Ending 2008

Now that the children have returned home, we are again on the road. Our first stop is Sebring - in the middle of the state - to visit friends Bob and Jane Lowe. They are here for only 2 weeks. Unfortunately, they are not yet retired. Bob's mother has had a home in Florida for 30 years but is no longer able to come. They have space next to the house to park our RV. But on the way in, we got mired in soft sand. Our RV is very heavy and it took some effort with shovels, wooden boards and lifting the RV up on its own jacks to get us out and settled on firmer ground. We got a good tour of possible places to have a permanent winter home here. But right now, we are still not letting too much moss grow on our tires - we still like to move to other interesting places every few days.
On December 31, we drove 85 miles to Orlando to the Wycliffe Bible Translators volunteers' campground. Jack's brother John and wife Mary have just arrived to spend 3 months helping out here. We have a campsite right next to them for 5 days. We got a good tour around and then joined the other 120 volunteers for a soup and bun supper and a New Year's Eve candlelight service led by John's Mary. Wonderfully friendly group of people! We feel very welcome. We are checking them out as a possibility for a future winter service project. John and Mary helped us ring in the New Year. When we phoned our friends at the annual New Year's Eve party - the first time in at least 25 years we have not been there with our good friends - it was a nostalgic call. We miss you guys! but we're havin' fun here!