Dispatch from the Road 2023

  Krome Ave Friday January 20 2023 Our outing today took us up Krome Ave for about 12 miles. The Ave runs north through an old downtown area, I’m not sure if it is considered Florida City or Homestead. It doesn’t really matter they have grown into the same conurbation.  Our goal today is to travel north to the commercial growing district. Many of the large growers sell wholesale to businesses only, but there are also retail nurseries along the road.  No, that's not the one she wants! We stopped at several in search of mandavilla vine plant. We discovered that they don’t do well in the tropic environment here in southern most Florida. Several people told us we would have to look further north in Florida to find them. No thats not the one! The cactus tent Along the way we did by some annual plants that Millie uses along the walk to our front door. Now all we have to do is keep them alive until planting time in South Carolina. The happy plant lady We met the nicest little man working

  Wednesday January 18, 2023 We have been unwinding from the cruise, vacationing from the cruise vacation which was a vacation from our winter snowbird vacation! Millie has finished reading her Janet Evanovich book, I am nearly done with my Carl Hiaasen novel. Millie’s books from the Stephanie Plum series are always about stupid criminals and crazy people. Carl Hiaasen’s fictional novels are in the same vein, but always about people in Florida. Both writers use main characters that are…..lets say, slightly deviant from the norms of society. Think of Travis McGee, a reluctant hero boat bum by the author John D. McDonald. Just an FYI, there were 21 books in the Travis McGee series, all included a color in the title. I washed the truck, first time since leaving home in December. Millie washed clothes, first tim……just kidding, she takes good care of me! Tomorrow we plan on visiting the Keys. The month will be over before we know it and we always go one time while here. We will probably onl