Yesterday morning we checked out the La Quinta in Tallahassee a little before 9:30 - our room cost $46.75 which isn't bad, but it sure is more expensive than our camping fees were.
We decided to not have the free breakfast at the motel and have breakfast at the Cracker Barrel near there. Mike had the biscuit and gravy with sausage and I had scrambled eggs with bacon.
It was about 10:30 when we left Cracker Barrel and we stopped to get gas ($2.039 a gal) before heading west on I-10.
We arrived at our friends' house at 2:00. It has been too long since we've seen Lance and Ann. They are living in a rental house since their beautiful home burned down earlier this year. They managed to get out of the house with just the clothes they had on. The house was a total loss and both of their vehicles were in the garage and they were destroyed.
Lance and Ann are waiting to have their new home rebuilt on the same lot and we drove over there yesterday afternoon to see the progress. The foundation is done and the outer walls are being put up now.
Lance and Ann took us out to dinner last night to one of their favorite
This morning after breakfast we loaded our suitcases and Tinker's bag into the car and left the house at 11:00 and started on our trip out to Texas. Since we were going to spend the night in Tallahassee there was no need for us to get an early start today.
Instead of heading north on I-95 this morning, we drove north on US-1 up to SR-50 just north of South Titusville and then drove west on SR-50 to US-27 at Clermont. We stopped at 1:30 for a late lunch at the Wendy's at the intersection of SR-50 and US-27 before heading north on US-27.
We took US-27 north up to where it intersects with I-10 east of Tallahassee and then drove west on I-10 to Exit 199 to get to the La Quinta where we are spending the night. We arrived here at the La Quinta at 6:00. After checking in at the front desk, we went up to our room to check it out before heading out for dinner.
We drove down to El Jalisco Mexican restaurant on US-27 South for dinner. We both ordered the Steak Fajita Quesadilla for dinner and ice tea. By the time we got back to the motel from dinner, it was 7:30 and we were ready to relax.
We drove 352 miles today and tomorrow will be a really short trip when we stop in Pensacola to visit our friends Lance and Ann
We took our new Subaru Outback on a road trip over to Kissimmee. My brother Cyril has been having health problems and is in a rehab facility there. We met my sister-in-law at their house and took her out to lunch at Perkins Restaurant before going over to visit with Cyril. We stayed for a little over an hour and had a good visit with him and Elaine before it was time for us to head back home.
I got an email from Clyde who is the final reviewer for the Florida Pioneer Descendant application and he said that I needed to write a Statement of Proof for Mike's great-grandfather William Howe Fletcher, Jr. linking him to his parents. I had to state what documents I had (there is no birth certificate since he was born in 1845) showing his
We picked up our new 2016 Subaru Outback last Saturday at the dealer in Vero. We traded in our 2007 Saturn Vue on it.
We had our neighbor Barb over for dinner last night. She is doing pretty well after Bill's death. She has a lot of ladies that she goes to different events and luncheons with and that is helping keep her busy at this time.
We had to go to Vero this morning for an appointment and decided to have lunch at
We got a call this morning from Carole that Mike's brother Chris had died earlier this morning. Chris was diagnosed last December with inoperable liver cancer. He had started chemo earlier this year and then had started radiation therapy in July. Earlier this month Chris had a MRI done and the chemo and radiation were not successful and the doctors told Chris and Carole to contact Hospice. We were planning on taking a trip next week out to see them.
Fortunately some friends of theirs had spent the night with Chris and Carole, so she wasn't alone when he died and they were there to help her.
We spent this morning calling Mike's cousins to let them know about Chris.
The last time we visited with Chris and Carole was in February of this year and we had a really good time with them.
Chris and Mike
This has been a sad week for us. Our neighbor across the street Barbara and her friend Bill had come up last week from Vero (they live in his condo on the beach in Vero) to stay in Barb's house. Bill suddenly became ill after dinner and was taken to the hospital here in Sebastian. Barb called us last Wednesday morning to tell us that Bill had died - Bill was 96 years old, but you would never know it.
Barb and I drove down in her car and Mike followed in ours to help her move her things out of the condo and back up to her house. Barb and Bill had been together for 10 years and had lived most of the time at his condo. They had us over for dinner at the condo last December and had a great time.
This morning Mike and I went to Bill's funeral in Vero. His son and two daughters and grandchildren were there. A son-in-law had taken their family photos and made a slide show for the service. It was really nice to see photos of Bill and his family as they all grew up and grew older.
We did have some good news this week when I found out that my Florida Pioneer Descendants application and documentation had been assigned and sent to the first reviewer. Once he is through examining it, he will forward everything to the second reviewer and he will be the one to contact me to let me know if it's approved or if more info is needed.
I've been looking back at what we've done the last 2 weeks and we sure ate out a LOT - especially this last week. We ate at Ay Jalisco, Squid Lips, and Sandwich Shack here in Sebastian and twice at Wendy's in Vero.
Last Sunday we bought a Network Extender from Verizon to hopefully help with our cell phone signal at home. Our cell phones will sometimes drop calls depending on where we sit in the house and it is really aggravating at times.
Mike's been researching new cars for quite some time and we have decided on the 2016
