Florida - Gary's HS Reunion Trip

Gary's High School is having a Snowbird Reunion down in Englewood Florida.  It is a 5 hour drive from here so we stop at his Brother-in-Laws House in Brooksville, Florida about 2.5 hours away.

It is a log cabin under construction so we crash with them in their motorhome.

We go out to dinner at Stumpknockers

The next day everyone heads down to the Reunion and I stay back with Tucson.  We try for a hike in the State Forest after the first two hiking trails I picked did not allow dogs.

 A short detour to a confederate graveyard

 We head South

Which way do we go Mom?

 We must be on the C loop

 We have to cross Forest Road 5

 Spring flowers are starting to pop out

We cut the hike short as it was getting really warm.  I dropped Tucson off at the RV and went into town to run some errands including replacing my cell phone that died this morning.

A quick stop at the Railroad Museum - but it is Sunday and closed

There is a nice park next door so I check it out

and run into a Juvenile White Ibis with a frog in his throat

and an Adult White Ibis

I'm getting hungry so I stop at Florida Cracker to grab a bite.

 The place was packed and closing in 15 minutes so
just grabbed a Gumbo to Go

Everyone arrives back safely and we go to dinner at Papa Joes.

 I had the Sampler plate with Eggplant Parm,  Lasagna, Sausage with Peppers and Onions and Meatballs, Gary split a Pizza.

A great time visiting but time to head home.

We stop at Mt. Dora on the way home because my Sister
is always talking about it.  A quaint little town with great shops.