We finally made it to Florida. The weather for our trip here and now is just perfect. Eighties during the day and mid 50's at night. We are currently at Lazy Days RV in Seffner. This is where we bought the coach and decided to bring it in for some routine maintenance and some minor repairs that the dealer in St. Louis couldn't do. Although Ron doesn't consider not have his satellite TV working to be minor!

Our trip between Atlanta and Macon was a nightmare. It took us over 2.5 hours to travel 25miles due to road construction. I will never understand why they have to shut down 2 lanes for 25 miles when you only see a hand-ful of workers in less than a 3 mile stretch. We tried calling the Georgia Highway Patrol but they didn't know what was causing the backup. We then tried the Georgia Department of Transportation, only to get a recording. We left a message, but have yet to get a call back. Also, their 511 system was not working....probably over loaded from all the angry drivers. It had to happen sometime during our travels, but still we were not happy when it did occur. Although, we were in a better position then those in cars....we have our bathroom and full kitchen with us.

So that days trip took us 6 hours to travel a mere 180 miles. We will be in Seffner for a week then on to Naples. Ron is not a big fan of the gulf side of Florida, but I'm hoping he changes his mind when we get to Naples and the Keys. Will see.

Hope all is well.

Joan & Ron

WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY!

We are great uncle and aunt again. But it is the first on Ron's side of the family. Our niece Beckie gave birth Saturday to Layla, a 6 lb, 12 oz beautiful baby.

We are bummed that we will not be able to see or hold her for several months but are happy for Beckie & Chris.






Hope all is well!