Mon – 9 Jan/17

Another cold evening with temps down to the high 30’s F.

Today our plans were to go to the Webster Flea Market in Webster, FL so we remained in bed until 9 a.m. There was enough to keep us entertained on the local news. A massive manhunt is on after a wanted killer shot and killed a police officer at a Walmart, shot at other officers and escaped by committing a “car-jacking”. A second officer was killed when hit by a car making an illegal turn (on a red light) while he was on his way to assist in the search.  Another officer was also injured while responding. Over a dozen schools in the area of the search are in “Lockdown” while a massive police presence concentrated on a specific area of Orlando. A SWAT team went door-to-door in an apartment complex. Many residents either could not leave areas or go home due to safety concerns as a massive police search continued.

We left for the Webster Flea Market about 9:30 a.m. We took a slow scenic route along Lake Eustis to Tavares, FL. This is the way we go to Jo-Ann Fabrics. From there we took SR-19 towards Howey-in-the-Hills; but turned just before arriving there and headed on different routes through Yalaha, Okahumpka and Center Hill to Webster, FL. This is a less busy and very scenic way and takes about an hour.

Webster is the “Grand Daddy” of Farmer/Flea Markets in this area. It is on Monday’s and the hundreds of vendors attract thousands of cars. Although being a sunny day, the market wasn’t quite so busy today because of the unusually cold weather. This was great for us as we don’t do heat and humidity well.

We found a variety of items as we walked through the many rows set up in the fairgrounds. Charlotte bought some items for an upcoming craft project while I got a business card holder to use for my RV ID cards. I tried to get a few extra car keys made; but they didn’t have a match for my 22 year old Honda Del Sol.

Charlotte enjoyed looking at the puppies that were for sale.

 

Three separate stops in different areas of the market yielded 10 “Boyd’s Bear Resins” for Charlotte’s collection.

It took us over 2 hours to navigate (only) about half of the market. We then decided it was time to head back before the afternoon rush.  There was “Method in our Madness”. We would stop at the Yalaha Bakery on the way back for a late lunch.

 

This has become a favourite stop for us to make whenever we can. Today we each had a half sandwich and soup. Charlotte had the “Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad” and I had the Turkey Sandwich – both were on Crusty Bread. There were 2 soups available so we ordered one of each: 1) Lentil and 2) Bread.  This was the first time for the Bread Soup which is made with pretzels (traditional type - not the skinny straight ones). It was really good.

We were stuffed! This meant dessert, which is the bakery’s specialty, would be coming home with us. We picked four: Black Forest Cake, Napoleon, a tart called a “Fat Man’s (darned if we can remember the last word)” and a treat (honey and almonds on a cream filled cake) that had a German name that we also forget.

It was now warm enough to take the top off and enjoy the late afternoon sunshine. The “Cold Front” is on the way out and it will get warmer over the next few days.

We made a stop at our usual Jo-Ann Fabrics store to pick up a yard of fabric and a different size knitting needle. Needles have a variety of numbers to identify the size. Charlotte bought a 4 cm instead of a #4 set of circular needles last trip. Now she has the correct set.

We were back at the motorhome in time for the local evening news. The manhunt for the “Cop Killer” is still intense with all area police agencies out in full force.

What can I say - the park is "Going to the Birds."

We each shared a dessert for supper. We will try to resist temptation and save the remainder until tomorrow (grin).

Not a lot on TV on Monday night. It will be a double Law and Order: SVU then Scorpion at 10 p.m. followed by local news at 11.

That will be it for today.