Reunion with Friends
We had a wonderful week in Florida with the "gang" at Dodie and Ray's new home in DeLand, FL. - what a really great Mediteranian house! We had a proper house-warming with champange & goodies & non-stop talking. We had not been together as a group in a year and we tried to make up for all of our lost time. The weather was fickle - but didn't slow us down a bit. On our last day we took a trip to Blue Springs to see the manatees. These wonderful mammals come to the springs just off the St. John's river in the winter because of the warm water. We saw so many manatees and many with babies - what a sight! One day while the girls had gone shopping, Ray and Paul spotted a bald eagle in a tree just off the patio ( see picture below ). We also saw a pair of sandhill cranes in the pond just behind the house.
On our way to DeLand we stopped to spend the night with Kate and Gareth in Niceville which made a nice break in the trip on the way down. We were planning to stop there on the way back home - but we decided to push it and get home in a day - a very long day. We had a much needed winter break and a really great time with our old friends.
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