What was happenin' with us this week

It's been another busy week.....On Guy's morning walk, he saw these Peacocks waiting at the Clubhouse door...guess they were waiting for someone to let them in to use the gym??On Wednesday, the Lunch Bunch went to Merritt Island to Vinnie's for an Italian Lunch.

This was my 4th luncheon with the "ladies" and I couldn't help but remember the first time

I joined them in January...I didn't know a soul and now I know who each and every one of them are....we have had so much fun together (plus the food's not bad either!)

Guy went to his "1500 Club" this week....
Jim Campbell was the host this time and needless to say, all the fellas had a grand ol' time!

Guy, Arlyn and John

Duffy's the Mascot who patiently awaits crumbs to fall....

John, Brian, Jim (The Host) and Tim who is visiting from Montreal

Joyce and Jerry drove down from Port Orange on Friday to have an early dinner with us.

We had cocktails at Tammy and Joe's place first and then drove down to Cocoa Beach

and dined at Yen Yen's.

On Saturday, I felt really antsy for some reason. Guess it's because I know our days are numbered and we've slowly started packing things....into 2 piles....One pile to store here

in Florida and the other pile to bring back with us to Maine.

Anyway, it was an overcast, but very warm afternoon (low 90's) and we decided

to go for a ride up to Merritt Island to the National Wildlife Refuge. Guy and Jim

had made the trip up there a couple weeks ago and raved about it, so Guy was anxious to show me around the area.

We stopped at "Dixie Crossroads" for lunch...a very famous place, I understand.

It was quite big, a little deceiving from the outside, very nicely decorated with all sorts of rooms of different themes. The service was so-so and I thought the meal was "OK"...

Now I've been there and don't need to return....

Since we are both big Space Buffs now, we were particularly excited about being able to be

so close to the launch pads. In the background, you can see Pads 38 & 39B the gantrys that house the shuttles that will be lifted off sometime in May...heading to the International Space Station.

Merritt Island NWR is an overlay of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center...the world's most advanced technology launched man to the moon, today, continues space exploration.

This is the closest we have been able to come to the Pads...on the north side at the Nat'l Seashore.

As we drove down Playalinda Beach...we saw these signs and of course, curiosity got the best of us......

I guess this was the reason for all the traffic...and I'm not posting the more "interesting" shots....

We then drove down Bio-Lab road for over 5 miles and saw 12 Alligators!

Some were big like this one and some were smaller....

They actually didn't even look real...like they were made of stone....

Lots of birds....cranes, etc.....we were hoping to see some Flamingos, but this is the closest we came....not sure what they were.....but were pink and white....

It was a fun afternoon and will be a great place to bring company next year....