We decided to attend this celebration at Lake Wales.
We love a parade – and they threw in the floats!
One of about a dozen floats and some were as big as this and others half this size but all were throwing beads! MADRE GRAS at Lake Wales , Florida!And we placed our chairs right on the curb in the grass and had a front row seat! The BEADS just came our direction and WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING to get them! LOL !!!!!Each float had a different theme and each float blasted their own music and each float parked side by side in the park each blasting their music! PARTY TIME!!!!!There was music there was laughter there were dancers there were cops there was booze OH I LOVED THIS PARADE Just sing it to Toby Keith! LOLA lot of work went into this on all of these floats!And of course for my wife a Float of a viking ship! Don’t know how the Swedes fit into all of this but there they were!The Grand Marshall I think!Lake Wales MADRE GRAS!They also had a stage with live bands and all the while in the park the floats had their own music and parties going on!The lake and pierThe entrance to the party by the lake before the parade after – we could barely make our way through here! Thousands of people converged and we managed to sit up our chairs to the left rear of the stage!A look back from the pier to the party like tents from Lake Wales.
Sometimes you drink a little wine – you do silly things – but you always smile – but – to start my day before some wine is ” COFFEE ” !
My favorite time of the morning
For those of you who do not know me – I have always gotten up EARLY !
Like I am up by 5:00 AM. every morning – I only need 6 to 7 hours of sleep and then I am wide awake.
Have been this way since my youth ! I would wake up – my bedroom was the front upstairs bedroom – and right outside the two windows – was a huge Maple tree.
It would be full of birds chirping in the morning -and that bedroom faced East.
So – the combination of Sun light coming in and the birds singing – well -that was my favorite before I was old enough to drink coffee !
My grand father David & my grand mother Nora
I was raised in my early years by my grand ma – she was a widow and had moved in with us.
My very first time I can remember having coffee – was when she made me ” COFFEE SOUP ” for breakfast – as she called it !
During the depression when she had her farm and family -11 kids – they had to improvise to feed everyone.
And one of the staples living on a large farm was -they had milk from the cows –
they bought barrels of flour ( homemade bread ) – big bags of sugar – and raised pigs for side pork !
So – ” COFFEE SOUP ” became a norm for them – coffee being a treat for the whole house – and she would make bread and rolls – pies and cakes all day long.
She would slice me a big thick piece of home made bread – put it on a plate – a piece of side pork that she fried –
then pour coffee on top of the bread – a little milk and sprinkle sugar on it !
BEEN THERE DONE THAT
To this day I remember that and how good it tasted with that side pork !
That was my introduction to COFFEE all those years ago.
And – another lunch time feature from the depression years – was Milk off the farm and white crackers and sugar mixed together !
Although I have never had either since – I was raised that way !
Today – first thing is fix my coffee – a little flavored cream –
and I try to have flavored coffee – not strong – I tend not to like strong flavors – beer included –
and I do not really like wine unless it is a little sweet !
Nothing better than to sip coffee in public and people watch
Sipping my coffee while blogging –
sitting in public with a coffee and people watch –
between church services – getting a cup of java and talking.
Those are the little things in life that as you get older – you cherish.
Much like I do in my memory of my grandma.
COFFEE became a staple in my life along time ago – and since I am up before dawn –
it is all the more tasteful in the quiet space of peaceful thought !
Sherry does not like COFFEE – she is a TEA drinker
My wife – Sherry – does not drink COFFEE –
she is a TEA drinker – I think that is the SWEDE coming out in her !
Cindy – Dottie – Jim and Buck roof top bar with the battleship North Carolina in the back ground on the Cape Fear riverSherry Buck Cindy Tom Dottie Jim then it was onto lunch before heading to the escape roomSherry Dottie Buck Jim Tom Cindy lunch
We were going to be lock away for one hour in a room
looking for clues – solving riddles – finding keys –
and how to unlock the VAULT where all the money was !
We walked to the building and up the stairs
to the waiting room – we had a appointed time !
We were given instructions – some do’s and don’ts
WE HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE
and were some what fortified with a few drinks !
We had no idea what we were getting into
HINT – on a 1 to 10 difficulty on your first try
pick a number under 3 !!!!!!
This was a NINE out of TEN !
Cindy – “WE GOT THIS” NOT !!!!!Buck and Sherry getting ready before we are locked in ! MAYBE SHOULD NOT OF HAD THAT LAST DRINK !!!!Sherry Buck Dottie Cindy inside the room before it is closed and locked and this picture before I was told “NO PICTURES” OOOPPPSSS !
This room is full of clues that no one has any idea what they mean !
And everything is locked –
And combination locks –
A lot of keys to be found –
and no idea what they unlock
because some are inside locked doors with combination locks!
And then the door shuts and locks and everyone scatters and starts looking not knowing just what they are looking for !
We had 60 minutes and a big clock that counted down !
Things were being found –
but no idea what they meant –
At least we were all locked in together
The group did find clues and were able to solve some problems
and some locks were opened
and some combinations solved
but time was running out
and this huge BANK VAULT door loomed on one side of the room.
Then the clock ran out –
Sirens began –
COPS were on their way
we had to open the door and clear the room in 15 seconds !
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Cindy Buck Dottie Jim Tom Sherry We failed recovered NO MONEY heck – we still have no idea how to solve the clues except for one !
One clue – a picture – and a pair of binoculars –
We were told the picture was of a building down the street outside
You look at the small picture and see the date that it was built
