Sunday was our last time attending the Brooksville Wesleyan Church. We have attended here every Sunday since we arrived here in early January. They have great preaching and contemporary music during the 2nd service which we have enjoyed.
This has been a very busy week at Lakewood. With being short-staffed and numerous volunteers leaving and a short turn around time between campers leaving and campers coming in, we landed up helping in the house-keeping department.
Carol and I cleaned cabins, cabin bath-house and changed bedding in the motel rooms and in the Hillside House. In between cleaning times I helped with the painting in the office hallway which Sue and Kay had started the previous week. I also did a few painting touch-ups in Cardinal #2 apartment.
Jim's work partner for the last 6 weeks headed home but now Del our newest volunteer stepped in. His many years of construction and wiring knowledge was welcomed. He tackled repairing and installing an old bi-fold door while Jim continued the final fitting and fastening the kitchen counter top. Tuesday the final piece of plumbing arrived so he could connect the sink drain and test it.
It was good news that Del said it would not be a problem getting the underground wire trenched in from the panel to the bathhouse. When he started digging by hand he soon asked if the excavator was in working order. So the majority of the trench was dug by noon and the conduit pipe put in the ground by quitting time.
Thursday the wire got put in and connected and all is working. Finished off the last day by unloading the laminate flooring which Del will install next week. At the end of the day Jim and Del installed a few lengths of siding on the tiny house.
Our stash of citrus for our travels homeward.
On Wednesday Dave and Karen from PA joined us for the day of volunteering, meals and reminiscing. They have volunteered at Lakewood in the past.
After work Jim and I took a golf cart and a ladder and went to pick citrus in the woods. We picked 2 - 5 gallon pails of juicing oranges, tangerines and grapefruits. And Dave and Karen also gave us some they had picked nearby at a friends house.
The noisy Red Shouldered Hawk is a resident at Lakewood Retreat.
Friday we said our good-bye's to fellow volunteers and the Lakewood office staff as we handed in our gate pass. We then did our grocery run to Brooksville for the week and one more picking of strawberries.
We were now headed to Withlacoochee River Park for a four night stay and hope to have lots of rest and relaxation. The park has lots of hiking trails and we are enjoying the dappled shade of the live oak trees.
Hiked the 1.75 mile multipurpose trail.
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The black water of Withlacoochee River and the river bank with cypress knees.
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