Lake Ruby

We are enjoying lazy days but make a point of going out every day for some exercise. Our biggest challenge was a 10 km return walk to Disney Springs, an entertainment complex with shops, restaurants, bars and everything Disney. We enjoyed lunch at an Irish themed restaurant where JS downed a beer and some Tylenol in order to survive the return trip. Since that exhausting day he now splits his 10,000 steps between afternoon and evening walks closer to home.

One afternoon we had lunch at the Golden Corral with 18 other members of the TUG timeshare forum that I belong to. The annual gathering started at 2 and we didn’t leave until 9:30. It was an interesting group of
travellers from across the US.

Whenever I travel to Florida I am on high alert for alligators (they swallow people whole!); boa constrictor snakes (2,000 have been captured in the Elimination Program since 2017); and cockroaches (hate them!). So far I have seen one alligator in a small retention pond. Surprisingly, on one of my evening walks I encountered 2 white tail deer, one of which stopped on the sidewalk a short distance from me. I froze; she froze; we had a staring contest; and after a few minutes she ran into the nearby woods.

Temperatures continue to be unseasonably cool in the lower teens and mostly cloudy. The local weathermen enjoy comparing Florida’s forecast to those cities affected by the Polar Vortex, emphasizing the fact that we have nothing to complain about. I am grateful to be here as I don’t do winter well. Brrrrr! Apart from that, the wine is good and cheap!Read more