Goodbye to Orlando and on to Mims to stay with Richard and
Glenda
on their beautiful orange
grove property, “The Grove.”
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| Richard and Glenda taking us orange picking |
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| Carol is getting the "hang of it" |
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| Washing grapefruit |
We’ve
stayed with them before through
“Boondockers Welcome”.
They
are terrific and make all feel welcome.
The day included a late afternoon mandolin session by Murray and his
wife Joan as we shared life’s adventures.
The next morning we went out in the gator with Richard and Glenda to
pick lots of oranges and grape fruit.
These are gourmet citrus trees and so good.
Richard cut up oranges for us to eat between picking. They were SO good that Pete didn't realize he was standing on top of a large fire ant hill. By the time he felt the bites, they were crawling up his thigh and THOUSANDS of them were on his shoes. They got him good! I'm sure he felt like tearing his jeans off and yelling but he just fought them off bravely! The crazy thing is that we had discussed the fire ants with Richard the night before. Those oranges and grapefruit were REALLY good!
We headed off to Melbourne for more memories! Olivia and Donna, the heart and soul of our Family Practice
for many years, opened their cozy home to us for the night.
We ate and talked and relived old times
as only old friends can do.
They sent
us off with homemade “Christmas Crack” (delicious chocolate candy made with
crackers), soup, and salad after a wonderful breakfast!
What a wonderful visit!
Hope we can visit them often!
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