CHRISTMAS

We are blessed this year, not only did we have David and Kelly for Christmas Day, we get to have Christmas again when we get to Trice's house. They got to the park about 1:30 and got caught up on all their travels and our travels. THEN we opened gifts. I gave 3 options for Christmas dinner and steak was chosen. That was a good choice as it was cooked outside. I hate to say that it was about 80 degrees to our friends that are not in Florida.

This is our friend Dave who came over to take our family photo. He and his wife Audrey shared some 4 layer delight dessert w/us AFTER he took our picture.
Hope everyone has a SAFE new year and even safer travels. We will leave here the 31st and head further south.
We have gotten in the swing of pickle ball and will miss it when we leave. Hopefully we will find a tennis court close by still get to play.

Florida By Way of GA.

I know you are probably wondering what in the world are they doing in Georgia. That would be a legitimate question. This is Alabama's capitol by the way. Anyway, we were in Abita Spgs,La. and John decided we needed to have the front end aligned. He had read about a guy that was really good in Ga, so called him and made an appt. Looking at the map, we went right by Montgomery,Al I suggested we stop and take a look.

It is really pretty and big! But the house and senate do not meet in it. There are some offices in it, but is mostly for show. The columns in this picture are solid marble! They weigh about 8000 lbs each. (Did I mention I love rocks?)

This is the dome and the pictures around it are murals of their history. (one of the guards said loosely based history).

This is the cheapest diesel we saw on this trip, which was great. But it didn't look that cheap compared to my friend Barb's post. Hers showed 2.19. We are now in Florida! Will move into TT Orlando on the 10th.
Meantime we have an appointment in Hudson,Fl to get 4 windows that have lost their seal fixed.

I'll have to tell you about the guard in the capitol. We were on the 3rd floor wandering around (actually we were looking for the rest rooms). So walked down one of the halls and we were talking and looking into the offices as we walked by. Came to the end and was looking out the windows, trying to identify the buildings.
Then discovered the rest rooms. I went first, then held the camera and coats while John went. Then when we looked down the hall towards from whense we came, there stood THE guard with his arms crossed.
So we went walking towards him as if he was the welcoming committee. He was very nice, but did stay with us until we went back down stairs. I told John I'm sure one of ladies called and said there are 2 strange people wandering around up here.