For everyone who has asked about Olive, you can see that she is adjusting very well. Doug now has to fight for his seat in the sun. Doesn't this just make you want to cuddle her? I guess she still knows it's winter because she hasn't even thought about heading for the doorway. When we have the lift open we close her in the bedroom, just in case.

Weather continues to be very nice. It's so hard to remember that it's winter and that's it's not so nice back home. Sleeping with the windows open is wonderful. Yeah, I'm rubbing it in. Doug is just getting over a cold that I shared with him. Last night we went to a comedy/piano show and last week to a murder mystery dinner. Doug has been doing a little bit of fishing, no luck so far. I'm trying to talk him into going deep sea fishing before we leave here. He hasn't tried out the pool yet, it seems that we are always doing something during the day. They have karaoke by the pool every evening and we haven't made it to that yet either. I've been going to cardmaking/scrapbooking and jewelry making classes. I had a massage - the spa is right across the street and Reiki which is free. Went to a nice beach yesterday - all handicap accessible. Didn't have my camera handy. Then had lunch at dockside restaurant.

It might be cool but at least it's not snowing! Doug is fitting right in, here he is going to check the mail in the morning, just like at home. The sun rises right over this lake and streams in the front windows of the motorhome so this is where I sit to eat my breakfast. The outdoor thermometer read 90 degrees in the sun yesterday so it is definitely improving. Of course in the morning it was 31-32 and all flights out of Sarasota were delayed until the sun could melt the frost off the planes. No de-icing here.

There are so many activities going on here. We went to a show last night - Elvis meets Tom (Jones) Elvis was fantastic. Tom not as much but I never was a Tom Jones fan anyhow. Today I went to a jewelry making class. All free except for materials. We will be picking up a rental car tomorrow so will be able to do some exploring around the area. We've met lots of nice people. we find we can spend the whole day visiting and not get anything done but I guess that's what this relaxing is all about!

We finally made it to FL, unfortunately with the frigid jet stream reaching all the way down here, we still haven't warmed up yet! We are staying in St. Augustine tonight and it is supposed to get down to 22 degrees. We had planned for Daytona but got held up almost an hour in construction (yes on Sunday) so we will still be at "Sun n Fun" in Sarasota early tomorrow and I can finally get a shower and wash my hair! It's been so cold that we couldn't use water in here - still full of antifreeze.

Last night we stayed at the "famous" South of the Border. I'm sure anyone who's driven the I95 route will be familar with this tourist trap but we needed a place with a store so what the heck.

Well, we are now officially "snowbirds". Been keeping an eye on the weather looking for a couple of clear days and we managed to take off early Weds morning (12/30). I think I overwhelmed Doug with all the packing to be done, mainly because there were so many things we couldn't put out till the last minute or they would freeze. We took off 8am with the thermometer reading zero degrees. It was so cold that for the first 2 hours we could see our breath inside while driving. The dashboard heater just couldn't keep up with heating such a large area. Luckily as the sun came up we got warm again. We are heading first to VA to visit Karen & Dakota and then on the Sarasota, FL.

Olive has settled right in without a care. We got her a cage and put her bed in there. We keep it closed only when there is a chance of her slipping out -not very likely in these cold temps. The rest of the time she has been sleeping on the bed of if it was too cold back there she slept in the cage right between us and right in front of the heater. No she's not spoiled.. . . This is her testing out the cage before we left home. Apparently as far as a cat is concerned anyplace she can sleep is fine with her!