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May 28 – Home
When heading home from Florida, our last day is always one of the most exhausting, facing the beltways around Washington DC, Baltimore and WIlmingtion and finally right through Philadlephia. As morre rain was predicted again today, we were on the … Continue reading
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May 27 – Our Last Full Day on the Road Before Returning Home
We again hit the road early, in large part to try to stay ahead of some of the rains predicted for late morning and throghout the afternoon. Still, once on the road we found ourselves driving through some foggy weather … Continue reading
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May 26 – Jacksonville to Wade (Fayetteville)
With the weather forecast prediciting moderate to heavy rains from Florida to the Carolinas we again opted for an early (7:15 AM) departure from Jacksonville. Just before crossing the Georgia state line we caught a view of the diversion of … Continue reading
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May 18 – 25 – Our Last Week in Sarasota and Beginning to Head Home
While the governor has been fairly aggressive in "opening" Florida, our day-to-day routine hasn't changed much over the course of the past week. We still walked every morning, one shopping trip for groceries, and wine (an "essential"), and I was … Continue reading
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May 10-17 – Lake Placid, FL – American’s Mural Capital
Earlier this week we decided to set a date for heading home … May 25th (Memorial Day). Since our last update, we had one minor crisis when a water hose running between oour water pump and hot water heater burst. … Continue reading
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May 1-9 – A Easy Decision to Delay Heading Home
We have continued to monitor the weather back home. Despite a three-day warm-up, the temperatures have fluctuated between the mid-30os to the mid-50os … with seemingly one cloudy and rainy day after another and even a dusting of snow. In … Continue reading
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April 19 – 30 – Shelter-in-Place Continues
Our routine has changed very little. More and more of the decreasing number of people here at Sun N Fun head north to the far less inviting climate of Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvana, Illinois, Georgia (just turned 89 … Continue reading
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April 10 – 18 – Rain … at Last!
Our routine hasn't changed much over the past week, although we have tried to reach out to many friends … all of whom have been equally restricted in their travels and even daily activities. In parallel, we've heard from other … Continue reading
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April 4-9 – Another Week of “Sheltering in Place” in Sarasota
As another week of COVID-19 "sheltering in place" unfolded, Debbie began to feel her normal again. Meantime, our daily routine remained roughly the same … breakfast and the newspaper, walking with the now far smaller group (trying to maintain six-feet, … Continue reading
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March 19 – April 3 – While Less to Do … Weather Here Beats it Back Home!
With the growing concerns over and diagnosed cases of COVID-19, all formal activities here at Sun N Fun remain curtailed indefinitely. In addition, Debbie has been under the weather with a UTI and a temperature for a week … although … Continue reading
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