More on Kissimmee

I have been so intrigued with the Spanish Moss that hangs from all the huge oak trees. We saw one small tree while walking that looked like it was encased in a caterpillar tent with the moss. I think I sent a pic of flower pot character before, so here is one made of tin cans here in the RV Park. The black "ducks"? Someone said they thought they were "Turkey Vultures"? wander through the park, under and around the RV's. Pretty interesting to watch. The kitties didn't know what to think!

FromKissimmee, we went to RV Rally at Brooksville, FL. We decided not to do all the Disney stuff at Orlando , having so much fun doing lesser tourist stops. Did go to Downtown Disney and wandered through the shops. LegoLand was fun to see some of the creations done with Legos! Then, we had lunch overlooking the lake on the deck of one of their restaurants.

The Mystery Dinner Theater was fun. Quite a comedy, and the food was good (Prime Rib). Again, no pictures allowed until curtain call.

Then, we went to"Arabian Nights" Dinner Show, which was in an arena, and featured beautiful mostly-Arabian horses, so amazingly trained, and their trainers, riders. We had special pricing from a friend we met here, and got VIP seating and tour back in the horse stalls, etc. Also, a belly-dancer who played with fire, (quite amazing, sorry pics didn't turn out) with h'ordeurves before the show and great steak dinner!

Then, one day while "walking our kitties" in the RV Park, a lady walked by and asked if we knew how to get to the airport. Al was able to go online with his phone and get directions. She was very amiable and appreciated, from Alabamba, and said they'd give us tickets to the car show when they got back from Arizona. We weren't sure what car show they were talking about, and really didn't expect to see her again. sure enough, a week later she showed up with week-long passes for both of us (value $90 each) to the Mecum car auction! It was being held nearly across the street, so we went, not knowing what it was. What an experience!!!! Everything from 1919 Vintage autos to Street Rods, Race Cars, RV's,. boats, tractors, etc. being auctioned, and they were also selling old signs, gas pumps, you name it. One car was auctioned every 5 minutes for 6 days! There were over 2000 cars! Never really having been to a real auction, we were amazed with the process, and really enjoyed all the tricked out beautiful automobiles. The most impressive auction we saw had $100,000 opening bid and sold for $850,000 for a 1963 Hot Pink Shelby Cobra Dragon Snake 289 CI. There was one boat, 1929 GarWood Miss America VIII Twin Miller V16 that had high bid of $700,000, but the reserve of $1.2 million had not been met, so it was still for sale.

A 1958 Chev Bel Air convertible 283/283 HP Automatic sold for $200,000 after $1ooK opening bid! Just blew our minds! We went 2 days, and it was almost addictive to watch.

Feb 1st we headed to Brooksville, FL (78 miles) to an FMCA Rally at Hernando County Airport, where we have been parked on the runway for 5 days. The kitties have been watching small planes and heliocopters take off and/or land not far from us for the time here. (We have to be moved by noon tomorrow, so we will move to a different spot here so we can watch the Super Bowl and relax. We have been looking at RV's and all the accessories in the vendor booths, plus attending seminars on maintenance, driving hints, cooking, health, etc. Entertainment every night has been good, but poor acoustics. First night was a theater group performing numbers from "Chicago", but we couldn't hear the words of most the singers. 2nd night was a Lucy & Ricky show, they were truly amazing in their looks and actions, and the voices when we could hear and understand them. Last night was a 17 pc big band with lead singer with fabulous voice, and we got to dance (rough concrete floor, wearing tennis shoes, but what the heck)! Tonight's entertainment was to take bus into the main street of Brooksville to their "Bash", which was 2 blocks long with vendors. They did have a pretty good band, and Al and I got to do a couple rock and roll dances on the sidewalk, even if we were the only dancers and got some funny looks! It was fun, but we didn't stay too long in town and came back to the RV where I am doing this while Al is napping before dinner, which I should get to fixing since it is after 7 already!

From here, we will go to Tarpon Springs (not far away) to spend a couple days, then on to Tampa area where we will both attend a driving skills class as a refresher (won't get to do the actual driving class unless they have a cancellation, as that part was booked. Weather has been perfect, but it is supposed to rain some for the next 2 days, but temp should still be about 80.

Bye for now!