Saint Patrick's Day in the Park

Saint Patrick's Day always brings out lots of things green. We had a terrific time watching the parade filled with our local fire department, the Sheriff's team that supports our area, many decorated golf carts, several horses, and all led by the US Flag waving proudly and leading the parade. There was entertainment, great food at Saint Patty's Day prices, and some interesting and useful door prizes. The weather was wonderful and we had a fun time. Our mail man joined in the celebration and wished everyone a "green" day. Even the dogs were all dolled up for the event. We also wish everyone the "Best of Luck".

IH Day in Leesburg, FL

We had a great time touring the grounds of Buffalo Nickel Ranch in Leesburg, FL. The show building had 66 immaculately restored IH tractors lined up on both sides and down the middle. A model 1206 Diesel just came out of the shop that morning and it really caught our eye. The buildings had many interesting exhibits from the time Stewart Paquette was a young man and through his career in construction. His dream is to save as many IH tractors as he can to keep them from being parted out or lost forever. We enjoyed visiting with him and seeing what he is accomplishing. Vendors served BBQ and homemade ice cream. Others had tractor parts and memorabilia for sale. You can see other tractors waiting their time to get in the shop for a make over. There will soon be another show building for the construction equipment that Stewart is restoring. Will be fun to see that next year. The three day show had several other colors of tractors on display as well. There was a tractor ride to The Villages and around the town square. We look forward to spending more time at this museum as it is a first class display of IH tractors and equipment.

Family Fun

We had a nice week of Florida weather with a couple cool evenings while Tim and Marilyn visited us for a few days. They missed a coating of white stuff in Iowa while they were here. We took them to a private museum of International Harvester, IH, tractors in Leesburg, FL. By the way, that is not me standing next to Tim in the show building. The one sign says it well. There is "no snow here" and we like it that way. We traveled north to tour The Villages. It is an interesting area with homes of all sizes and prices. The area is growing as the boomers begin their retirement. There are approximately 250,000 golf carts in The Villages alone. We purchased some Plant City strawberries to have with short cake. Always a treat this time of year. We had fun playing cards, strolling around the park and enjoying the warmer temps with Tim and Marilyn. Then off to the airport for them to travel north. Hope spring arrives soon in Iowa.

RV Traveling Friends

We enjoyed having our friends, Ron and Corinne, from Minnesota stay a few days as they were traveling around Florida and will soon be heading north. We always have a terrific time going to the car show in Spring Hill. I think they found one or two they really liked. We were able to get together with Tom and Denise at our favorite breakfast place, Farmer John's. Then off to the local air port to see what project Tom is working on with his plane. We always look forward to having friends stop and visit.