with orange groves on either side of the road.
We also got in a little birding time. We saw a Florida Scrub Jay, a big flock of White Ibises, and an immature Bald Eagle.
Today (Sunday) we went to worship service at The First Presbyterian Church of Lake Placid with Bob & Sandy, then to Bob Evans Restaurant in Sebring, then to a big flea market. Tomorrow we're moving about 60 miles west to Lake Manatee State Park near Bradenton. We'll be there for a week and Bob & Sandy are coming over in their motorhome to camp with us.
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