Woke up in our one nighter house this morning. The place I
rented was to be on the water, but it happened to be that it was located
several hundred yards from a channel. So needless to say we were not too happy
and I had no intentions of staying there. I managed to get another rental
yesterday, but would not be able to get into the place until today at 4pm.
I tried to get everyone up and moving at 9am. That was a
little harder than expected. Anna, Amanda, Olivia and LT stayed up pretty late
last night, so they were very content with sleeping in. The goal was to head
out of the door by 9:30am hit Grannies Country Kitchen and then go to Homosassa
Springs State Park. We managed to get out to Grannies at by 10:30 and powered
down a super delicious southern style breakfast.
Enter the park at 11:30am. They take patrons on a boat ride
from the park entrance to the ticket office. We could have also taken the tram,
but the boat was definitely more enjoyable. Several years back when we were
here, we went to the park and it rained on us the entire time. This time we
were looking forward to going through the park without have to avoid raindrops.
Lou the hippo, the three resident mantanees, all the alligators and countless
other creature were on display. Unfortunately most of the aviary enclosures
were closed due to construction.
Headed out back to the place at 1:30pm to pack up our stuff
and head to the new place. Didn’t take long and we were packed and on our way.
Got to the house but the cleaning was not done yet. Nevin Jenkins the owner of
the house was there helping the cleaner. He allowed us to be out back while
they finished cleaning the house and property. Beautiful place!! All kinds of
whistles and bells.
The kids, along with Anna and Amanda, took the kayaks out on
the water while I stayed and spoke with Nevin. A very interesting man who has
quite a colorful past and an artist family heritage. Nevin is an inventor and
patented the “Help. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” device that is used in all
senior care facilities and by elderly people now. He just came up with Seasoning
Stik, which are flavored spice sticks used to infuse meats and vegetables for
cooking.
Amanda left a little after 5pm and we spent the rest of the
evening enjoying the back yard and water. I could definitely get use to this.
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