Fun weekend

I've had a "crazy" weekend. I left last Thurs. pm for the town of Bushnell, Fl. My friend Pat Carr from Lakeview Gardens in jamestown just bought an older mobile home there. She came to Fl.in her motorhome to visit friends and ended up buying her own place. It sits on one acre of land with lots of oak trees. Bushnell is near Webster, home of a very large flea market.
Since Bushnell is quite close to Brooksville we went there on Friday to see some former neighbors from George's mobile home park.I saw my next door neighbors, Glenda from upstate NY, Barb from Watkins Glen, Frank and Donna who used to live in Jamestown, and Jan. When I left Brooksville I said I'd never be back but there I was. We went to the Knights of Columbus for dinner and dancing.Sat with Carol and Al and Donnie and Nancy. I danced once with Donnie for old times sake.He looks really good and talked about the time they came with us to Ron and Laura and we saw 27 alligators.. They had a tribute that night to a singer named Mary Swan. She used to be on American Bandstand with Dick Clark.She lived in the Spring Hill area and was a regular entertainer with her husband. She was from S. Philadelphia and was neighbor to Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and Chubbie Checkers.Her husband died a couple of years ago and now she just died from Pancreatic cancer. Her funeral is Monday and I wonder if some of these singers will come to Spring Hill for the funeral.I talked to her once during their intermission and she said she still kept in touch with these guys and also Dick Clark. They were selling her CD's at this dance so I bought one and am enjoying it.I listenned to it the whole trip across the state.
Saturday we left at 7am and went to Zephryhills for a pancake breakfast at the clubhouse in another mobile home park. The people there were all friends of Pat's and from the Jamestown area.From there we drove to Sarasota to see another friend of Pat's. She's Becky, daughter of Stu Barnes from Jamestown. She has a flower shop there called Flowers by Fudgie. She showed us her orders for weddings for next Saturday. One wedding has $17 thousand dollars in flowers. Father of the bride is a Doctor.I told her how Bill worked with her Dad in the construction business and every Christmas sent us the biggest poinsietta plant ever.
We trucked on down Rt. 41 to Englewood.There at Lemon Bay Park was a gathering of Viking people.This Viking group somehow included Jamestown and Chautauqua Co. people.There were about 150 people for this chicken barbeque.They had herring and after dinner a small glass of Swedish "glugg" (SKOAL) Pat and I sat across from Walt and Sandy. I saw a guy with a name tag of Giltinan and asked him if he knew Ron and he said yes he graduated with him..We left about 4pm and came directly back to Bushnell via Rt.75.
Sunday am I sleep in until 7:30am. Pat had already left to go to Dade City to get her produce to take back with her to Jamestown.We finished up her trailer and left there at 11:30. I decided to go 75 and 40 and not get into all those little towns. Pat followed me in her motorhome. All the roads were busy. We drove to Alfies for a late lunch and then on to Flagler Beach to my place.About 7:45 Discoverer was launched. What a beautiful sight that was.
I forgot to say that Pat has 3 sheltie collies that went everywhere with us in the motorhome. They are so well behaved.
Watson Family news:Deaundra Watson Rodriguez had a baby boy 2-2-09 Xavier She has pictures of him on her Facebook.He looks like the other two.Gale seems to be doing well with her breast cancer and has finished her radiation.
I need to be home (Jamestown) by June 8th. If anyone has any ideas about anyone who can help me get home just let me know. Pat drives that motorhome to Jamestown by herself and it makes me feel guilty that I can't do it.
It's very dry here. Our little pond is drying up.
A skater from Evans has asked me for the obit. and pictures of George so she can make a poster with all who have died from the rink. I think I scanned them to her.
I'm not good at that.