Sat. Feb. 19—Sun. Feb. 20: As usual, Eli and Jordan were up by about 7:30, regardless of the fact that their alarm lights were set to be green at 8:30! They really have got to get some room darkening shades for those boys’ rooms if they want them to start sleeping in as spring and summer roll around! I told Craig to go back to bed and I got up with them, got Jordan dressed (Eli is totally independent in the morning), and fed them breakfast. They played while I did a major clean-up in the kitchen and we got out the Moon Dough to play with. Craig came down and played with us and drank coffee and, when it was almost time for me to go to the airport, Sarah came down. She decided that she and Analyn would come along for the ride and then they would all go to see Craig’s new office. They dropped me off and I breezed through and took my flight with absolutely no problems. Marv timed my pick-up perfectly and we were on our way back to Saddlebag Resort, about an hour and a half away. The trailer we had rented and Marv had stayed in was pretty spartan and had short twin beds on each side of an aisle. I’m just as glad we didn’t stay in it together for 6 nights! After dropping off to say hi to the elders we headed straight to the pool and hot tub for a bit before dinner. Marv’s mom took us all out to the Jay Dee’s Diner and then we returned to Aunt Donna and Uncle Max’s place to play Dominoes and then watch the Spartans eke out a basketball victory over Illinois. With the blessing of the elders we skipped church the next morning to pack up our things and spend a couple of hours in the sun at the pool. There is a good internet connection on the veranda there so I caught up on the blog and did some email. At noon we all went to a Chinese buffet for dinner. Aunt Donna and Uncle Max returned to the resort while Marv’s mom and the two of us went to nearby Bok Tower Gardens. It was developed by the editor of Ladies Home Journal to preserve and share the area near where he wintered in Florida. At 298 feet above sea level, Iron Mountain is the highest point in central Florida. There is where the 302 foot tower with carillon was placed. Extensive gardens surround the tower and hill. We happened to get there minutes before a guided walk began, wending through the gardens, and ending up at the tower just in time for a 3:00 concert. Thelma took the shuttle up and we met her there and then made our way back down on the main “road”. We returned to Saddlebag Resort, hitched up the trailer, and said our good-byes before driving about an hour to Highlands Hammock State Park, where we have a three night reservation. We were a bit disappointed to find the campground was made up of small, tightly packed campsites and it appeared to be a real madhouse. There were many groups that seemed to be camped together and had large amounts of people of all ages gathered around fires and picnic tables. We realized that we were there on Presidents’ Day weekend and that’s why the campground was so busy and so noisy. Luckily, it began to settle down as the sun set and by 11:00 all was quiet. The temperature dropped to about 60 and we got a very good night’s sleep.
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