Week 38 - Fun, Family and Florida - 05-06-2007

Hello from sunny and smokey Florida,

Last week there was a huge forest fire in Georgia. We left Ron and Ann's and stayed in a nice RV park in Lake City, Florida. We were going to stay two nights but woke up to heavy smoke which made breathing difficult. We headed to Daytona Beach, Florida and left the smoke just 30 miles before Daytona. We met up with our granddaughter Kalonie, her mom Sonya and grandparents Peter and Anita. We visited their resort on the beach and the Daytona Lagoon water park. We had a great time. Ellen visited a third day while Pete worked. On the fourth day, the air was thick with smoke again, this time from a fire in Ormond Beach, Florida, just a little north of us.

We left and out ran the smoke by heading north to St. Augustine, Florida and then to Savannah, Georgia. Historic downtown Savannah was very interesting. It was founded in 1733. The downtown area has 24 little parks, one about every three blocks. And two very large parks. All of this in a 12 x 20 block area. There are shops and art galleries along the River Front. We left Savannah and headed towards Atlanta, GA. Next week we will meet up with the first RV couple that we met in Las Vegas in May of 2006. Then we will fly out to San Diego for Emily's boyfriend Chad's graduation.

We are also going to Santa Barbara for a scheduled operation on Ellen's wrist. Ellen has had chest cold for a couple of days. Please pray for her healing so the operation on May 15th will not be postponed.

The smokey road to Florida

Pete, Anita, Ellen, Kalonie, Delaney, Sonya and Peter

The Daytona Lagoon water park

The moon filtered by smoke

Beautiful star fish that Ellen found on the beach

We took the scooter to Cycle World in Daytona. This motorcycle shop was huge on it own park. It had its own restaurant inside as well. This alligator was in their pond just a few feet from the parking lot.

This river boat was docked on River Street in Savannah where all the shops and galleries are.

One of the dozens of shops on River Street. The Hyatt Hotel is in the background.

See you next week (some of you, literally!)

Love, Pete and Ellen

P.S. to John H. Is Georgia east of Texas?

Photos from May 2007