From the Sunshine State!

And now we will go south, where Erika is just brimming with the latest news. She even has pictures. (Question: Why am I in third-person?) Anyhow, on Wednesday, various members (namely, Uncle Victor, Julia, Grandpa Bob, Annetta, Lydia, and yours truly) went on a canoe ride. This means that we paddled ourselves roughly 700 kilometers (Question: Does anybody know how long a kilometer is?) up a river, and then back down it. Along the way, we saw such things as alligators, egrets, anhingas, other canoeists, water, trees, sky, etc. Thankfully, I had my trusty camera with me, and I was able to eternally preserve the picturesque sight of us all in life preservers. Now that's something worth looking at!


After that, we went back to our cabin (pictured below)


and had Thanksgiving Dinner with Aunt Marge, Uncle Ron, Teri, and Doug. There was a lot of food and it was all really good. Especially the manatee.

Next. Thursday morning was the day Annetta and Lydia have been looking forward to. We all went to a horse farm near Ocala and rode horses. Julia and I had a 1/2 hour ride, which we both enjoyed. Then, Grandpa Bob, Uncle Victor, Annetta, Lydia, and Mama went on an hour-long ride. So Julia, Aunt Joanne, Grandma Suzy, and I had to entertain ourselves. Thankfully, we had food, and were able to snack on it.



That evening we got lost and went to Aunt Marge and Uncle Ron's house, in that order. We left there this morning and cruised (and by cruised, I mean we became airborne multiple times) back home. It took roughly 5 hours, with a lunch break which was desperately needed by the starving travelors. Speaking of which, supper's nearly ready, and so I have to go!