BECKY FULLER WRITES ABOUT THEIR POST SPRING REUNION TRAVELS:

This is a great travelogue, sent to me by Becky Fuller, wife of 1960's GERALD A. FULLER. Read closely, folks. It seems that we've won over Becky and she's "getting attached" to all us WC folks. I'm not surprised. You two have a great time out there and, above all, travel safely and securely.
--- Bonnie

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From: Becky Fuller
Date: 04/16/06 18:52:47
Subject: The Fuller's on the Road

Hi All!

We promise not to bore you to death with our "On The Road" travels, but wanted to let you know where we are and some of the sights we've seen. We're having a great time and highly recommend RVing to any and all of you. Katie is traveling well and loves it when we're in a park with trees and squirrels and birds...she's having a ball.

Most of you know we left Panama City Beach on March 15 and headed for Savannah, GA for St. Pat's Day. Had a wonderful time with Dot, Charley, Gayle and Earl. Bill (Jerry's Brother) and Ruth joined us there for a few days in their new motor home and really enjoyed the visit. We hope next year they can stay for the full week since they've sold the marina. Although we decided to pass on St Pat Day at River Street we did get there the day before as well as for a tour of Savannah on one of the trolleys. We stayed on Tybee Island for eight days and we were just a few blocks from the Atlantic so I was able to walk the beach on my morning walks - it was GREAT! Also found an American Legion within walking distance of the park and Jerry traded plates and will be taking a Tybe Island legion plate back to his Kentucky post.

We then headed toward The Villages in central Florida (between Ocala and Orlando). Stayed in a HUGE RV park which luckily was across the street from a really nice American Legion post. Jerry was in hog heaven. We also tried out the driving range next door. The purpose, of course, was the annual "Spring Fling" for all the West Carrollton High School Alum who could make it and there were about forty all total there. We also visited Spanish Springs Town Square and Lake Sumter Town Square to sample great music and good food and drinks. The only thing that could have made it better was if it had been warmer....it was unusually cool......I think about 60 degrees during the evenings and none of us were really dressed for the cold! Jerry and I had a chance to go that week to Orlando and stay with Joanne & Ron Hall for a night where we also hooked up with Bill and Karen Walker and Patty and Lenny Kuhn. We had a wonderful day at Universal and a great night at Pat O'Bien's where we ran into Teresa Wray from PCB no less! That was a shock...we took photo's and emailed them to Mike....he got them before she even got home (T was there for a meeting). Finnally we had a lovely dinner at Dave and Ann Mays the evening before we left. David and Chris Collins, also WC folks were there, as well as several other friends. It was a great time and we really enjoyed it. Had a great and full week here. Bonnie, Donna asked me to email her photo's but I don't have her email address. Would you send it to me, please?

Next we headed to Punta Gorda, Florida (just north of Fort Myers) and spent a week at Live Oak Park where Bill and Karen Walker stay in the winter. They showed us a wonderful time and squired us all over the area ....lots of good shopping, we even got the big Flea Market in Fort Myers.... sadly, I came down with a horrible cold while I was there and missed a day or two but it was still a great time. The park also had a nice 9 hole golf course and Jerry and Bill got the chance to play every day...he LOVED that! One evening we all went to Fisherman Village and met Dick and Lena Denny for dinner along with a whole group of their family down visiting. OKAY, Bonnie...so these West Carrollton folks are starting to grow on me..what can I say!!! We stayed for eight days and then headed back to the panhandle.

We arrived back in PCB and stayed for three days taking care of financial matters and doctor appointments, etc. We actually hooked up at the Fleet Reserve while we were there. Didn't get the chance to see hardly anyone since we had so many errands to get done, but we'll be back to pick up my car after the trip west so we'll see you all then!

We left Thursday for parts west and stayed that evening in Gulfport, Ms. We were lucky to find a place both that night and Easter weekend where we ended up staying in Lake Charles, La. Several of the parks we called were full of FEMA trailers...which....naturally are being paid for by you and us and NOT being lived in! Here in Lake Charles they have 80 trailers waiting for folks who won't even be here until May 1 but FEMA has been paying $800 monthly for....aside from that, the folks in the hurricane areas have done remarkably well at putting their homes and lives back together but still have a way to go. It's inspiring because we've met some of the nicest people and they have absolutely nothing. We all need to be very, very thankful for the blessings which we have been give..boy, are we fortunate.

Tomorrow we will head to Houston and stay on the west side and Tuesday plan to be in San Antonio where we will stay about a week. We promise not to send a lot of bulletins...maybe one a month you can live with?

Love to all of you. Take care and stay in touch.

Jerry & Becky
- posted by Mikey @ 11:36 AM