Ralph and Grace

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Enjoying the sunny south

Well today was BEAUTIFUL!!! Ralph and I had a 9:30 round of golf at Harmony Golf Preserve. Our game wasn't stellar, but what can you expect after not golfing for a couple of months. We golfed with a gentleman from New York who had just purchased a condo in the area. His name was CJ. He was very nice. Yesterday was spent getting our bearings and doing a bit of shopping. Today we planning on eating at home and tomorrow after church we'll make our own Christmas dinner at the condo. We've purchased all our supplies and hope that we have the right pots and pans to get everything together. It's suppose to be warm again tomorrow but with some rain.

We're having a nice relaxing time. We already booked another tee-0ff at Harmony for Tuesday morning. They have a 2 for 1 special on that day so it works out perfect!!

We saw an alligator (picture on my other camera) and also some cranes. They were pretty awesome.

We hope you all are enjoying yourselves and we pray that you all have a blessed Christmas tomorrow.

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

We're here

The drive down was very good. We stopped in Savannah on the way and spent a couple of hours exploring the historic part of the city. It would be nice to spend some more time there. Maybe next time we'll plan for that.

We arrived around 6:30 and had no problem finding the condo. It's on the outskirts of Orlando and is in a nice area. The condo itself is small, but good enough for Ralph and I. Upon unpacking I discovered that my sandals were forgotten at home :-(. All I have with me is a pair of boots and my loafers. They sure look funny with my capri's. We're off shopping today to rectify that problem.

We went grocery shopping last night and got ourselves set up with breakfast's and lunches. We ate dinner at the condo and enjoyed a movie last night. It was a nice way to relax.

Today, we'll do a little shopping and get our bearings. The weather is nice right now at 65F. We discovered that the internet isn't working at the condo so our updates will be a little sporatic. We're currently sitting in Starbucks enjoying a tea and coffee while I update the blog. We hope you all are having a nice week. Talk to you soon.

Monday, 21 December 2009

Day 1 - Our drive down

Well it started off as a nice morning. We were on the road by 6:00 a.m. and the roads were nice and clear. No problems crossing the border, as a matter of fact there was no line...we drove straight through. Nice eh! The snow came when we hit Pennsylvania. The roads weren't bad, but there sure was more and more snow as we drove south. Our windshield was hit by a stone that was thrown by a snowplough and I think we'll need to replace it once we reach Florida. We have a pretty big crack in our windshield on the passenger side.

We drove as far as Columbia, South Carolina. We arrived here at 8:30 and enjoyed a nice dinner at Chili's. The temperature is currently 38F. We're surprised that it hasn't warmed up much yet.

We plan to be on the road again sometime around 7:00 a.m. tomorrow.