Good Morning,
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles"~~Tim Cahill
AND we certainly are having a wonder-filled journey.
I am sitting here on the screened in patio at Bill and Charlotte's in Cocoa, Florida. Tom has gone off to spend the day in Vero Beach with his friend , Dr. K, who he was stationed with in the jungles of Viet Nam YEARS ago. It is a perfect day here as I watch the squirrels and all kinds of birds vie for the food that Bill puts out for them every few days. They get quite aggressive!
We arrived here last Wednesday (March 26) evening. We had spent the night in Tampa at MacDill AFB. We met Deb for lunch at Pinkeys. What a neat little cafe near the base. Maryann and Deb worked together at Davis-Monthan AFB 14 years ago. Deb and her husband Steve and their three children have been in Tampa for several years but now are getting ready to be stationed in Japan. Deb is now a well-known photographer. It had been 14 years since we were together and once again seemed like only yesterday. It was good to be able to share hugs!! I was going to add a photo here...BUT even though went to the APPLE store so they can show me how....have not mastered the task of doing yet....will keep trying.
In the days that we have been here, we have been enjoying just being with Charlotte and Bill. We have been going to appointments with Charlotte as she completes a year of chemo and radiation for breast cancer. She had a good report from her surgical oncologist and had a CT yesterday that will get the results for the week after we return from Key West. Also have visited with Bill's mother who will be 99 next week. AND have eaten so much great food....surprised that I do not look like a shrimp since have eaten so many!! Tom likes shrimp too but he also has been having Catfish, Fried Clams and Salmon. We have our favorite restaurants that we go to each year when we come. In fact we have more favorite restaurants here than in Tucson! We also had lunch at our favorite Italian place yesterday. On Tuesday we went to "ROYS", an Hawaiian Fusion restaurant in Orlando. We were there eating for 2 and a half hours!! Great food too.
On our way to see Bill's Mom, there is a huge white swan sitting on a nest she built to hatch her new little one. It is simply huge.
We all went to the movie's to see Marathon Men on Sunday. Highly recommend. It is based on a true story about saving art from being taken and destroyed by Hitler. Some great character actors make up the cast.
We do "Face Time" with the Walsh girls and Emme. Makes being away from them easier as we can see their darling little faces and emotions. Emme has gotten her "belly crawl" down and her focus to crawl to is where ever Buddi is sitting or laying!! If you go on our Facebook, you can see pictures and video.
We discovered that our windshield on the Lexus was cracked so had it replaced yesterday. Not sure when or how happened.
We will be leaving on Monday to go to Key West for 6 days. Tom and Bill already have reservations to go deep sea fishing. We are looking forward as have never ventured that far south in Florida.
Keeping you all in our daily prayer and hoping your days are warm.
God Bless and hugs,
Tom and Maryann
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