Camp#75- For the winter months

11-19-13..Decided this morning to move over to our winter "home". So by 1200 were recamped on Matlacha Island. The sight of the drawbridge and our RV Park put a smile on our faces .

No sooner than us backing into our site we had hugs and handshakes and smilin' faces all around. The wonderful smell of salty air and a warm breeze was a sure sign of peacefulness.
  We spent a good part of the afternoon gabbing with everyone and getting caught up on "Island Times". After 8000+ mls over the last several months it feels good to be parked for awhile. There are still a few more families to arrive, probably after the Holidays. Of course we all had to go down the street to  The Olde Fish House as they had some good music going on and we had to see if the beer was cold. I'm glad to report that it was !!
   First order of business was to get our live bait box up and running. Our pump was all gummed up and wasn't running so used the warranty and replaced it. It's doing its thing now and the shrimp bait is happy. Fishing gear is all set up and a new Florida Fishing License has been procured. Thanx to our friend Paul

, we are again able to have a bait source.

   I think I'm gonna figure out some kinda fire pit so we can have bonfires.
   Thanksgiving Day we all got together and had a feast. As usual it was delicious. A special thanx to Carl for his culinary skills and all that donated food.  "Hooter Brown" even got in the holiday mood.

   I setup my sound system and had traditional holiday music going all day. Glad to know it survived months in storage. We were going to do a karaoke show in the evening but it cooled off about 6PM and the wind picked up so we decided to call it a night. There's always next week.
   I needed a new drill but didn't want to experience the shopping madness over the Holiday weekend. On Monday we ventured out and did some shopping and made a stop at Lowes. Found a nice cordless drill set on sale. I'll be glad to retire the old set as I've had it for years and the batteries are done.
    Heather and I are getting our winter routine tuned up, she's been able to sit out in the sun and work on her crafts. Watching the weather up North and saying we're glad we're not putting up with the cold. Seems that winter has arrived early up there. A couple of the cold fronts have even gotten into upper Florida. We've had a few cooler nights but nothing below 47F.
   Seems that December has arrived rather quickly. It feels like we were just in Montana few weeks ago!
Hope everyone had a good turkey day.
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Charlie&Heather