Travels with Nicky: January/ Venice and Wauchula Florida 2013

It doesn't get much better than this--my Kindle, a cup of coffee and the beach.

Above is our camping spot in Venice, Florida

Myakka River in the park area of the campground.

There is a lovely residential area I go walking in and this is a picture taken in that development.

We moved from Venice, FL to Wauchula, Fl this is our camping spot in the campground there.

While in Wauchula we got to meet up with a lot of our friends. Lou and Carol Hands,whom I did not get a picture of yet: We spent several evenings with them and it felt so good just to have the opportunity to catch up with these dear friends.

Pictured above are Lee and Travis putting up Travis's Christmas present from Dede.

Pictured above are Ed and Janie. We all went out to dinner when we were there and Janie and I spent a pleasant morning picking strawberries and eating as many as we could as we picked.

Jane, Miss Molly says hello.

When Nicky and I go on our 5 mile walks we love to watch the birds.

This is one of the things I miss the most when I am home--the Spanish moss. It's like having tinsel on the trees year round not just at Christmas.

The Peace River is beautiful, even on a foggy morning. There is just a very peaceful feeling that comes over you watching the river. I guess someone else thought so too--thus it is called the Peace River.

When we are in Wauchula Florida we do widow visitation for the church we attend. This young lady below is Wanda, she is 87 and has some fantastic stories to tell. Lived in Wauchula all her life and is still living in her own home.

This is Viola, who is 96 this year and still on her own. She loves to have Nicky come to visit and this visit I was also able to help her with some cleaning.

Chris and Mark had us over for the day. They are staying in Sebring at Tanglewood campground. We had a lovely day and a fantastic dinner. Later that week Chris and Mark came over to Peace River and I made them dinner and then we all went out for Pure Magic Ice Cream.

Chris and I are looking forward to meeting up for a couple of beach days and shopping days when we are back in Venice.

Dinner with Ed and Janie and Lee and Gerry at Gloria's in Bolling Green, FL.

Now this man is enjoying his fish!!!!

Going down the road I saw this pickup truck with a dog hole cut in it. Isn't the cool?

We left Wauchula and moved back to Venice

The first 4 days went really well. We got to the beach a couple of times and then Lee worked with a neighbor for 2 days helping him put in pergo floors in his model. On Wednesday Nicky was vomiting so I figured he'd gotten into eating some grass. It continued so Wednesday afternoon we took him to a vet and the vet gave him a shot to stop the vomiting. Thursday morning we took him to another vet recommended by people in the campground. The vet took Nicky back immediately. He knew within 15 minutes that Nicky had bloat (a twisted stomach). The vet waa not sure Nicky would make it. He was on IV 's from thursday morning till Sat. afternoon. It was not until Saturday that he began to eat and drink on his own. He has lost about 5-6 pounds and those of you who know Nicky know he was slim to begin with. We took Nicky home Sat. afternoon and by Sunday late afternoon he was beginning to act like the Nicky we know. He's got a lot a rebuilding to do but with all of your prayers I think he will make it .