Florida Sunshine Winnies
December outing
by  Bernice Johnson,

The December 12-14 Christmas Meeting was held at Olde Mill Stream, Umatilla, Fla
with nine rigs coming in on Thursday and five on Friday. The officers were hosts
for the weekend. Thursday was spent at the great flea market in Eustis and in the evening we had heavy hors d'oeuvres. Tom topped the evening with his delicious daiquiris. Evening was spent playing games.

For lunch , Ed grilled hot dogs and some members came in with munchies.  With it being a beautiful day on Friday everyone wanted to be out side so a great game of bean bag baseball was played. Yes, the gals are doing a great job keeping up with the men.

After the game every one caravaned to "Crossroads" a Seafood Restaurant near Eustis for happy hour and early bird specials. " The food's delicious.".The next stop was the viewing of the beautiful Christmas lights in Mt. Dora, at the waterfront and the main street of Eustis and Umatilla.

Saturday morning breakfast was french toast, sausage and fruit served by the hosts, John Sorensen, Joyce Nissen, Tom and Opal Tuttle, Doris and Bill McCuen and Fran and Al Schultz.

At the meeting , campouts for 2004 were discussed and parking duties for the March rally.

Bill McCuen, presented the slate of officers for up coming year..

Our member, Ed Phelps , carries a battery tester in his RV and offered it to anyone that wanted to check their battery.

Bernice Johnson gave out gifts that were donated by our sponsor, Jeff Farah, Gen. Manager for SunCoast RV of Winter Garden, FL.

After lunch Joyce and Doris had craft classes for the ladies and the men did their own thing of discussing RV's and playing holy board. Again the hosts put out a Cheese spread and everyone brought their own wine to share. We even had Roy Johnson's homemade grape and apple wine for sampling.
Christmas dinner consisted of turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and rolls with members bringing their favorite dish. We all went away with full tummies. .

The installations of new officers are: Tom and Opal Tuttle, president, Clarence and Pat Buchanan, Vice President, Fran and Al Schultz, Secretary, Peggy and Jack Collins, Treasurer for 2004. Herb Brown, past president, did the installing.

Joyce will be our Sunshine Gal for 2004, she will be sending out cheer cards to the sick.
Christmas gift exchange and dirty bingo took place later in the evening by the fireplace. Jack Collins kept the fire glowing so to keep the chill out of the building. Guess what! Jack Collins got paid for his firemans job by drawing the lucky 50/50 ticket.

We were excited to see Ralph and Carol's new 36ft Adventurer year 2004, of course, that called for a Show and Tell .

Sunday we all woke up to a rainy start, but, we were thankful for the beautiful days we did have , and as, you know, we can always use the rain in Florida.

We all parted wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!!!!

John Sorensen,
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