Homeward bound

today,April 25,2007 we are getting ready to travel north to Canada - our home. Being away for 6 months anything can happen. When we left end of October was only Stew and I; coming back home there will be 3 of us-Stew, myself and Soo-Zee. We will get her tomorrow morning and we will start our trek north. We will be leaving with mixed feelings. We can't wait to see our family, especially the grandchildren but we will be saying "see you later" to the friends we have met in Florida.

Life of a retiree

This is life of retiree -- relaxing near a pool in weather in the 80 degrees F when our family and friends are experiencing weather at 0 degrees F or close to that. We have had a great time, seen lots, met many great people, especially ones who love the Lord .

A Highlight from White Springs

White Springs has a host of historic places to see. One of them is the Stephen Foster Culture Centre, which has a state park, a museum in honor of Stephen Foster who wrote the song "Upon the Suwannee River." The interesting part is that Stephen Foster never seen or visited Suwannee River. On the grounds is a clarion from which you can hear music play for miles.

A visitor in our trailer at Suwannee Valley ampground

When we arrived to Suwannee Valley Campground, we had a visitor in our trailer. He was curious and harmless.

More on Soo-zee

The top picture is of Stew holding Soo-zee on April 8th, her eyes are open.

The bottom picture is when I first seen Soo-Zee on March 28,2007. She has grown some. In the background is the breeder, Pat Overstreet.

Introducing Soo-zee

We arrived to Suawannee Valley Campground on March 28th and the first thing I did after we set -up was rush down to see the little shih tzu pup we are getting. She was born on March 17,2007. In this picture she is 11 days old and weighs 12 ozs. Her little eyes aren't even open.

Farwell cook-out

March 24,2007, we were invited to a farewell cook-out, as many were leaving end of March or beginning of April. A cook-out is what we refer to a BBQ in Ontario. It was nice to be able to fellowship with many of our new friends before departing to northern Florida to Suawannee Valley Campground in White Springs on March 28,2007. Originally, we were going to leave on April 1,2007 but we were told we wouldn't want to be on I75 on that weekend as it will be like a parking lot with all the RV's leaving Florida and heading back north.

Spring has arrived in Southern Aire

Early part of March we seen signs of spring with the hatching of little ducklings. They were busy fishing for their food at the bottom of the lake which is situated at the campground. They were fascinating to watch.

The Orange Groves

Within half a mile From Southern Aire were two orange groves- one on each side of the road. At the beginning of 2007 after the oranges were harvested one of the groves was cleared and the area will be turned into cow pasture.

Florida State Fair

In February we attended the Florida State Fair, which is huge and lots to see. It so happened the day we went it had to rain, in fact it just poured and there was a tornado warning and everyone were told to get into one of the exhibit buildings. We were already in one and were not even aware of the warning. We took pictures of the old steam engines.

Some more of Fort Desoto

Here is another picture of a cannon

and a view of the gulf from the top

of the hill surrounding the fort.

More on Fort Desoto

At Fort Desoto there is a wharf that

stretches out long way into the water

and many people fishing over the

edge. The pelicans sit on light poles

waiting for a free meal. While

looking over the wharf we spotted a

dolphin but weren't able to get a

picture of it as the dolphin moved

faster than we were able to set the

camera in position.

Fort Desoto

We spent Saturday afternoon, March 24th,2007 at Fort Desoto with our friends ,Joette and Scotty, from Southern Aire RV Resort. This is a really beautiful and interesting area.

The scenery is breath taking. The old fort is still in tact. There is also a state campground on the water. State parks are similar to Ontario's provincial parks.


The cannon is situated behind a bunker aiming to the gulf and that

how the army protected the shore and the land of America.


The campground is spacious and the sites are large.


To learn more on Desoto Park go to
www.pinellascounty.org/park