Pipes, Screws, Christmas Parade, and "I Feel Dizzy!"

(Avon Park, FL) Hi 86 Lo 66 -- We've had a stopped up kitchen drain for quite a while, and it got to the point of taking a very long time to drain the water. On Thursday Jim crawled under the sink and removed the pipes to determine what the problem is. One of the pipes was almost completely blocked by a glob of what looks like a rubbery fabric. We have no idea what it is, it almost looks like the interior coating of the pipe came loose. But the pipes don't appear to have any coating on the insides. And something like that couldn't possibly pass through the small holes in the drain. Very strange. He cleaned it out and it's now working fine. While he had the panels removed from the inside of the cabinet under the sink we saw some screws lying on the floor. Neither of us could figure out where they came from. I guess we'll know when something breaks or the sink falls through sometime in the future. :)  We'll keep an eye on it.

Friday we had the golf cart Christmas parade. The golf carts were so pretty all decorated up. (Click on pictures to enlarge)

Snoopy made an appearance.

There was one car in the parade, and it was a beauty!

Santa took a break from his busy work at the North Pole and stopped by.

A walking present.

The park had its first Christmas decoration contest. Judging was Friday night, and the results will be announced Monday morning at the weekly park meeting. We drove around the park to get some pictures of the decorations.

This is our place from the front

And the back

The view of our back window from inside.

Here's a few of the decorations around the park.

Of course it wouldn't be Florida without decorated palm trees. There are several of them in the park, both artificial and real.

Remember the 60's song "I Feel Dizzy" by Tommy Roe? Well, that's the way I felt on Friday, when a serious spell of dizziness came over me. Everything was spinning so hard I couldn't keep my balance, and I even got very sick. We looked on the internet, and Judy confirmed my suspicion that it may have been vertigo. I kept real still, and after about four hours it cleared up and it was like it never happened. I hope that doesn't happen while on the road driving. I have no idea what caused it, and I sure hope it doesn't happen again. At least it was short lived, this time.