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This year's trip down to Florida was a few days later, due to appointments having come right at the end of October. The drive down was pretty much routine, 15.5 hours with a few stops for gas and relief. The cottage managed to stay strong during the tornadoes and hurricanes that hit in early October, but many areas close by were hit hard, with devastating results. Six people died as their homes were destroyed by tornadoes (17 tornadoes came through the area) and huge warehouses crumbled under the powerful winds.

The rest of the month went along fairly smoothly, although the walking needed to be cut back as my left hip was hurting. I have tried to figure out if new pain is due to an IT band injury, a bursa bruise or the reduction in my anti-inflammatory drug I take. The end result is that my miles per week have taken a major hit.

There were no major projects on the docket as daily events seemed to take precedence and all projects were put on the back burner. Most consist of finishing up detail work left over from projects I did last season.

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April 1, 2025
A 16.5 hour road trip back home from Florida went as planned, with little traffic and an arrival time of 5:30 am, all without incident. I make this drive to limit the amount of movement Nancy has to make in and out of the car if we were to stop and stay at a motel along the way. It is a long day (night), but once we are home, we can relax and unwind.

The house is in good shape, other than lots of weeds and the lawn needing a trim (done later in the day on April 1). Cleaning out the van went well, despite being filled to the top. The seedling I brought back home survived and nothing fell out of the van during our trip.

Maggie was very good, settling in once we got going. We made a few stops along the way for gas and the bathroom, but that is expected.

It was just good to get back home and sleep in our own beds again.

My Walking
I didn’t even miss a day of walking, as I did a mile before leaving Florida and then managed to get in another mile once I got home. It was nice to walk in the woods with temperatures similar to Florida (an early warm front coming through), but with much lower humidity and cooler evenings.

  • Early seedlings
    Early seedlings
    Brocolli, basil, cukes and Roma tomato seedlings
  • Blueberries
    Blueberries
    Cleaned out blueberry plot
  • Plants ready to travel
    Plants ready to travel
    Seedlings started in Florida
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