Visitors

We’ve made it as far south as we’re going in Florida; we’re at Sunshine RV Resort in Lake Placid. Our intention was to go down to the Port Charlotte area, but after Hurricane Ian any campgrounds still operating are full of displaced residents or the workers in town to rebuild.

This place isn’t terribly picturesque, but it’s quiet and friendly and as close as we could get to some friends.

Saturday Rick and Trace came. They are living in an expensive little place while they oversee the restoration of their house. They only got one season to enjoy their Florida house before Ian ripped off the shingles and drenched the interior. But they are soldiering on with determination and good humor, which is standard operating procedure for them. It was great to see them again.

Today Jim and Margaret came to visit. They are in Florida just for a week to see to the repair of their sailboat. It was in a boatyard all tidied up and listed for sale when Ian dumped it on its side and generally wrecked havoc with it. Since our visits coincided they made the drive over to see our new house on wheels.

Margaret wanted a picture of Bud and me next to our travel map. She shared it with me, so I will share it, too.

Rick and Trace were some of the first friends we made sailing at Tuscarora Yacht Club on Lake Ontario. Jim and Margaret were about the last friends we made sailing; we were at a marina in Palmetto, Florida, just before we sold our boat. None of us are still sailing, but they are still our friends. Boating friends are the best!