Answer to Why are we here?

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WELCOME TO THE MOST DIFFERENT JULY 4TH YOU HAVE EVER CELEBRATED (Most probably)

WE will drive down to see Mark, Janie (granddog) and their house. Hopefully find a place to eat and celebrate quietly.

For Saturday’s (The 4th of July) stuff:

We are here for the fun of it, just to be somewhere else I guess.  That seems to be my lifestyle, I still love it. In this state alone we have lived in Key West2-4 yrs, Tavares 2-3 years and Deltona 2-3 years.  We traveled during that time also. We lived in Key West when I was in the USN.  We are pretty familiar with Florida, it is a pretty state and most of all, for my sweetheart, it is warmer in the winter.

But lemme tell you, it gets COOL/COLD in northern Florida in the winter and you need some medium heavy clothes on some days/nights. When I was aboard ship in the USN and we pulled into Jax in January and we were required to wear summer uniforms, it was C-Cold, with that wind coming off the water. We had over 5000 men on that ship and the only way to call home was a bank of pay phones. There was always a line of guys with pockets full of change.

At this time in our lives maybe Sebring is a little too far south. We would like to get a place close to a day’s drive back to NC where most of the family lives, in cases of emergency.

So far we have had only one emergency that we felt we needed to be there NOW. Jack Jr was in an accident with the twins in a van and Stephen was in a coma from a head injury. We drove the car to Tampa and took a plane. We were in Charlotte within 4 hours of hearing.

Stephen came out of the coma and did well. He now manages a Music and Arts store in Knoxville, TN.

Traveling full time always has the ‘possibilities’ of ‘feeling needed’ back at a home base at inconvenient times. We assisted a couple in Alaska while the husband flew back to the states for his brother’s funeral.  Another friend was in Germany and his wife died unexpectedly over there. Life got complicated.

But until we depart this life, LIFE GOES ON, Roses and Thorns, good and bad. But really we are in Florida this week, just for the FUN OF IT.

 

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