Tuesday

. On Tuesday we went to the “Rogers Christmas House and Village” shop, five houses dedicated to Christmas stuff, mostly decorations. This was a lovely piece of escapism for us, though we managed to get away with only spending a few dollars. There is a video on Myspace (not mine) http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21959514

By Wednesday the gang was stating to drift back to Sertoma, Paula came and invited us to eat at Connie and Jim’s, so we went over and had a bite to eat and a jam session

Thursday – The run up to leaving starts with a load of washing (spare bedding and clothes that were to be left behind. As our tours progress we want to leave more stuff behind, so that we have less to carry backwards and forwards across the Atlantic), so a visit to Dade City was called for, where we there is a launderette and we had a pleasant wander around and a lunch in a garden café, looked a bit greasy spoon, but actually it was very tasty, particularly the pumpkin cake.