Odds and Ends.....

Sarasota, FL     High:  81    Low:   58

We drove to Ellenton Outlet Mall today in Ellenton, FL.  It's about 17 miles from Sun 'n' Fun. Sparky wanted to check out bargains for her little grandson Barron, at the outlet stores....SCORE! There seems to be a recurring theme here of little monsters, but Sparky's little grandson is too little to be one yet! Wait till he hits the two's, then there MIGHT be some correlation.

Back home, Sparky worked on getting some kind of decorations going for the front of our site. Sparky HAD to have SOMETHING Christmasy on the site! Never did find those darn rope lights. Two cemetery wreath holders, some twisty ties, extra wire, a bunch of lights and an hour later, Sparky got two little trees set up.

They kinda look like little Charlie Brown Christmas trees but hey, we've got a LITLE Christmas spirit goin' on on the outside and a whole lotta Christmas spirit on the inside in our hearts, where it really counts!

In three weeks, Eldy's kids and grandkids come for a week's visit to Sun 'n' Fun, and my two daughters and my little 6 month old grandson will also be arriving, whom I haven't seen since he was born. It's going to be a special holiday this year, with our children and grandchildren here with us. They are going to stay in little cottages, or park models near our RV site. Sparky is counting the days and hoping the beautiful weather continues for their stay. Any weather is probably going to be better than northern Indiana, Houston TX, or Alexandria VA.

At the end of the day, we headed over to Woody's River Roo Pub and Grill in Ellenton for a bite to eat. Great food, great entertainment offered most evenings, and the pub is on the water. We love those kinds of places where the locals mix with the travelers,  and you can sit and eat great food and listen to wonderful entertainment. There are so many places like that in Florida! Taylor Taylor were playing tonight, one of our favorite entertainment duos that we just heard last night at Sun 'n' Fun--two women who know how to play all kinds of music, have great vocals, and rock the joint with a terrific variety of musical instruments. People always get up and dance to these gals when they play. Tonight, we just listened. Sparky and Eldo will get their groove on another night!

See you later......

Taylor Made Entertainment at Sun 'n' Fun

It was a slow day today....We caught up on laundry, rode our bikes...Eldo wore himself out on his bike ride today...Time for a nap!

Not much going on EXCEPT at the pool. Sun 'n' Fun RV Resort has live entertainment almost every day, either in the afternoon heading towards the dinner hour, or from 7-10 PM at night. Tonight was Taylor Taylor...a gal pal duo with dynamite pipes and awesome arrangements of cover songs, originals, and WOW! Fiddling skills like you wouldn't believe! Glenda Taylor plays lead guitar and burns up the fiddle, Dee Wilson plays bass and backs up with awesome vocals, harmony and vocal skills of her own. Glenda was working the fiddle amongst the crowd and while she moved around tables, people stuffed bills in her earrings, in her guitar straps, in her booty pockets, everywhere but the usual places you'd expect! (You mean, down her front? asks E.) Yep, every place BUT there! She was wearing a LOT of moolah by the time she got done playing!

They played everything from top forties, rock and roll, original stuff, some country, Irish and Cajun all thrown in together....and both gals have terrific voices! We really enjoyed the band tonight, we hope we will see them again somewhere in the area. They were AWESOME! We are amazed at the quality of entertainment that Sun 'n' Fun brings to the park. These groups are not the usual old timers, stuck in the '50's music that you hear so often in retirement parks and over 55 communities. (Careful, Sparky, there are a LOT of retirees that LOVE the fifties, like ME! says E.) Yep, but Sparky likes funky, eclectic music that covers a LOT of ground all over the place....rock, seventies, eighties, funk, soul, R & B, and the groups and individuals that are coming to the resort are covering just about all of it. Time to DANCE, Eldo! And we did........See you later!

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