It is that time again, and I am not talking about March Madness (Go HOGS!), I am talking about our departure from Florida all the way to California for the 15th year in a row. We leave this coming week, probably Wednesday, no later than Thursday morning.
Sandy took this picture of Mama last Thursday (19th)...
That dog is named "Tank", one of the few dogs that Indy does not get along with...Tank loves people, but is a Dog hater...especially in his territory. Tank was owned by Matt, a fellow resident there at the Independent Living Home. Unfortunately and surprisingly, Matt passed away about 6 weeks ago. Tank is still there, and may have a forever home there...not sure yet. Anyway, Mama turns 96 in April, and we always try to be there for it. We missed a few, like when we lost our motorhome (Jayco Melbourne) in a storage area fire back in 2014, and Ryan's Graduation in 2019, and Ryan and Kaelyn's wedding celebration (Covid restrictions did not allow their wedding day celebration in 2020) in 2021. We still made it out to California each year, but missed Mom's birthday.
The map above only shows the first leg of our trip. After Atlanta, we head up to Cincinnati to visit Ryan, Kaelyn and family. I think the last time we have seen Ryan and Kaelyn was in July 2022 when they came out to California where we were already at. There family is now a family of five...they are fostering three girls, sisters, and only time will tell where this will lead. They just (like last weekend) moved into a home they bought which will now house the five of them very comfortably. Looking forward to seeing them and meeting the girls.
It is Spring here in Central Florida along the Gulf Coast. The Eagle's finally got together and there are baby Eagle eggs in the nest...perhaps baby Eagles. It takes 35-40 days from laying eggs to hatching. I have seen them in the nest for about a month to six weeks now.
The picture above and below show an Eagle tending to something in the nest
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I also got a LOT of pictures of Osprey, and they definitely have young ones in their nests...I can hear the little chirping sounds very clearly...over the next month they will get louder and louder.
As always, we will try and do a daily or every-other day blog as we travel. It is nearly time for us to Fly Away...errr...Drive Away
Safe travels and will be enjoying your blog
ReplyDeleteThank you much
DeleteBoy do I love seeing those eagles and ospreys!! You are so lucky to have them in your area. YAY for them letting Tank hang out. He obviously loves people!! Safe travels ....
ReplyDeleteI wish Tank would love Indy...but he is very very very protective of his "humans".
DeleteLooks like Tank has adopted your mom! It's always sad to me when pets lose their owners or elderly owners lose their pets. But in this case, it seemed to work out!
ReplyDeleteTank has had a good relationship with all the people at the "Home", residents and workers...but he really did have a great relationship with mom. So much so that when we visited the many times that we did, Tank came out front and gave Indy the "I LIVE HERE, GO AWAY" growling attack. I will miss seeing Matt...he was our lifeline when we were away...I could call him, and he would go over to mom and let me talk to her for a few minutes. He also let us (sisters and I) in on the inside scoop of what was going on with staff and the administration who run the Home. He was an x-police officer, a real nice guy.
DeleteTo Matt, a real nice guy, Rest In Peace, Sir.
DeleteNothing better than some back-up when you need it.
Thank you for the nice comment about Matt
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