To Englewood, FL - #51-05

January 20, 2005 (Thu) Titusville, FL - We finally got a callback from Bates RV late this morning - for all the good it did. Don't have RV trouble in Florida in the winter! Bates couldn't fit us in until late February or March! We'll have to make do. This afternoon we went back to Cocoa. Dorcas and Mike wanted to order a name sign for their lot. Dorcas also wanted to go the yarn shop that had been closed on Sunday. Mark and Mike hung out at The Dog and Bone, a British pub next door while the women browsed. Joy had found the names of two quilt shops in Cocoa too so, of course, we had to check them out - without the benefit of a near-by pub. On the way home we stopped at a steak house for supper and finished off the evening with a big piece of pecan pie to celebrate Mike's birthday.

January 21, 2005 (Fri) Titusville, FL - Mark discovered - this morning, after struggling with the cell phone for a week! - that his computer is picking up a high speed wireless network signal. It must be one of the provided utilities here as is cable TV. So we were able to do some banking and clean up our server's email box. (We normally screen for specified email addresses while traveling and leave the rest on the server until we have a free and fast connection to the internet.) The rest of the day we just hung out doing mostly nothing. Constructive activities included getting Q ready to travel tomorrow (Mark) Knitting (Joy and Dorcas) painting shelves (Mike). In the evening we all played the final round of SHOUT, a video game about movies.

Q009656 The Great Outdoors RV-Nature & Gulf Resort #440 Oak Cove Rd

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January 22, 2005 (Sat) Titusville, FL to Englewood, FL (227 miles) - We walked in heavy fog this morning, as we did yesterday, but it was a bit warmer - our sweatshirts were almost too much. Dorcas and Mike came by about 9:00 to say good bye and we got off at about 9:15. Mark didn't think to look at gas gauge until we were well along on the Bee Line Expressway. There would have been no problem except there are so few exits on the Bee Line. By the time we got to one the gauge was approaching "E". Then we had to go another 10 miles before we saw the first gas station. Florida can be so desolate in areas yet so congested in others. We chose to go back to the Bee Line Expressway rather than take the much shorter route through Orlando because the traffic would be so bad. On the way we saw a couple of huge birds crossing the road up ahead. Very slowly! From a distance they looked like ostriches but closer up they looked more like blue herons or storks. We don't know what they were even though we had to slow way down to let them cross.

We stopped at the Brandon Costco again for a few things (and snacks) and a Books-a-Million to see if they carried CDs. They don't. We got here in Englewood at about 4:00 to find Bom, well on her way back to normal, and Frannie waiting. We'll be off again on Tuesday, mail picked up and laundry done, headed for the Everglades.

Q009883 - SunTrust Bank parking lot (parked)