Awake: 7:19 am Temp 41 sleep 6+57 sunny overnight @ Bushnell, FL.
K & I walk the campground for (35) min of exercise. After breakfast Kathy goes to the post office to get our mail sent from AK & to do grocery shopping in the town of Bushnell; a (15) min drive. Meanwhile, I visit Gary C @ his campsite; among other subjects, we discuss the snowbird phenomenon of Florida. Each & every winter, there are thousands of RVers & other vehicles that flock to the warmer states including FL to avoid the cold up north; it’s been happening for decades & now we are also caught up in the race to be warm & comfortable.
In the RV world, some people have purchased their own campground site where they can either stay parked for the winter or lease it out for others to rent. Most RVers however, settle in a friendly RV Park where they have made reservations the yr before & continue to do this yr after yr. Others like Gary & I, still like to roam the states & visit people we know + tour what’s interesting & noteworthy. As we chat about this current winter, we are realizing that Florida is becoming a very popular Snowbird destination & getting into other campgrounds is more & more challenging. Kathy returns from shopping around 3:30pm from grocery shopping, etc.
We are invited to Rosemary & Gary’s RV for dinner of: wine & healthy snacks, then spaghetti with meat sauce & a salad. Afterward, G & R teach us a game called: Diminishing Bridge; I liked this game….mainly because they taught us how to play & then they let us win. All these exciting things are followed by: more good talk & a bowl of yummy ice cream.
Back @ our home-on-wheels, K & I watch the movie: “It Happens Every Spring” with Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins, etc. Clever little comedy of chemistry professor (Milland) accidentally discovering a chemical mixture which causes baseballs to avoid all wooden surfaces, namely baseball bats. He takes leave from academia & embarks on meteoric pitching career; a most enjoyable, unpretentious picture. 1949. A little far fetched but, nevertheless, entertaining.
Lights out: 12:25am
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