On the 23rd Tom and I met up w/5 other Suite Owners in Lake Placid. Bob & Cherri Strohofer had us all meet at their cg and, after a few glasses of wine, we piled into our vehicles and went to the Henscratch Winery. Lots of fun w/many free-range chickens meandering around. Some of our group did some wine tasting while the rest of us had fun listening to a band that was played outdoors. Groups down here say they aren't "hill" billies because there aren't any hills in FL. Therefore, they call themselves "swamp" billies!That evening back here at our cg, we enjoyed some more swampbillies called "The Sweeney Family Band". They were really good and quite funny. Reminded me of an act you'd see in Branson.
The "goofy one" in the group, "Skeeter", sang "Hey Good Lookin'" to me after he came over and sat on my lap and found out my nickname (a long time ago) was Skeeter (given to me by my maternal grandfather).Headed to Ft. Lauderdale on Feb. 25 but too many things on our agenda while there. By the time we headed to the beach, we came to a creeping, crawling pace along A1A dodging other cars and LOTS of people. Discovered that was the beginning of the Spring Break crowd. Once we got to the pkg lot we usually go to, it was completely full and, by the time we got down to the larger, more expensive lot the street to get to it was closed, Mr. B said it was too late to get any beach time so we came back to Moore Haven. We tried to go back last TH but Ft. L had wind and rip current advisories so we postponed it until tomorrow. However, we just saw the weather and there's a big possibility of thunderstorms all day tomorrow down there...so I guess we'll try 1 day next week.
On Feb. 28, 3 of us couples went to El Tarasco for a good Mexican dinner. Everyone had a drink except our DD. He had a Coke while the rest of us had Margaritas. Not sure if it was the strawberries in mine 1 drink or the limes in Gloria's 1 drink but the 2 of us got the giggles and kept everyone entertained. Carol and Brent...sorry you have to see this...but that drink really was a good one.
Last FR and SA 3/4&5, we went to the Chalo Nitka (Seminole words meaning "Big Bass") Rodeo and Festival. The FR night rodeo was great fun so we went back for the finals on SA. But first we went to the carnival area for supper. We went to a little stand and got an italian sausage sandwich from a young couple that had a restaurant here in FL and while we ate we visited with them. Turns out she was from Pana, small world. When we got to the rodeo sadly, the very 1st event caused a cowboy to get kicked in the head by a bull and he had to be escorted off the field. Then, a relay later in the evening turned very sad as 2 horses slammed into each other. It was sickening to watch. The 2 riders, we were told, were OK but one of the horses never got back up off the ground and the other one was limping very badly into the trailer that came to get both horses off the field. We heard SU that the 1 horse had to be put down.
This past MO 3/7 three of us couples went to the Edison-Ford Winter Estates in Ft. Myers.
Thomas and Henry were friends and neighbors and their homes were lovely w/beautiful yards and gardens. There was also an Edison museum and workshop where he conducted experiments. We didnt know that originally Ford worked for Edison and Edison actually became a mentor for him.
Yesterday 3/8, Mr. B and I went to Lake Placid "The Town of Murals" and checked out all 44 murals scattered throughout the town.
Very interesting, especially the ones where you were to try and find certain things (ie snakes, hunters, angels, stethoscopes, etc.) in them. 
Some were obvious and some were very hard or impossible for us to see. They also built their trashcans as works of art.
Some of the murals & trashcans had sound also.
Lake Placid looks like a fun place to explore.
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