SOUTH FLORIDA
WINNIE-GATORS NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER
2004 Vol.
32 No. 10
November 2004
Outing Report
By
Lee Macdonald
Our
November Thanksgiving outing was held at Paradise Island RV Resort in
Fort Lauderdale
.
13
rigs arrived on Thursday including Joan & Jury Krajack,
Lee
Macdonald
’s sister and nephew visiting from
Colorado
. The remaining 3 rigs came in on Friday. Members
Ed
and
Jan
Miles
commuted back and forth for all the activities from home. Thursday night
23 of us piled into cars and ventured out for dinner. We enjoyed delicious
seafood at the Old Florida Seafood House, one of the areas really good
restaurants. They were able to accommodate our group in a nice private
dining room.
Friday
was spent visiting and catching up on news, touring the area and shopping
expeditions. We were glad to see
Al
Rowe
back with his friend
Ethel
Allen
. We were also pleased to see
Virgin & Peter Vandervlugt, prospective members, who came for the day.
Unfortunately they could not stay for the weekend. That evening chefs
George Shaughnessy, Bob O’Brien, Ken Perry and Ed Miles prepared grilled
cheeseburgers and Damaris Travers fixed baked beans which were enjoyed by
all.
Lora
Older
celebrated her 85th birthday this weekend and we all helped her
eat her delicious strawberry
birthday cake. After
dinner Florence Allen and Virgin Vandervlugt earned meritorious service
medals leading our Rowdy Bunch in a fun game of Bunco. Most
of us were able to follow their clear instructions. We all had a good
time.
Saturday
morning
Rick
Bunn
and
George
Shaughnessy
assisted by
Becky
Bunn
and
Ed
Miles
prepared bacon & scrambled eggs and fresh baked biscuits for all.
Afterwards a few of the members worked on making belts out of pop
top tabs and leather strips. Meanwhile the 3 stuffed turkeys were put in
the oven to roast and 10 pounds of potatoes were peeled by the guys.
A
few more guests arrived in the afternoon including past members
Bob
and Athene Engel,
Sylvia
&
Lee
’s friend
Pat
Bartlett
, and members
Bill
and
Enes
De Sepio
. Happy hour brought the
group together and our bartenders
Del Butcher
and assistant
Ken
Perry
concocted our favorite beverages.
Damaris
Travers
and
Becky
Bunn
, our Raffle Babes, sold lots of raffle tickets. 17 great prizes were won
by lucky ticket holders.
Our
Thanksgiving Dinner was superb!
Turkey
, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and lots of other
veggies and sides were enjoyed. Dessert was pumpkin pie with whipped cream
, frosted cake,
a huge bowl of melon chunks, and a peanut butter pie to die for!.
After dinner many of the group stayed to play Card Bingo, a
fun game enjoyed by all.
Sunday
morning we enjoyed scrambled eggs with bacon and toast.
Our monthly meeting followed during a torrential downpour.
Fortunately the rain quit by the meeting end.
We all said our good-bys until December and our Christmas outing.
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