Mark brought us some Bubba Burgers to try, so we had a barbeque with the burgers and all the fixings. As usual, dinner was great. We spent the rest of the evening talking and talking, there are just too many stories to tell. The time flew and before we knew it, it was well after Mark's bedtime.
We shot the breeze some more in the morning before they headed north and west, back towards their home in Colorado. They said they would take their time getting back, probably several weeks. It was a very enjoyable visit.
On Wednesday, we headed north to Winter Haven for the day to get our new sunshades for the front and side windows of the motorhome. We had ordered them last week. The sunshades were done, they gave me a quick lesson in how to install them and we were off to lunch at the Main St. Cafe in Auburndale. We took the scenic ride back through miles and miles of orange groves and past 20 - 30 lakes and ponds. We did not realize there were so many lakes in this area of the state.
Thursday was a day to relax because Friday we were driving 2 hour 45 minutes south to Gary's sister's, Diane, house for the Easter weekend. On Friday we stopped in Clewiston, near the shores of Lake Okeechobee, for lunch at Sonny's barbeque, that is a chain down here. We had a couple sandwiches and we were off again. I have to say the this trip was one of the most boring drives I have ever been on. We traveled down the west side of the lake, but you cannot see any of the lake because there is a 20 foot tall levee all around the lake. Most of the rest of the land is flat and barren, either swamp or cattle grazing land. We went through the eastern edge of the Everglades and nothing to see there either. We arrived at Jake and Diane's about 1:30 Friday afternoon.
On Saturday they took us to a place in their town, Pembroke Pines, where an eagle had made a nest and had her young. So we watched the baby eagles for about half an hour and the mother was off during that time. They said the babies had grown quite a bit in the last week or so.
Sunday they had a wonderful ham dinner for Easter with all the fixings. If you got up from the table hungry, it was your own fault, there was more than enough of everything that makes it a great Easter dinner. Thanks Jake and Diane.
Sunday evening we left about 4 PM to head to Melbourne. We had booked a hotel room so the we could watch the Space Shuttle launch on Monday morning at 6:21 AM. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to get to Melbourne. We checked into the hotel and headed to the beach to scout out a viewing area. We found a place to view the launch in the morning then we drove north a bit and found another park on the ocean and had a picnic. Diane and Sharon had packed us a leftover ham sandwich for a picnic at the beach.
Monday morning we woke at 5 AM to go view the Shuttle launch. We drove to the beach we had picked out on Sunday night and there were a few people there. By 6 AM the busses were pulling in and there were several hundred people on the beach. It was a beautiful morning, about 65 degrees with just a few clouds in the east. The launch went perfectly on time and was a nice sight to see. The crowd cheered when it started and later when the shuttle disappeared from sight over the Atlantic.
Most of the viewers stayed on the beach to see the sunrise, but Sharon and I headed out to go get breakfast. We have seen the sun rise over the Atlantic many mornings. We beat the crowd to breakfast. After breakfast we headed back to Sebring and the motorhome. We had a busy week, but quite enjoyable.
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