Life from 233 Cypress Street

That's us...corner of Limewood and Cypress

Thanks to fellow RV'er, visitor to Elite Resorts, and friend, Charlie, I now have an official photo documentation of our transfer from site 57 to our new RV Pad, 233 Cypress Street.

Reluctantly, "G" let me drive it over, but he insisted on backing it into the site.

Pad, sweet pad.

We are "getting a feel" for how we want to arrange the layout, what we would like to see occupy the outdoor living area and where we want to plant bushes and trees to best afford us shade, privacy and beauty. There is a long list of "wants," and in reality, no needs, however, that will not stop us from personalizing this little piece of heaven to the best of our abilities.

Tomorrow, we are meeting with the landscaper. He will stake out our property lines, listen to our plans and provide us with advice on paving and plantings. We probably won't do anything until we come back down in the fall. By that time, I will have designed and re-designed the lot at least 200 times.

The pinpoint of the rocket as it left our view.

I neglected to mention that on January 20th, "G" and I witnessed a rocket in the sky that had launched from Cape Canaveral by the US Air Force. A first sighting for me and a second for "G." The photo did not capture my overwhelming awe at the sight of a huge, man-made object piercing the dark sky with a bright orange tail going up, up and away. I stood watching it until it was no longer visible. I can only imagine the excitement of seeing a manned rocket.

The Air Force launches an unmanned Atlas V (five) rocket Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket hoisted the third in a series of Mobile and User Objective System satellites. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Rubadoux) 

G and me...

Friday night a bunch of us went down to the club house for a dinner dance. The band, Yesderday's Band, was quite good and a ticket costing $12.50 got you live music, dinner, dessert, and for some, a chance to burn off some calories on the dance floor. I had "G" out there more often than not, and I enjoyed the night...especially since it ended before 10 pm. I'm getting too old to stay out late at night. As it is, my dance muscles were a touch sore next morning. As a teenager, I remember begging to stay out until midnight, now, I start looking at my watch around 9:30.

I have been taking advantage of the warmer temps that we are experiencing. I've been walking, working out in the exercise room and lazing around reading books. I've just begun reading my third since being here and forgot how much I loved to read - books. Not on a Kindle or a tablet, but a good, old-fashioned, turn the paper page book. 

Update on the "Infamous Three," the items that have been giving us problems and headaches:  

1. Hot water heating element - all systems GO.  Working fine and dandy. That will officially come off the list now.
2. MCD Privacy shade - still stuck at 3/4 of the way up. We have an appointment with Lazy Daze to have it looked at, but we believe we need to go another route so it can be repaired before we head up north.
3. Furnace - was not working, then Ray and "G" fixed it and it worked. Then it stopped working, "G" fixed it...It's currently working, but I typed that verrrry quietly, so it could hear me.

Deep thought for the day:  Credit for this thought goes to a quote from the book, Half Broke Horses, a true story, written by Jeanette Walls. 

"I realized that I hadn't been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but the sun had been coming up anyway. It was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me."