Tuesday

Well I'm writing this on Wednesday morning after another sleepless night; back in a strange bed with a fan on overhead and of course after what I thought was a disappointing re-election of a man who wants to be a dictator.

The morning started out with not sleeping on Monday night as I anticipated our return to Florida. I just can not sleep knowing I have to make that drive plus do the last minute chores in closing up the cabin for the winter. We both decided to arise at 3:15 AM and start our closing act. It was cold with temps below freezing and another heavy frost as we started out at 4:30 AM. The ride down off the mountain is one with heavy hearts but also exciting at the same time as we would see our daughter Amy and her family for supper. Ava and Sam were so funny when drove up at their house around 6 for supper.

The trip down was uneventful and we made it in just under 12 hours. Now that I have to stop every 1 1/2 hours to walk because of the prior blood clot in the leg a couple years ago. We ate at Mickey D's for breakfast and Subway for lunch. The temps finally warmed up as we started into Georgia and it reached 81 when we approached Tampa just about rush hour.

Our cooler with about 50 pounds of fresh killed venison provided by our friend Andy, made the trip as the ice never melted. Our first priority was to get the meat packed into individual freezer bags and into the deep freezer. Once that was successfully done we started unpacking and then headed over to Amy and Tyler 's for a delicious chicken casserole, salad and roll supper. We hung out and played with Ava and Sam until it was their bedtime and mine as well.

Well I can't say I'm thrilled to be back in this flat land but I'm thankful we had a safe trip. We saw as many cars on the Howard Franklin Bridge as we entered into Pinellas County than we saw all summer in the mountains. It is nice weather wise as we learned from our "mountain mom" snow was falling in the high country. We went from heat to a/c all in one day, LATER