It’s Finally Ours

Hi All,

We closed on the condo yesterday morning.

We now face an exciting whirlwind of activities to get the condo ready, order furniture, fly to MA to supervise loading of the stuff from our storage locker in Lowell and take the coach for one more trip to Red Bay , AL for repairs to maximize its salability.

We may not be living the motorhome much longer but we are definitely two very happy campers😃😃.

Our new address is:

9 Haig Pl. Unit 301

Dunedin, FL 34698

We have a second bedroom and bath so call to make a reservation any time (after we get beds!)

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Hanging Up the Keys after 18 Years

Traveling and Volunteering across America

250,000 miles/52,000 volunteer hours

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Sunken Gardens

Hi All,

The condo closing was delayed from Monday to Friday. More paper needed to be pushed.

Tuesday we visited Sunken Gardens with Alan and Barbara.

In 1935 a plumber bought a 15' deep sinkhole and used his passion for gardening to turn it into a tropical paradise and one of early Florida's most famous roadside attractions.

Walking trails wind throughout the property.

Caged exotic birds include an Australian kookaburra and this Amazon parrot.

There is also a large flock of flamingos.

In addition to thousands of tropical trees and flowers, they replant tens of thousands of annuals every year.

Even in winter there were lots of beautiful blossoms

as well as a Koi pond with 18" to 24" fish.

We are doing well but eager to get moving (literally and figuratively).

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Hanging Up the Keys after 18 Years

Traveling and Volunteering across America

250,000 miles/52,000 volunteer hours

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Catching Up



Hi All,

Happy New Year everyone. We moved to a much nicer campground on New Year's Day. We are now much closer to Dunedin. We close on the condo in 5 days and have been filling our day's furniture shopping and digging up documents for the mortgage lender.

Our nephew Nathaniel was visiting from MA and we got to spend time with him, here in Tarpon Springs.

On Christmas Day we had a terrific lunch at a new Turkish restaurant.  It looks like a pepperoni pizza but it is actually a wonderful baked hummus.

Ed & Diane Murray win the award for the cutest holiday image!

Happy Channukah 

Sunset from the St Pete Pier.

One of the weirdest Astronomy images in a long time, a distant gas cloud looks like it is going to swallow an even more distant galaxy.

This is how we eat breakfast many mornings. Carl eats with one hand and pets Sanibelle with the other.

We are both stressed by all the changes happening in our lives but excited for the future. 

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Hanging Up the Keys after 18 Years

Traveling and Volunteering across America

250,000 miles/52,000 volunteer hours

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Craft Fair Chuckles



Hi All,

As the holidays approached, every weekend was another Arts & Craft Fair. Sandy & Carl have great enthusiasm for craft fairs but virtually all of that enthusiasm resides in Sandy. Carl typically entertains himself looking for funny signs and T shirts to photograph and this season did not disappoint.

If you don't understand this one, ask an old person.

Dog Lovers Fight Back!

Yup, no Gila Monsters even in a stroller!

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Hanging Up the Keys 

After Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Dolphin Cruise



Hi All,

Our nephew Nathaniel is visiting from Massachusetts so we all went on a dolphin cruise from Dunedin Marina.

It really lived up to its name.

Great News X2



Hi All,

Carl's procedure went very well. Dr was confident the tiny radioactive spheres (1/3 the width of a human hair) will kill the tumor. Follow-up in a month. Carl feeling a little fatigued but otherwise fine. Both happy and relieved to have this behind us. 

While Carl's procedure was underway , Sandy got the call that our HOA application (and Sanibelle)was approved . We have a new home!

There is a causeway from Dunedin to an offshore barrier island called Honeymoon Island. With the exception of a small patch at the beginning, it is all a beautiful State Park where we plan to volunteer. That small patch is where our new condo is located (see below).

It is on the 3rd floor facing the parking lot (that's why we could afford it) but there is a great water view from the kitchen.

Here's another aerial view 

The condo is 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths and 1,181 square feet. "Let the furniture shopping begin!"

Sanibelle does not like the though of moving🙀.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Update on Carl

Hi All,

Carl's liver cancer procedure is scheduled for next Tuesday. Tiny Radioactive beads will be inserted into the tumor to kill it. Most literature describes it as being as successful as surgery and waaaay less invasive.

It's an out-patient procedure with fatigue and flu like symptoms being the most common side effects. 

The radioactive Yttrium-90 decays to Zirconium so Carl will have fake diamonds in his liver, a claim few can make. 

We are optimistic though impatient to have this behind us.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502