Visiting in Sebring

Once again, we were able to sleep in until nearly 6 am. After our raisin bran and yogurt breakfast we looked at options for the remaining days of our Florida vacation. We were pleased to have a video call with the Koehler’s a little before 8 am. It was great to see them.

At 8:30 we left for Sebring to visit our friends, Steve and Marcia. We stopped at a Racetrac gas station to fill the Corolla rental car. This is the first fuel that we had to buy since renting it on Wednesday afternoon. We were happy that we had used less than 10 gallons of gas in all the driving that we have done this week. The first part of the 90-minute drive to Sebring was a little foggy, but the sun cleared the fog about 45 minutes into our drive. As we neared Sebring, Mary spotted a group of wild hogs in a pasture. We stopped the car and saw about 25 pigs including a large boar, several sows and about 20 piglets of varying ages and sizes. Although we had seen a great deal of damage from the feral swine at several of our hiking locations, this was the first group of pigs that we had seen this week.

We were so busy visiting that we forgot to take any
photos so this is one of Steve & Marcia from 2020

We hung out with Steve and Marcia for over an hour then went to lunch at Dimetri’s Restaurant near their home. We have been there several times before and have always had excellent meals. This visit was no exception We were happy to ride in Marcia’s “hippy bus,” a 1977 Volkswagen minibus painted in a psychedelic theme. Marcia had the shepherd’s pie, Steve had the fish sandwich, Mary and I had the special which was two local grouper filets. One was stuffed with spinach and the other with crab. Everyone enjoyed their meal.

After lunch we went back to their house for a visit, leaving around 3 pm. As predicted, our time with them was a highlight of our trip to Florida. They are great friends, and we treasure every minute that we are able to spend with them.

We took a southern route back to Sebring through the town of Arcadia and stopped at a small park near Saratoga called Rothenbach Park. We walked the 2.7-mile nature trail around the park to get our daily walk in. We left the park just before they closed the gates at 6 pm and stopped at a nearby Publix market to get breakfast items and fruit that we would need for the remainder of the trip. We really like Publix and find that the quality of their food items is typically good.

We arrived back at the AirBnB apartment before 7 pm and watched the recorded service from our Georgetown United Methodist Church. We are considering kayaking tomorrow but our options for the day are open.