12/25/2010 Christmas Day

Got up early and took Dot for her morning run. She is a happy dog when I let her loose in the field. So far she has not gotten any ticks but I am pulling cactus spines out of her coat. After we got back I did a morning swim.  First time I ever did that on Christmas Day.

We did have some snow here. When the wind dies down we get black snow. They burn the sugar cane field prior to harvesting and the burnt ash still flies around. This is a burnt piece of sugar cane leaf. It gets every where. We don't get it every day.  You can sure see it in the pool when they burn. They are very good about cleaning the pool  and the hot tub at this RV park.

If you stay here for a month or longer they want you to pay $7.00 each into the activity fund. That covers a year. The activity committee supplied 37 turkeys for the Christmas dinner. They cooked the turkeys on their huge gas grill. You are assigned a table and the table boss tells you what to bring as a side dish. There were 30 people in the group we were with. The turkey and all the sides were fabulous. Dinner was at 12:00 p.m. and then we went back at 5:00 p.m. for desserts. Had a great meal and a great time.

I took this shot through my back window. We are nice and close to the club house.

This gives you an idea of the size of the grill.

                  Here is Tom sitting next to Larry.  Everyone was allowed to bring their own beverages (alcoholic or non-alcoholic).