Winter Garden

 We booked tickets for today at the theatre in Winter Garden.  Our first time in the historic downtown.  

 It reminded us of Niagara-On-The-Lake, a total tourist district with   a lot of eating spots.

Old factories turned into restaurants and stores.

The show we saw was a tribute to Rock and Roll.

The songs were pieced together to make a love story.  Great music, good actors with awesome voices, and comedy thrown in to complete the experience.  They did a fantastic job!

There was a farmer's market underway when we arrived but we didn't have time to enjoy it.  We'll be back.

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Nothing else to report.

Stay well.
 

No News

 Gary doesn't want pool pictures in the blog today, so we have nothing to report.

Keep shoveling!

And stay well.

Moving Day

We finished packing the van this morning and headed over to the Davenport house.  After we unloaded the van we joined Maureen and Matt in the pool (as you can see, he was delighted to see us).

 My white "socks" were admired.

Then we were treated to dinner by Chef Mateo.  Treated like guests instead of co-conspirators.

Games of dice and Skip-Bo completed our day.

Stay well.

 We said our goodbyes to Sue and Ewen at the Sanford Airport this morning as they head back to the frozen north.

But we have subsequently learned that they may still be at the airport.  The flight was to originally take off at 10:55, but has been delayed a few times.  As I publish this at 8:03 p.m. I haven't heard if they have made it back to Canada.

Nevertheless, we are now on our own for 24 hours.  We have started packing for the move to the rental house to join Maureen and Matt.

But first, a game of golf on the Reserve.  We played with Doug, from St. John's, Newfoundland.  

A nice day, despite the scores.

My swing is slowly coming around, but not soon enough to beat Mardi.  I'm out three pretend dollars after today's round.

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The twins still had one day left on their Play Pass, so Mardi and I headed over to River Island and gave the passes to a family with two young girls.  They appreciated it.

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Learned something new today.  We've all heard of Amber Alerts, and down here Silver Alerts are pretty common.  But today we saw a Purple Alert.  Apparently, it's when somebody who is mentally unstable goes missing.

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Heading to bed early.  Stay well.

Golf Balls and Jellyfish

 Very slow action on the free golf ball issue - most carts go up the fairway and not on the cart path.  And there is probably some shyness in picking up balls in front of a villa.

So, this morning I moved them back to the white tee area.  Three foursomes later all 15 balls were gone.  Kind of restores your faith in humanity, doesn't it?

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Speaking of humanity:

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We've started booking our 2024 trip to Florida.  The plan so far:

- December 30, 2023 - Grove City, Pennsylvania (shopping of             course).

- December 31, 2023 - Nashville, Tennessee (not sure what they          do for New Year's, but it should be fun).

- January 1 to 4, 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana (hotel booked).

- January 4 - Biloxi, Mississippi (white sand beaches).

- January 5 through approximately end of February - Orange Lake      (can't book until April).

- March - the rental house with Matt and Maureen.

Whew!  Glad that's decided!  Pressure!

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As evening approached and the 7th hole had no golfers, Mardi went out on her regular search.

And came back with ten good balls.

Our 2023 supply is now assured!

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While she was busy doing that, I had a visitor.  This hawk landed on the wall about 10 feet from my head..........

...........and then started digging in the grass..........

.......but came up empty.

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We enjoyed a pizza for dinner and then Sue, Ewen, Mardi and I played the dice game.  Following that, we wound down in preparation for our early drive to the airport in the morning.

Stay well.

Recycling

 We mailed Cinderella back to Ottawa early this morning.

She had been worried that she would have to dig out her car, but no problem.

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A found golf ball that we left on the patio table disappeared when we weren't looking, so Mardi and I decided to have some fun this afternoon.  Many of the golf balls she has found are scuffed, so we laid them out by the golf cart path.  Soon had a taker.

A lot of people won't stop if we're sitting there.  But I'm sure that the rest of the balls will disappear when we're not around.

Also had a Disney Frozen balloon come over the roof and land on our patio.  Ewen gave it to a young girl on the trolley on the way to the pool.  Recycling is fun!

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That was our excitement for today.

Stay well.

Daytona Beach

 We started the day heading to Titusville to see the SpaceX launch.  At the last minute it was scrubbed, so all we got to see were a couple of guys fishing.

Actually, we also saw Dolphins fishing (likely more successfully than the humans) but they refused to pose for pictures.

So we then headed north to Daytona Beach to check off one of Sarah-Jean's Florida bucket list items.

Then, wash the sand and salt off so we can check off another item.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!

Back at the ranch we headed out to Tradewinds Restaurant for dinner.  A nice way to finish off our day!

Early to bed tonight.   We mail Sarah-Jean back to Ottawa early in the morning.

Stay well.