We are accustomed to moving around after a week or two stay,
sometimes a month. So to have spent two
months in one spot is unique for us. But
with so much to see in the Fort Myers Florida area and being able to play
pickleball three times a week, I just couldn't bear to leave.
I’ve gotten to know so many nice people while playing at the
community center and it was hard to say goodbye to them on Saturday, my last
day of play. But leaving is probably a
good thing to do since I can barely raise my right arm any more without pain in
my shoulder and I am losing one of my toenails from the constant pounding my
feet have taken. Ah, the ravages of having too much fun.
At the end of the play on Saturday I had a nice lengthy chat
with Adam and Dawn who have property in the Fort Myers area and would like to
sell their home in New York in exchange for an RV to do some traveling. This is good news since I don’t know when I’ll
be back in this area and perhaps we’d meet up on the road somewhere.
Left Brain wanted to stay home and work on the RV and I
wanted to go do some shopping, so off I went with list in hand. I hate being listless.
Aha! This is an
opportunity for Indian food!
Unfortunately my phone was not behaving for navigational purposes but I recalled seeing a combination Indian and Chinese buffet right on Hwy 41.
I pulled in and my first instinct was to turn around and
find something else. But I went in. The fountain in the entry way was gone dry
and things looked less than appealing. I
still continued on. Hey! It’s a blend of two of my favorite foods –
certainly they will have something I like.
I was wrong. One should always follow what your instincts are trying to tell you....but sometimes I have a hard time listening, even to myself.
The Indian food was bland and mediocre. So I shifted to the Chinese samplings…this
was even worse. No crab ragoon, no egg
rolls, nothing that looked appealing at all. How is this even possible?
I left as soon as I choked down enough to take away my
hunger, paid and bolted for the car. I couldn't get to the chewing gum I keep in the car fast
enough. This had to be the worst buffet
I’d ever been to. Bummer.
After I finished up my shopping and got back to the RV, the
afternoon was spent doing some cleaning up of the rig, sorting things out,
putting them away and preparing for departure on Monday. The area rugs were picked up, cleaned off and
placed into the car, chairs were put away…all was ready. Then
the phone rang.
Our friends from way up north were overcome with cabin
fever and last minute jumped a plane heading south for a reunion tour of all
their old friends. They used to own
property on the gulf side of Florida in various locations and always invited us
down in the winter. We came down every
year …then they sold the place. They
wanted to enjoy the snow of the northwoods, so they say. I think they sold because everyone they invited kept coming to enjoy Florida at their house.
So this is a switch, now they are coming down to join us in
their old stomping grounds. Their plan
had been to just surprise us and show up on our doorstep, but they didn’t know
where that was at the moment. It’s good
to be mobile and hard to find sometimes.
They will be showing up soon, so we unpacked the backseat of
the cars and got some chairs back out for some serious sitting around time.
This is not the day we had figured on, but we love what live
throws our way and just bend with it. A
friend of ours claims that a full-timers
plans are written in Jello, which we find a good analogy.
So – I’m off to pick up the cat toys and make the place
somewhat presentable before they arrive.
Miss Edna's rendition of the Photoshop Friday just came in, so I'm attaching it here:
Long Live the Queen of Going with the Flow
byes
Wow glad they reached you in time / they would have been a bigger surprise. Ms Edna outdid herself on the welcome photo.
ReplyDeleteWell good thing they called or they may have shown up at an empty parking place. Like you, I can go with the flow, but my husband is an engineer (code word for OCD) and he would have croaked before it was all over. So that is why he is a hermit and I am a gad about :) Love Edna's verson of PSF ... I had seen it on her post. There was another talented artist that was contributing ... wonder what happened to her. Anyway, I am mulling over your bicycle picture. Not really an easy subject ... or is it:) Hope you have a lovely visit with your friends and then off and running. Did you say where you were going? Where ever it is, it should be fun Queen of On The Go ... Be well
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