Finally Out of the Cold...(for now)

 

Deborah and Heather on our hike at Skidmore
Island State Park

Our last two days in Savannah we had lovely weather - high of 70+ during the day and sunshine. Our cruiser friend Deborah, formerly of "Tango", drove down from Hilton Head to hike with us and have lunch. There is a very nice trail along the ICW in Skidmore Island State Park with great views of the marshes. Then we enjoyed a lunch in our RV.  The night before we had dinner at our favorite restaurant in Savannah, Vic's on the River. As always, we got a table by the window overlooking the river. 

Riverside table at Vic's on the River.

Our next stop was to visit George and Doris, our friends and neighbors in Shrewsbury who spend their winters in Palm Coast. On the way we met up for lunch with Linda and Ed formerly of "Dreamtime" that we hadn't seen since 2010 in St. Martin. They were part of a group that sailed down from the Bahamas to Trinidad in 2006. It was a fun reunion and we look forward to seeing them again next year. It was a brief but fun stay with George and Doris for one night with a great pizza dinner before we were off again to Winter Park.

Linda, Ed, Heather & Scott

On the way to Winter Park we stopped again at the Gemini Springs Park for lunch and a hike This is a large well appointed park with the historic twin springs, playgrounds etc. 

We stay with Harpal & Jeannie every year and they keep Baby for us while we tool around the rest of Florida. I've known Harpal since 1968! He was part of the original Ski House in Hancock, VT.  We had 4 days to catch up on our lives since last January. Their son Sunjay is living with them now and we all had a very fun night out one of the evenings. This is the warmest weather we've had so far! We put away the down comforter and have had the windows open and the screen door utilized! Yesterday we had a nice walk around the lake in the center of Winter Park, but the second day it' was stormy so we went to Harpal's gym (indoor pool, Yeh). Today we're off in the truck alone to visit Diane & Mitch in Ft. Pierce. More on that later.

The trail at Gemini Springs Park

Harpal's little community by night (21 houses
in all)

Scott took the selfie so he looks bigger than usual! Jeannie
Harpal and Heather to his left.