Toward Flordia

Yesterday was moving day. We went from Winder, GA to Tifton in southern Georgia a distance of about 235 miles. This is only a short three-day stop-over on our way south. Boy, did we get a welcome. 101 degrees with 111 degrees heat index. And bugs…. in your mouth, in your eyes and ears. Little black gnats everywhere.

We had special visits again with friends and family during our week at Fort Yargo Park. We also took time to visit Chateau Elan Winery and Resort. It is a beautiful French Provincial mansion on 3,500 acres. Besides the vineyards and winery, it has four golf courses, seven restaurants, a 33,000 square foot Spa mansion and an Inn. You see a picture of a portion of it here. Also pictured is a tee shirt from the Winery. I liked the saying, it is perfect for me of course, but it cost 20 bucks. I am too cheap to put out $20 for a tee shirt, so I took a picture of it instead. In case you can’t read the tee shirt for some reason, it says:

“Vintage Person
Perfectly Aged
Over 70 Years
Still Improving
Reserved But Not Subdued”

Today, August 10, is a special day. It is Debbie’s (our daughter) birthday. The whole country of Ecuador celebrates her birthday with parades, fireworks and the like. It is nice of them, don’t you think? Of course it is incidental that it also happens to be Ecuador’s Independence Day. But when we lived there, we declared it “Debbie” Day. I’ll not tell you how old she is, but we are approaching our 50th Wedding Anniversary and she was born in our first year of marriage. So there!

So, this past week has been another week without mishaps. Do you think this might be a trend? The only trouble we seem to have is with the WiFi service. The park where we now are promised WiFi internet. Ok, we have it. Oops, it’s gone again. No, there it is again! On and off, like a firefly’s behind. When it is on it has very low strength and it takes longer than a dial-up service. We will most likely go out in town and look for a motel or restaurant that has wireless service. After all, I can’t post this blog without service.

We are here for only three days, then off to Florida. The next leg of the trip is a short one, only about 168 miles. We’ll catch up with you again when we reach Florida.