Weekend with Scott and Family

March 26th - Thursday 87 degrees

We are at Port Charlotte, Fl at a lovely RV park that we have been at several times.  We have chosen this park for its location, as it is only about 30 minutes from my son's home.  On Saturday Scott, Sue, Greg and Aimee came out brought a picnic and their boats out and we went down to the river and spent the afternoon.  It was a perfect afternoon to spend outside.  Scott had packed lawn chairs, so Sue and I took chairs down next to the water and soaked our feet in the water, while Aimee played in the water.  Lou and I took turns staying with Maci in the shade.

The guys didn't have any luck with the fishing, but had a good time on the water.  Lou got a chance to try the boats, as Scott's was different, as his was designed for fishing.

Lou trying his skill.

Sue has Rheumatoid Arthritis and hadn't been able to paddle before, so she wanted to give it a try in calm shallow water, and she did pretty well and Aimee enjoyed going with anyone that wanted to take her once she was out once.

Sue and Aimee.

Notice how the boat has a standard that can be put up so you can stand to fish and it also has a split tail to stabilize the boat.  Scott explained that it is impossible to tip it over with the tail split.

Scott heading out.

Scott and Aimee.  Greg in the foreground.

We had a nice afternoon and got to enjoy being together, it was getting pretty hot and we walked back to the RV and the air conditioning.

On Sunday we went to Scott's house and he used his smoker and did ribs, chicken and cabbage and also made potato salad.  He had opened his pool and Aimee enjoyed the pool and Greg joined her, the rest of us thought it was a little cool.  Scott had asked Steve to join us.  I was delighted to see Steve, as I had gotten acquainted with him when I stayed with Scott and Sue years ago and have always appreciated his friendship.  He has worked with Scott and is his fishing buddy.  When I went to work with Scott, Steve was with us and he made me feel so welcomed and was there to explain many aspects of their work to me.  A fine person and I so enjoyed seeing him again.  Lou and Steve enjoyed getting acquainted and had many hunting stories to share.

Aimee enjoying the pool.

The crew enjoying......

The time went so quickly, and we didn't get to do all we wanted to do, we did meet on Tuesday night for dinner, Scott had to catch a plane on Wednesday morning.  We are planning on staying for a month next year and that will give us more time to do some fun things together, in fact next winter we are going to do things much different.

Tomorrow we leave for MacDill and probably will have to dry camp until we can get a spot, then we will start home.  Looks like it is warming up at home.  This high 88 degrees and high humidity isn't my kind of weather, especially with no breeze here.  Although, we are supposed to get a cool front tomorrow.