FLORIDA SUNSHINE WINNIES
            April outing 2003

LOCAL CHAPTER

BY BERNICE JOHNSON

 

THE APRIL 11-13  SPRING  OUTING TOOK PLACE AT CAMP HENRYSRV RESORT AND MARINA IN GEORGETOWN, FL  A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR MARINA ON LAKE GEORGE

THE HOST  ED AND JOAN PHELPS AND CO-HOST WERE, COLLINS AND TUTTLES.  SEVEN OF OUR MEMBERS CAME IN ON THURSDAY AND HAD A GREAT TIME GRILLING THEIR STEAKS AND  PLAYING  DOMINOES THAT NIGHT.

ON FRIDAY MORNING ANOTHER SEVEN RIGS CAME IN AND  WERE GREETED BY  THE HOST.  AFTER  GETTING SET UP THE MEN STARTED FISHING  AND THE WOMEN PLAYED 2  BALLS. TOM TUTTLE HAD INVENTED .THE GAME. THE BALLS ARE  ON THE END OF A HEAVY STRING AND YOU THROW IT AWIND IT IN A STAND. THE STAND HAS THREE BARS WITH SCORING POINTS. TO WIN

A GAME THE HAS TO BE 21. IF YOU GO OVER YOU HAVE POINTS TAKEN FROM YOUR SCORE AND THEN YOU MUST TRY AGAIN.

JACK  MADE A POT OF SPAGHETTI FOR SUPPER AND WE HAD SALAD,  GARLIC BREAD STICKS AND DESSERT.  ROY AND BERNICE , BEING OUR ONLY CLUB SPONSERS  LEFT WERE ASKED TO BLOW OUT THE 18 CANDLES ON OUR CHAPTERS BIRTHDAY CAKE.

SATURDAY BREAKFAST KEPT THE MEN BUSY COOKING SAUSAGE, PANCAKES, AND FRYING EGGS TO ORDER.  WE SURE COULD NOT GO AWAY HUNGRY.

AFTER THE BUSINESS MEETING   SOME MEN WENT GOLFING AND OTHERS FISHED OFF OF THE DOCK AND HAD GOOD LUCK.

THE WOMEN MADE FLOWERED POTS WHICH WAS DECORATED WITH FLOWERED NAPKINS WHICH THEY CUT ON THE FLOWERS AND GLUED THEM ON THE POT. THE POT WAS THEN FILLED WITH FLOWERS.

OUR EVENING MEAL WAS BBQ CHICKEN AND SLICED PORK WHICH WAS CATERED IN FROM BIGGS RESTAURANT, WHO ARE OWNERS OF THIS CAMPGROUND.

AT OUR SUNDAY MORNING  GATERING EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO COME BACK HERE. WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE WEEKEND  THE CAMPGROUND HAS A PLACE TO PUT IN YOUR BOAT A CLUB ROOM AND AN OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO WITH  LARGE PICNIC TABLES.

 JOHN SORENSEN
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