Monday, November 19, 2012
 
We had a lazy start to the morning...had to be out of our campsite by noon...and we made it with 5 minutes to spare.  Dumped our tanks and were on our way.  Heading south ral roadsthrough central Florida - rural roads and farm scenes.  Decrepit houses out in the middle of nowhere gave a sense of the economy and hard times.  Spotted one sign of a business which looked healthy...

See anything wrong with this pix?  LOL

Found Chambers Family Farm, site of the Pow Wow without any problem and pulled in.  Immediately greeted by two ladies in a golf cart who introduced themselves and made us feel welcome.  Indicated the route for us to take to get to the camping area and radioed ahead to Nathan to alert him a camper proceeding his way.  Sure enough Cynthia and Nathan, our hosts were waiting for us around the bend and got us parked.  Nathan and our next door neighbor gave Jerry a bad time about his "nit pickin' parkin" - as you all know Jerry our rig had to be aligned just perfectly horizontally with the one next to us so it took several "back and forths" to get that accomplished!  Done. 

 

As I walk talking with Cynthia after getting set up, I mentioned it was Jerry's birthday and I had promised him we'd try to find pizza for supper.  So not being familiar with the area, she gets on her two-way radio and asks.  Ten seconds later, here comes a lady with a pizza flyer.  Right in Ft. McCoy.  So we decided to do that.  Fifteen minutes later, Cynthia comes back and says, OK we're ready - she had recruited 13 others for a birthday party!  We had great pizza, kind of swamped this little hole in the wall place (bet we made their payroll yesterday...lol). 

As we're getting ready for bed, Jerry says, I think I chipped a tooth at supper - sure enough - lower front tooth had a chip out of the top...said it was rough on his lip - better try to find a dentist tomorrow.  What a way to end your birthday.

 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

 

Up and "attem" this am and started calling around Ocala (about 20 miles away).  First place was kind of rude and couldn't fit him in.  Second one was 180 degrees, delightful to talk to and sure they'd find a place in their schedule...come in an hour!  Hurried up to get dressed and ready to go.  GPS led us right to her office.  Dr. Quinn and her staff couldn't have been nicer and extremely efficient!  Jerry said they used the latest technology and at the end of an hour, he was done and very pleased with the end result - can't even see it...matched his tooth color exactly!  And $256 seemed reasonable for what they did. 

Found Aunt Fannie's Cafe for lunch and it was delightful.  Home cookin' and lots of it.  Jerry had breakfast and I had a seafood platter...all fresh caught - yum!  Sauted shrimp were the best!  Brought lots of food home as huge portions!  Stopped at Walmart for a few things including jeans and underwear for Jerry and a couple of grocery items.  Back home by 3 PM. 

 

It is a beautiful sunshiny day - finally got rid of the clouds a hanging.  73 degrees and no humidity - perfect!  Jerry's working on the batteries as I type this.  We are blessed!  Here's a picture of the camping area looking the other way and a photo of the Pow Wow area.

 

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