Just Chillin' at Themeworld

We woke up to a cooler morning on Thursday.  We walked around the campground three times after breakfast and then decided to go to Lazy Days and Parkesdale that afternoon.  We spent a couple of hours at Lazy Days looking at some of the new RVs.  Their inventory seemed to be down to me and there were a lot of people looking around which I guess is a good sign for the RV industry and for Lazy Days.  In the end, we came to the same conclusion we always do:  we like our RV just fine.

After leaving Lazy Days, we stopped at Parkesdale Farm Market.  They were crowded as usual but the line moved very fast.  You can have your strawberries any way you want them at Parkesdale.  

Almost as soon as the line enters the building, a girl from behind the screen shouts at you and asks you what you want.

They have quite a strawberry shortcake assembly line going on behind the screen.

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Because we know how big they are, we split a #2 -- strawberry shortcake with ice cream and topped with whip cream.  And because of my cold, we tried to stay on each other's side of the bowl until the end when I finished it off.  :)  We also got a strawberry milkshake to take home and put in the freezer for dessert later.

For dinner that evening, I had a turkey burger and Chuck had a salmon burger cooked on our new Cuisinart Griddler.  They probably weren't as good as cooking them on a grill outside but they weren't bad.  And with the removable plates, the cleanup was easy-peasy.

On Friday morning, we Facetimed with Tafanie and the girls which is always entertaining.  :)  Then, we drove up to Clerbrook Golf & RV Park to check it out as a possible campground to stay at in the future.  It was a nice campground and the golf is inexpensive.  Might be a future possibility.

It started raining Friday evening and rained all day Saturday.  Even though it was raining, we decided to go to Costco and Wal-mart to get some groceries before going to Pine Island tomorrow.  I also had a $9.40 coupon at Sports Authority that was about to run out which I used to buy some new tennis shoes. That evening, we got caught up on laundry and I cut Chuck's hair.

By Sunday morning, the rain had stopped and the weather forecast for the next 10 days at Pine Island looks very promising!  We got everything disconnected and were headed out of Themeworld by 9 am.  Our drive to Pine Island was non-eventful except for going out an exit at the truck stop that took us right when we needed to go left and then having to find a place to turn around to go in the right direction.

We arrived at Pine Island around 12:30.  Ken and Bonnie were already here and Neil and Nancy were just backing in.  We were all so glad to see each other and spent a few minutes chatting before getting back to getting set up.  We met up again at the pool and enjoyed talking for another hour or so.  Such good friends!  We are so looking forward to the next two weeks with them.  :)

Later that evening, Ken and Bonnie came over and we played SkipBo and Pinochle.  The men won at SkipBo and the women came from behind to beat the men at Pinochle.  We all went to bed with winners!  :)