We’ve been very lucky this past year to have spent a great deal of time with friends. While thinking about this post, I replayed the year and thought – wow! Almost all of this past year was with friends or visiting family. How lucky are we?

Our stay in Clearwater, as always, was primarily to visit my parents, and we spent a good chunk of time with them. Having dinner, watching movies, and just spending time together.

Early in our stay, we had Patty & Mark drive up to have dinner with us – which was so sweet of them to do!

Gene & Eileen came to see us a couple of weeks later. We originally met them at the 2014 Spring RV Dreams Rally in Tennessee, and have spent lots of time with them since. Most recently, we saw them in Colorado, along with David & Sharon and Jo & Ben. Sadly, they have since given up their travels, for now at least, to care for Gene’s 90+ year old Mom. They’ve settled down in a mobile home park and put their Winnebago motorhome up for sale. If anyone is in the market, let me know!

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Our next visitors were Jerry & Linda, who we first met in Alaska at Renfros. They were living in Alaska at the time, and came and spent a week as our neighbors. We spent some time getting to know them, and they started following this blog. We later met up with them again at Amazon in the fall of 2017. When they saw we were not too far away, Jerry reached out and said “Hey! We need to get together!” and we did!

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Our friends, James & Cindy, drive down from Cedar Key to spend an afternoon with us. They brought their bikes and we rode one of our favorite trails to Safety Harbor. It was such a nice day that when it was time for a lunch break, we sat outside at Bar Fly Saltwater Grill.

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I had a few others reach out and want to get together, but, sadly, the timing just didn’t work out. Bill was doing installs and was also fighting a nasty cold – which thankfully I didn’t get! (Poor David wasn’t so lucky!) I feel bad when that happens, and I hope we can make a visit happen next time when are nearby each other.

We did finally find a convenient time to meet up with Bill’s cousin, Jerry, and his wife, Pat. Neither of them remember meeting in person before, although they’ve been friends on Facebook for awhile now. Jerry is Bill’s father’s first cousin, which makes Bill and Jerry first cousins once removed.

We drove over to their house and arrived just-on-time at 1 o’clock. Jerry owns Florida Statuary and Mold and we didn’t need to double check the house number when we pulled up. There were all types of assorted concrete creations throughout the yard.

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We spent a couple of hours exchanging family stories. At some point someone asked if anyone was hungry, and next thing you knew we were off to one of their favorite local eateries, Sea Hag. We all opted for the grouper – and it was delish!

Back at the house, Pat served us a wonderful dessert of Angel-food cake with strawberries and whip cream! Yummy!

Thanks again, Jerry & Pat, for a wonderful afternoon!

One afternoon, on National Holocaust Remembrance Day, my Mom and I visited the St Pete Holocaust Museum. It was pretty crowded, and the mood was somber as we weaved our way around, reading the displays. The largest exhibit was an actual box car, brought over from Germany.

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Bill stayed home and packed up, while my Mom, Dad and I visited my sister and Rodney again. We enjoyed lunch at Sweet Tomatoes.

Talk about a busy few weeks!

Before we knew it, it was time for moving on – catch up with you next time!

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