Monday, January 31, 2011

Lakeland, FL - Lunch with Friends

(Wauchula, FL) – Hi 78 Lo 50 -- We had just a small bite to eat for breakfast and around 10am we headed to Lakeland for a planned luncheon at Smokey Bones BBQ.  Donna (aka Froggi) and Stu McNicol arranged a get together for everyone in the area they know, either from having met them before or by reading their blogs. She did a great job of compiling all the blogs ahead of time so we could read about who they are before going this morning.  About 30 showed up.

Thanks Stu and Donna for organizing the luncheon. 
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Here's some photos of the group.
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Ed and Karen
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Dan and Gail (our neighbors at Wauchula)
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I’m terrible with names and afraid of getting the wrong names to the wrong people.  I've listed the names and their blogs below. You can check some of these blogs to get their perspective of the luncheon and to see some more photos. That will also let you read about others' life on the road, or plans of going on the road in the future. It was a great time finding out where the best parks are located in the area. We may just try meeting again. Lakeland is a good centralized location, and the food was excellent (especially the smoked wings).

We all left and went our separate ways. Jim wanted to spend some time in the Best Buy that was next door. It's been a while since we've seen a Best Buy, and he was like a kid in a candy store. :)  We found some goodies we'd like to have, but resisted the temptation to buy. Part of our new lifestyle is learning to live without all the "toys" we used to be able to buy. We did pick up a DVD of the movie "RED." That was one of our favorite movies this past year. It's about old, retired spys called back into action. (RED stands for "Retired, extremely dangerous.") 

It was one of those great days meeting with people that have a common bond.  Thanks again Donna

The list of blogs:
Donna & Stu McNicol
http://2takinga5th.blogspot.com
Debbie & Duane Rowe
http://seeyawhenwegetthere.blogspot.com
Dee & Jim Walter
http://tumbleweed-jimdee.blogspot.com
Donna & Ralph Haynes
http://adventureswithtassie.blogspot.com
Gail & Dan Brogdon
http://www.rvjourneys.blogspot.com/
Barbie & Jeff Boldt
http://jeffandbarbieboldt.blogspot.com
Karen & Ed Bauer
http://karen-bauer.blogspot.com
Karen & Al Lueck
http://florida-georgiacamping.blogspot.com
Margie Woodall (hubby Roger is working)
http://rv-adventure.blogspot.com
Carolyn Wilson
http://sunshinecruisertn.blogspot.com
Helen and Paul Tempesta
http://ptempesta.blogspot.com
Sharon & Charley Dilworth
http://sherryandcharley.blogspot.com
Paula & Tom Nankivell
http://ouradventureswithemily.blogspot.com

8 comments:

Jeff said...

You win the "First Post" Award I believe ! :-) Enjoyed meeting everyone today and we agree that we should try and do it again.

squawmama said...

Yupper ☺ you were the first post... Loved it! It was a great pleasure to meet you and hopefully we'll get together more often now. Have a great night!
Have fun &travel safe
Donna

Unknown said...

We also enjoyed meeting everyone. Would love to be included if there is another get together. We enjoy the lifestyle and getting to know people who do this.

Travel safe.

Russ & Patty Frady
fradysontravel@blogspot.com
fradycat@aol.com

Along the Way with JnK said...

What a shame this get-together wasn't last week when we were there...hopefully there will be another and we will be able to attend.

Ivey said...

It sounds like it was such a great time. Wish I could have been there.

I will be checking out the blogs you listed.

Speedy said...

What a great idea and learning experience. We read your journal and have enjoyed following your adventures. Tell Jim I said HI and keep on having fun.

John and Carol said...

Please add us to the list if you have another get together. We'd love to meet everyone. What a great idea.

Sherry and Charley Dilworth said...

We had a great time with all of these fantastic people and hope that we can all get together again real soon!! And the food was good too!!

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