Getting Warm in LaBelle

The past several weeks have flown by. Our friends Glenn and Angie invited us to go, along with two other couples, to the Fort Myers Brewery on a recent Wednesday night for their “Burgers & Beer” special. Some food truck grilled burgers to order so you got a burger, fries and a beer for $10. Julie and I enjoyed burgers with bleu cheese and grilled onions and a cold brew.

It has really warmed up here in LaBelle. On February 8^th it was still 80-degrees at 7PM and today it’ll get up to 88.

We enjoyed dinner at Mel’s Diner in Fort Myers one-night last week. We went early because it is very popular amongst us retirees here in Florida and it gets crowded around 5PM. After dinner we enjoyed some Italian ice and custard at Rita’s.

We celebrated Mardi Gras last Tuesday here at the RV resort with a golf cart parade, pool party, and dinner.

We have a busy weekend planned with going to a Don McLean, of “American Pie” fame, concert on Friday night. Saturday Julie and I participate in a 5K walk/run fund raiser for the Caloosa Humane Society.  

We volunteer to help out at the bi-weekly Sunday breakfast here at the RV resort. I grill Canadian bacon and cook scrambled eggs, while Julie is busy mixing pancake batter and helping out in the kitchen.    

Meanwhile, our cat Shasta is busy soaking up some Florida sun.

Steve & Julie Cornelius

Still Livin’ in LaBelle

We’ve been busy the past two weeks here in LaBelle, Florida. On Sunday, January 21^st, we met some old friends Craig and Donette for dinner in Fort Meyers. They were on a vacation to Florida from Wisconsin. I used to work with both of them in Colorado Springs until I retired in November 2010 and we hadn’t seen them in over 7 years. It was fun to catch up. 

On Thursday, January 25^th, I drove 120-miles down to the Miami VA Medical Center for an appointment for a hearing test. It went well except for the traffic getting in and out of Miami.

We love going to RV shows and the next day Friday, we enjoyed the Fort Myers RV show. We especially enjoyed looking through the Airstream Tommy Bahama “Relax Edition” trailer.

We’ve settled in to the RV park activities, including Bingo on Wednesday nights. I won one game on the first night we played. We didn't win anything last Wednesday...

We hosted cocktail hour at our site last Thursday and everyone enjoyed my “Steve-o-Ritas”. We enjoyed the snacks other couples brought and their good company.

Super Bowl Sunday today. We’re still trying to get used to the 6:30PM start time for the game. We liked our 4:30PM Mountain Time Zone start time better.   

Steve & Julie Cornelius