Awake: 6:35am Temp 63 sleep 6+21 sunny overnight @ Bushnell, FL.
Kathy takes a solo walk around the campground for (30) min of exercise while I spend some time on our computer.
We leave @ 11:50am, drive our Suzuki about (30) miles northwest to the city of Inverness, FL & visit my 1st Cousin, Anna Mae & a couple of her children & one of her grandsons. We arrive to find a long table stretching across their covered driveway, with many odds & ends of stuff; it’s a yard sale day for Anna Mae’s son, Rick & his wife, Amy.
Amy didn’t recognize us & I didn’t recognize her when we parked our Suzuki along the roadside but surmised that she was someone belonging to the family; so we started scrutinizing the items spread upon the long table & concrete floor. Kathy wasted no time in spotting a set of dumbbells that she’s been wanting for exercising, but instead, exercised her “cool demeanor” & continued perusing the rather neat & organized layout of many, many pre owned shoes of young toddlers & loads of clothes for the same.
Amy began to follow us closely so I thought I’d better come clean & let her know that I am a 1st cousin of Anna Mae. “Oh, you’re the ones we are expecting today” she replies.
For the next (2) hrs or better, we were talking with Anna Mae, Amy & her husband Rick while both Rick & Amy monitored the store off & on. Rick & I have something in common called: RVing. They also have a motorhome & love touring & camping, sometimes even motoring to PA for a few weeks during the summer.
Anna Mae knew we were coming today so she baked a pie & by chance, also had some day old chocolate cake. I chose the cake & Kathy the pie; both excellent. I will say, yard sale business was rather slow during our visit but Kathy bought the dumbbells & we both enjoyed the camaraderie of Amy & Rick + grandson Christopher, who popped in mid afternoon from school.
We were about to leave when Anna Mae reminded us that her daughter, Lucy, wanted to see us; she is a 1st grade teacher & would be waiting for Anna Mae to pick her up from school. Lucy had recent surgery for bone spurs on her left foot & is recuperating using a wheelchair for the next (3) wks. We say our goodbyes to Christopher, Amy & Rick & then follow Anna Mae to the elementary school where Lucy will be waiting for her Anna Mae to pick her up. When we arrive, Lucy is just coming out of the door of her school. Upon seeing us, she stops & insists that we have to come in & see her classroom. She is very devoted to “her kids,” & takes great joy in showing us what they have done. It’s obvious that Lucy loves teaching; in fact, she was chosen “teacher of the year” after only a little over one year of teaching. After an exuberant tour, it is time for us to say our farewell. We return to our coach around 5:00pm.
Dinner: Italian sausage & pepper stoup with noodles, & broccoli.
Kathy’s choice for DVR movie tonight: “Meet Me in Saint Louis” with Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Mary Astor Leon Ames, etc. Captivating musical based on Sally Benson’s slice of Americana about a family’s experiences during the year of the St. Louis World’s Fair, 1903. Margaret O’Brien steals every scene she’s in as little sister Tootie. (In fact, she won a special Oscar, as the year’s best child actress.) 1944. Musicals are not my favorite but Kathy was kind of excited to see this because she knows all the music but has not seen the movie. Within (20) min, she is OUT! Fortunately, she recovered & saw 85% of it…an enjoyable movie.
Lights out: 11:43pm
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