Sparky Has Fun at Sun 'n' Fun

We've been laying low at Sun 'n' Fun....trying to clean out the storage shed. We are not getting very far...there's just too much stuff! (You mean, too much crap! explains Eldo.) Well, you can't just empty out an entire 8X10 ft. craft room and manage to get it all into an RV. (Well, I COULD if I just had some more bays. Some really tough decisions have been going on the past couple of days. Give away? Donate? Sell? Trash? We've also been shopping...not the most fun shopping, shopping for things like a 30 amp adaptor for the electric service at RV parks in case you can't get 50 amp service, buying potty deodorizer, etc. 

                                                                                                                                                                      In between sweltering heat and humidity, Sparky has been taking a lit

tle time down at the beautiful pool. There's a waterslide there, so she just HAD to try it! It's been so long she had to ask a little girl there,"What's the best way to go down?" And that little girl just happened to be a former student of Sparky's subbing days! She yells excitedly, "MRS. SPARKS!" and came running to give Sparky a really big hug! 

We had fun going down the slide. Sparky made the mistake of laying down on her back the very first time down. That makes you slide and ricochet like a BULLET and go really really fast, which scared the crap out of Sparky. The rest of the time, she sat up and leaned forward, which was not quite as fast. Whew! Eldo got a few photos. This is probably the best one to the right.

It's our last day here at Sun 'n' Fun. We are trying to get the bicycle hitch secure behind the fifth wheel, (we lost the main bolt in moving), finish up purchasing odds and ends, and getting laundry done, but now it's time to say our goodbyes....Goodbye to Holly's Quarter Cup Cafe, our favorite place to eat breakfast that's VERY reasonable, who the owner tries very very hard to keep her customers safe and healthy while eating there. She has a great personality, good food, and her daughters help out, too...This is her cart she made to serve her customers condiments.

IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Blogger has changed their program MAJORLY. Sparky is having all kinds of trouble with the new one. So for awhile, please excuse any funkiness with the blog.  It's really being problematic and very difficult to use. Thank you for hanging in there. Not only that, but Sparky's space bar is not working right. It's taking two hits to make a space. Sparky will be prattling along only to realize, the space bar isn't spacing. Phooey! And the Apple stores are closed, many of them.

More goodbyes...to our friends, Larry and Suzette Kurfis, who we met years ago when we were first full timing and who love Sun 'n' Fun so much, they are here pretty much year round. Goodbye to all the wonderful teachers at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY, who have sustained me, shown me love and support, and asked for me to sub. Please keep reading and stay in touch, you guys! Love you all! Love to all the wonderful students who gave me so much love and affection the SEVEN years I was there. Wow, what a wonderful school!

Goodbye to the Sage Biscuit Cafe...they finally got their act together and got the mask thing going...we LOVE their breakfasts! It was a Sunday morning regular habit. Sparky loves the egg croissant sandwich with bacon and Swiss cheese, and Eldo loved the sausage biscuits and gravy.

Goodbye to my friend and confidante on Stone River Road, Stephanie Norden. She's great! and her husband, Brian, with his great wit, who keeps everyone on their toes. Stay in touch, friends!

Goodbye to Anna Maria Island...for now....many posts on Facebook with the fantastic view of the Gulf on Sunday mornings. Gulf Gate Cafe, we will miss you, too!

Goodbye to Celery Fields, the heart and soul of many birders. Sparky hiked the Big Hill for three straight months, once school closed. Almost every day, up and down that big hill and round and round. Home to many beautiful bird species and spoonbills, Sparky's favorite Florida bird.

There are so many more goodbyes to places and memories and friends...it makes Sparky a little sad to try and remember them all. So in order to not be sad, we will say, whomever we forgot, we didn't forget you, we won't forget you, and we will be back!

So...the big question..."Where are you headed to next?" We are going to work our way north, towards Tennessee, to see Eldy's daughter and family, then to Indiana, to see Eldy's son and his family, then after that...maybe the Dakotas! Or Michigan! or the Plains states which we have not visited yet. We shall see!  Bye for now.....