Left New Bern at 9:00 a.m. heading SOUTH – too cold (around 35 degs.). Florida here we come. Kerry just texted me and is blaming us for the cool weather they are having (only around 65 there right now)
Had a great time visiting with Andrew and Liz. He looks great. It will be nice to be able to talk to him whenever we want . That 14 hr time difference really made it difficult to communicate too often. Mason is settling in but was whining most of first evening. Spoke to Liz today and she said he played a lot with Andrew last evening and was snuggled up on the couch with her as we spoke. Liz made us a wonderful “Christmas” dinner Tuesday night. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, really great cranberry sauce (not a fan of it but this was really good - made with cherry jello included in recipe), lots of vegetables – the works….. Tom and Bill were in heaven…….

Took Andrew, Liz, Brad, Danielle (his fiancée), Norman, Lane, and Marine buddies Sal, Ashley and her daughter - 11 adults, 1 3 yr old. We went to a nice restaurant in downtown New Bern – home of PEPSI.
We are now travelling on some very bumpy “shortcuts” to I95. The RV is bumping along. Shaw and Ferbie are not too comfortable with all the rattling and motion.

Finally arrived in Northern most Florida where the weather is better than NC but unusually cool like most of the rest of the country.

Turn in as we trek through Florida to our Pompano Beach destination to see Kerry.