Some more pics - Hope it works this time!

Carole Logan's Digs (Lucky Girl!)

Hello again...twice in one week...imagine that!
I just wanted to share an e-mail message from Carole Logan (5Th St resident & Line Dance Teacher Extraordinaire!)

Carole writes:
Hi Lori and Ed: It sounds like you are having a great summer. I am going to attempt to send you a couple of photos. One is of my Country home outside Brantford, Ont. and the other is the scene of "Bay Lake" taken from the deck of my cottage which is 360 miles north of my home. I have been there five times since May. It has been a back and forth summer but I enjoyed it greatly. A change is as good as a rest and I needed both. I am waiting to get back down to Florida to see all my friends. I miss them all, but I don't know yet when I am going. If you get these pictures and can open the attachments, will you please post them on the Avalon Blog. It is good to keep in touch with our Avalon friends. Take care and stay healthy. Carole Logan

Well I will try to do my best. I am going to get Pauline to resend the pics I posted last night. Some of you are having trouble viewing them so it may be that the format is not right...or it could be because Ron Steeves is in one of them and he is too handsome to be duplicated. (At least that's what he will say!)

Keep having fun!

What a great looking bunch!

Updates from all over!

Hey there!
I'm a little behind in my e-mail so I have a lot of updates to share.
First of all, I got a call from Geoff Hixson (no need to explain who he is.... everybody knows Sir Geoffrey!) He was having a little trouble with his heart (probably couldn't find it) and he had to have a pacemaker implanted on August 17th. He is doing quite well but due to medical follow-up and insurance stuff he and Linda probably won't be able to make it to Avalon until early February.
I hope he is wrong - I will miss them terribly! All the best to you Geoff and please make a speedy recovery!

Doug (& Bev) Seddon send news that it's hotter than h*** in Ottawa. Doug was talking to Scott (4X) and he is doing well. He is continuing with his treatments and Doug said he sounded really good. He and Donna are hoping to get to Avalon early this season.

Good news as well from Ron and Pat Vanover regarding their neighbour Joanne Haller. They received this message from her:

Tues was operation. Wed I went to ICU as my body was forgetting to breath(small detail). Thursday afternoon I came back to orthopedics . Have seen PT twice today. She thinks I 'm doing OK. I now can get up to use the potty!!! I HATE this operation, glad I don't have any more knees! See you in Jan. in Fl. Joanne

We hear you Joanne! Thank heaven they have lots of "spare parts" for us at the hospital when we need them.

Pauline (& Harvey - Fourth St) sent me the pics that you see titled "What a great bunch" Wonderful shots of great friends having a good time at one of our dances. Makes you want to shine up those dancin' shoes! Pauline said they are very bored and are raring to go when they get to Florida.
Sounds like a plan to me.

Keep those cards and letters coming. Before you know it we'll be getting our news from the laundry room!

Having fun yet?

Well, I hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying this simmering summer we seem to be having from coast to coast. I am ever so grateful for the occasional cool breeze that comes to us all the way across Lake Erie from Ohio. The days are starting to get a little shorter and the corn is grower higher. And the weeds....oh the WEEDS!!! Sure is nice to be close to the grandkids though. I think that's the only thing I miss when I am in Florida. I guess they will have to retire too!

I will leave you with a little update from Donna & Lenny:

Our trip Began 7/11/2010 and we got home this evening, 8/18/2010. Just a couple of days shy of 6 weeks on the road. We had a blast and covered: NC, VA, PA, NY, MA, (PA again), OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, (IL again), MO, KY, TN and home to NC. What a trip - we had such a great time. Total miles 6270. Saw lots of good friends and had lots of laughs. Can't wait to do it again!

We had to cut our trip shy by about one week, Lenny is off to Florida on the 29th to see the ENT, we expect surgery for this lump. On the 'flip' side of this news, he's lost over 20 lbs. on Weight Watchers Program and he's hoping to keep on track when he goes to Florida!

Love to everyone, Donna & Lenny

Greetings to All!

If you are wondering what it is like in Florida, Linda from Fourth St (the Bingo Lady - not the English Lady) sent a note to let us all know what we are missing:

IT'S HOT,HOT HERE IN FLORIDA

WE'RE JUST SAILING THROUGH THIS HOT WEATHER.EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE AT AVALON. WE'VE BEEN METING FOR BREAKFAST ONCE A MONTH. POT LUCKS & KAROAKE. PIZZA PARTY COMING UP. I'M DOING FINE . I HAD MY SURGERY IN MAY. DR. SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE.NO CHEMO OR RADIATION WILL BE DONE BECAUSE OF MY OTHER HEALTH ISSUES. JUST WAITING TILL THE CROWD GETS BACK. IT'S BORING BEING SO HOT YOU CAN'T STAY OUTSIDE TOO LONG.WELL, ENJOY YOUR SUMMER.

Thanks Linda for keeping us up to date. Say Hi to all the other Avalon full-timers for us & try to stay cool until we get back. Not that we are looking for too much cool....enough of that last year!

Summer Update from Donna & Lenny

I received the following news from Donna & Lenny (5th St) to pass along to all our Avalon friends. Sounds like they are having a wonderful summer:

Hi to all our Avalon Friends - We spent 11 days in Wisconsin with Diana and Rick. The Northwoods of Wisconsin area is beautiful. I can understand why everyone loves that area. Eagle River had lots of things going on. Diana and Rick took us all around (even the UP). There are so many pubs and they have musicians that play music just like our Avalon group. We sang and danced - what fun! We danced at street dances and at the golf club deck. What a wonderful time we had with them - lots of things to do, and the lakes in the area are unbelievable. We even got to ride on a pontoon boat all around the lakes! What a time we had. We hated to leave, but we had to move on. Can you believe we've already done over 4000 miles and we haven't even seen North Dakota yet! Today we arrived in the Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota (boy it's hot here too), but not as hot as Florida. Speaking of Florida, I had to make a reservation for Lenny to fly to Florida at the end of the month- the lump on his neck is back again. I'm sure this means surgery. Not sure how much longer we'll be able to stay on the road since we have to make it home for him to get ready to go to Florida. We'll just have to see how things go. Okay, bye for now, I'll keep you posted on our progress.

All the best to Donna & Lenny in their travels. I am sure the Avalon family will remember to say an extra little prayer for Lenny.

If anyone out there is having some summer fun let me know and I will post your news for all to enjoy.

Ed & I just returned from our home town in northern Ontario. I only saw one bear this time, but that is good news. I also got a speeding ticket - bad news! We enjoyed the fresh air and wild berries, but are kind of glad to be back at home. It gets a little too cold at night way up there.

Hope your summer is a blast!

Summer Adventures

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful summer weather - well at least it's beautiful here in southern Ontario. Ed and I are leaving tomorrow for Sudbury, Ontario to attend yet another niece's wedding. We will get a chance to see all of Ed's brothers and sisters (including Norm & Brenda) as well two of my sisters. The following is a little excerpt from the travels of Betty and Fred who are also "on the move" these days:

Our latest adventure was a trip up to Wilton, NY to celebrate our Grandson, Carter's, first birthday. We really enjoy seeing Caleb and Carter. It is a minimum of a 4 hour drive for us. From there, we went to Fonthill, Ontario, for a 3 day visit to Colleen and Don Sabo (Avalon Lot 224.) We had a nice visit and they gave us the VIP treatment. We returned to NY and ran into the "No reservations in the computer" for our return trip. With the Saratoga Races on, the rates went up, so the motel conveniently lost our confirmed reservations. We called our son and he gave us the key to his cabin up on Sacadaga Lake. They had a pull-out couch on the screened porch. The hot weather had subsided and the temperature went down to 48 degrees that night. Fred and I had not cuddled as we did that night! After 10 days of living out of a suitcase, it was great to get back home. That is when we miss our motor home.


I have also received a request on behalf of Joan Haller from First St (next door to Ron & Pat Vanover)

Say a little prayer for me on August 17th as
I'll be undergoing knee replacement surgery. I had an AWFUL time 4years ago when I had the other one done. THANKS Joan Haller

I've also had a message about Bev (Bev & Doug Seddon) Apparently she had to go to the emergency room with bad pain in her back and vertabrae trouble.

Bev writes:

"I am feeling better since I am home. The pain is under better control as hospital is very crazy busy and I like quiet. Blood sugar and blood pressure were way out of whack!

It will take a while to get better, so Doug is learning fast how to be a homemaker,haha."

Good luck on that one Doug!

Let's all remember Bev and Joan in our prayers.

Happy Trails to all!