5 Jan 2004, Down in SW Florida, 25 59.496 N/ 081 35.737 W
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 On 2 Jan '04, we started the day by walking the 'kids'
where we noticed an ambulance and a fire engine
across the street. The driver of the truck was visibly
shaken so we expected real problems. We learned later
that the father of the folks living there had a fatal heart
attack. We headed out around 0900 heading for
Collier Seminole State Park near Marco Island. We stopped
by Wally World (aka Wal-Mart) to provision. Of course Ann
bought out the store. As we headed towards Tampa, we
encountered yet another series of traffic jams. We saw no less
than 4 major accidents on the 75 mile stretch of I-4 between
Orlando and Tampa.
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 We arrived at C-S park at 1530 an promptly
tied up in the slip
(rather the camp site. Park is smaller than we remember and
the facilities a bit 'tired'. The kids love sniffing around but we
have to be careful with the fire ants. Their ant hills seem to be
almost everywhere. Bob was thinking of renting a canoe but
had second thoughts when the 'log' in the middle of the basin
started to move. It is reported to be a 13 foot alligator. Maybe
next time.
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 On 4 Jan, Bob and Barbara, formally of SV Barbobasea, arrived.
Bob did an expert job of backing into the site. It was great seeing
them. They are looking for a house to buy and detoured their search
to say hi. Ann got a call later that day and learned that her brother
was in the hospital with undetermined internal bleeding. Everything
is under control except the source of the bleeding. Later, Ann had to
generate invoices for our business and email them to our customers.
Work is never too far away.
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