Butterflies, Devils and Gators

Yesterday we went up to Gainesville to the Florida Natural History Museum to see the Butterfly Rainforest but the butterflies were not out because it was not warm enough. We saw the labs that they work in to help the butterflies from their larva state to the time their wings dry out. There was enough other exhibits in the museum of Florida past & present to keep us busy for awhile. The tour book said one hour minimum but we were there about two and a half hours.

In the afternoon we went to the Devil’s Millhopper Geological Park which is just north of Gainesville. It has a sinkhole that is 120 feet deep and 500 feet across. You can walk down a 232 step wooden walkway that descends to the bottom. Then we took a half-mile walk around the top.

This is one of the many small waterfalls that go to the bottom.

Here you can see it go into the ground.

This is a picture of Flo resting on hike around sinkhole.

Went we got done we wanted to go out to eat. Jerry asked me were I wanted to go so I told him that on Thursday's it was all you can of fish at Gator Joe’s. So we went all the way down to Lake Weir to Gator Joe’s.

It is an interesting place. Lake Weir is a small Lake southeast of Belleveiw. The picture of the sunset was taken thru a window so there are soon background lights in picture. Until tomorrow…

Jan 6, 2010

Sunday Jerry went up to OBS (Ocala Breeders Sales). Ocala is called the horse capital of the world. They also have off track betting. You can bet on tracks like Aqueduct, Belmont, Gulfstream, Tampa and a few more.

I dropped him off so I could go shopping. I went to the Paddock Mall. They had some after Christmas sales. I got a few things. Then I picked him up and came back to condo and walked around the area.

Yesterday, it was pretty cold so we stayed home and didn’t do much but tried to stay warm. Here is picture of bird that was behind our condo. I think it was a blue heron.

Today Jerry went back up to OBS and I stayed home to clean and go to clubhouse to catch up on blog. Take care.

COLD WINTER

I’m sorry that I don’t get to post much.  Here at the condo I don’t have internet so I have to go over to the clubhouse to get online. We have been taking it pretty easy here. We don’t get up until about 7:30. Then set around eating a light breakfast watching TV until we decide what we plan on doing. We went for a ride over to Cedar Keys the other day. It wasn’t to busy there because of the weather. We walked around and went into some of the shops there then went out on the pier where some fishermen were fishing for sheep's head fish.  I never heard of them but that's what they said. 

New years Eve day was nice so we went for  walk in the swamp near here. It isn’t wet in there so I don’t know why they call it a swamp. Maybe sometime of the years it gets wet. But it isn’t this time of year.     

For New Years Eve we went down to Jerry’s sister Bev and BIL John’s place in Belleview for a party. We all brought something to pass and had a good meal. Then we played pinochle which I haven’t played since we were first married.  We all had fun. We saw the new year come in then we all left.  Well, Happy New Year everybody.

Happy Holidays

Well, the holidays has come and gone. We went up to Virginia to Brenda's for Christmas. We left last Wednesday and came back yesterday. We had  a good trip up but the trip back there was a lot of traffic. Before we went  we went golfing a couple of times again. We went again this afternoon. I have improved a little bit but not much. Jerry does pretty good. Virginia had a couple inches of snow. We can down to Florida to get away from the snow then we go up there. It was cold. Its been fairly cold down here in Florida the last couple of weeks. Today I don’t think it got up to 60 degrees, but the sun was warm. Tomorrow we will try to go for a ride to see some of Florida's countryside. I will try to get more blogs out sooner.

Mount Dora

  Well, I’m sorry it took so long to post again.  Last Sunday the 13th we went to Mt Dora. It is about 25 miles north west of Orlando. It has boutiques, gift shops and antiques galleries that line the streets of downtown Mount Dora. We went  window shopping then went for a walk on the shoreline boardwalk along Mount Dora. Then we spent the rest of day riding around the area. Tuesday we went golfing again at Baseline Golf Club. It’s a very pretty golf course. We both did pretty good this time. I even made par on one hole. Jerry has been playing off and on for years but I just started this year. We didn’t do to much the rest of the week except the everyday things around the condo. We try to go on walks everyday. Thursday we went back to Hardrock Casino in Tampa again. Jerry did good but I didn’t do so good. Friday it was rainy most of day. Well, today doesn’t look much better. Don’t know what we will be today.

Rainy weather

     Every other day it has been rainy. We went golfing Tuesday and wanted to go Thursday but it rained in the morning so we did a few things around home. Friday we went down to Tampa to the casino. We did pretty good. I came away with more than I came with. We like the table games like Three Card Poker and Let it Ride. We went to the buffet before we left. It is a very good buffet. Today we didn’t do to much. We went down to see some of Jerry’s brother and sisters that live near here. Flo

ARRIVED IN FLORIDA

We finally got to Florida on the first. We left Brenda's' on Monday morning after Thanksgiving. We drove to Stark, FL and stayed overnight in motel. We left Stark in morning and made it to Ocala around 11:00. Since then we have been getting settled in. We visited Jerry's brothers and sisters in Beleview that are there now.

The weather has been warm one day and the next would be rainy. Over the weekend it rained off and on. Yesterday, Tuesday, was a very nice day so we went golfing for the first time down here. My score would have been good if I was playing 18 holes but we played only 9. We are going to go again in a day or so.