Time for a 'Happy news' Fla. lunch!

[Lady Lauri]

Hi all! Isobella PM'd me and suggested we do another Fl. lunch soon and with all the good news here in Fl. lately and with several others tx-ing and showing good results (on their way to SVR!:) we think it's time!
So here's Isobella's and my 'let's start another Fl. lunch' thread  :)

We're thinking the Black Water Inn on the St. Johns River on Hwy. 40 about 35 ish miles west of I-95. (I-95 to 40 going East would run into Daytona.) Susan, Missy, Dana , Eric-(CONGRATS again:)  anyone that live's too far or tx-ing and not up to long drives is welcome to PM me if you'd like to stay here for a day to rest, be an easier trip, etc. as I am only about 40 miles from there. There are also Motels on the river there, just not sure how nice they are??

We're thinking 2nd, 3rd week of July so it's enough time for all to schedule a day we're all available.
Sooooo, start the posting and planning. If we agree on there I’ll make the reservation and post the addy, etc.

P.S. ALL are welcome, even if you live in Alaska (Meki!!)
Maybe some can catch another cheap flight to Fl! :)

LL

[Andiamo1]

It was a great time.  A long drive for me - 2.5 hours, but well worth it. Life is fun these days.  Probably a short lived phenomenon based on my life experience :).

I do hope we can do it again and meet more people.

Eric

[Isobella]

I so just got done sending you a PM.  When you are in FL, we have to have another get together.

Then we have to plan the big get together in central US-we figured Texas would be good....any thoughts?????

[rita863]

I saw the pics it looks like you guys had a grea time, wish i could have made this trip...I will def be there the next time!!!   ok now tell me who is who in the pics....  Except Eric I recongized him!!!  

i hope you all ate enough for me, since i have no appetite!!!  

[Isobella]

jd:   I was wondering what happened to you.  I am so sorry to hear about your Mom-        went thru that with my grandma-not fun.  

Susan/Mikkimoe:  Y'all are understandably having a low point.  I can only hope that it     makes you feel better to know that many care about you and worry/think about/pray for you daily.  Besides, the food was kinda not all that great!!!

Today was a turning point for me. I have so much renewed hope    Seriously, everyone there was at  a different point.  To see the journey from beginning (clueless, me) to a tx newbie-FL_Gator doing well-such an inspiration, and top that off with Dana's sweetness, LL-ummm---amazing and Andiamo-soft spoken, class, awesome-not to mention all his tx's leading to his current run towards SVR.

All I can say is that we are all fortunate to have a place like this. To meet people like I met today.  I can't wait to do it again!  Hopefully I can recruit my sister next time too-she had a good time meeting everyone as well.  

I seriously love my "funky chicken" I got from that place off of I-40 we found when we thought we were lost!  Will have to post a pic.

Izzy

[dperry10]

Ok I posted some pictures on my pictures I wish there was a way to post them here, but you can see them on my site, and we have 2  other cameras, with shots outside to be posted soon.. I know they all made it home sooner than I did.   I had the longest drive this time.. LOL  It rained a bit ( alot ) on the way up there, but it was nice and peaceful setting.. Don't know why I didn't take a picture out the window where we were sitting right on on the river.  

It was fun, will definately have to do it again and again.  Hopefully some more can join us next time.     I brought my friend Deanna, who is standing to my right shoulder in the picture outside, she took the pictures inside.  

[Mikkimoe]

Yea - we'll just have our own little pitty party....Boy the crab legs ready made my eyes light up - I'd probably die if I tried to eat that now - but that was my favorite (Alaskian)
And chardoney of courses.

!0 times - wow....your amazing. This may have only been my 1st time down HCV hell but I have been fighting an even bigger beast for 14 years on top of that one (RA) - so yea I can definately identify. But gotta admit....this is the lowest of lows right now.

I'm just so thankful that I really lived my life to the absolute fullest when i did. Saw just about the whole world  from Climbing Mt. Fuji in Japan to Skiing the Materhorn, and raising my own arab in Africa. So I have absolutely no regrets...except missing this lunch ;-)

Please post PIcs!!!!