More pictures from July 4th

A Fantastic Fourth!

Some scenes from our celebration.

A Fantastic Fourth!

What a wonderful time we had celebrating the 4th of July this year! We drove to Mount Dora, a little town big on history. We met some friends from church, including the Copelands, who brought their pontoon boat and docked it at the Lakeside Inn. The Inn was built in the late 1800's and is set in a beautiful spot right on Lake Dora. We took a long ride through the Dora Canal and over to Lake Eustis. The scenery was gorgeous! Later we took a walking tour of Mt. Dora, just window shopping since everything was closed. (Except the many restaurants, thank goodness.) Martin and I had a very good dinner then returned to the dock and relaxed with our friends, watching the sun set, waiting for the fireworks to start. The fireworks were set off over the water, very near where we were, and we truly enjoyed the show. A few of us had reserved rooms for the evening so we remained on the boat just talking and rocking and listening to the frogs. We all took turns saying, "Isn't this just so great?!" (Unfortunately the mosquitoes thought it was just great too.)
The next morning we all had breakfast on the porch of the inn, took one more quick boat ride then went our separate ways. Actually Martin and I went separate ways too. I drove the car home, dropping Adelaide Copeland off at work, and Martin helped Dan drive the boat back to their dock. I didn't see him again for HOURS! He got to go through the Dora Canal again as well as the locks between Lake Eustis and Lake Griffin. Martin is actually the only person other than Dan who has driven the boat through the narrow canal!
For the life of me I can't remember what we did last July 4th, but I will definitely remember this one!

4th of July Weekend

It's the start of a long July 4th weekend and the flags are blooming in the neighborhood. For the first time since we moved here to The Villages, we are actually here and have flags to put out. We are on the corner so I used 12 flags! A lot of the neighbors display flags so it looks great when you drive down the street. Love it!

More Talent Show

I need to mention that since a few of the scheduled performers failed to show up, there was someone who volunteered to fill in... Yup, That Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Martin! (All of his practicing is really paying off. He did a great job!

And I shouldn't forget to note that Elvis was in the house too!

Ward Talent Show

Last night one of the Young Women from our Belleview Ward organized a ward talent show. Our friend, Judy Peters, LOVES bluegrass music and she plays a little banjo, sings and clogs. She asked Martin to accompany her on four songs: Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Waltz Across Texas, Angel Band and Where We'll Never Grow Old. Admittedly I've never been a fan of Bluegrass (Don't know where Scott got his love of it!?!), but it was a lot of fun and she ended up being voted the best act of the evening. How about that?

Fresh Start

I really want to try this blog thing again - wasn't successful the first time! Mainly I want to document where we are and what we are doing for my own purposes, because we are having so much fun that I am having a hard time keeping track of what we did and when we did it.
We realize there will come a time when all our traveling will come to an end, and I want to be able to look back ... and have some help remembering!

(Also I just picked up a new camera - Nothing fancy, just a small digital that I picked up on clearance at Staples. Now maybe I can take pictures without a black smudge in them!)
This is the first picture I took.