Enjoying the grandkids

I've been too busy lately to update my blog.  My daughter is here with her children, Nikky and Anna and boy friend, Rick, for Christmas.  They are here for just a week so it is more important that I spend my time with them than for me to be blogging.  We have been having a great time together, enjoying the activities that unique to Florida this time of year. The kids have flirted with the pool, which is pretty chilly this time of year, but the sun warms them back up pretty quickly.  Nikky has taken to playing tennis and riding in the kayak like a natural.

Today we  had a full day a Silver Springs in Ocala.  It is a refreshing change to the super hype of Disney.  Just a laid back natural park that has been here as long as Florida, just about.  Even if you don't have all the exciting rides you also don't have the huge crowds and long lines. Just lots of gators and a smelly giraffe, pretty much, as you ride in glass bottom boats and have a bumpy ride through the brush behind a jeep. I hope old Florida doesn't become something totally of the past as big commercial enterprises take over and make it look so passe.

There is always a placed for the passe, when you just want a little of yesterday again.