We have been busy since selling our home in North Carolina and relocating to Florida.
We’ve been to Englewood beach a couple of times.
One evening while we were there watching the sunset a storm rolled in. Beautiful sunset to the west. Beautiful thunderstorm to the east. We kept swimming.
We’ve been able to spend time with some of Suzie’s family too:
Nannie
Uncle Frank
Cousins
We got to visit our dog SweeTea on her 11th birthday. She was adopted by Suzie’s cousins and is living happily ever after with them here in Florida.
We celebrated Jeshuah’s 20th birthday. He opted for birthday cookies instead of a birthday cake.
The highway 41 bridge connects Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda and is a favorite walking bridge. We walked across the other day at sunset.
Sunset with a storm rolling in……
Gilchrist park is near the south end of the bridge along the water in Punta Gorda. Jeremiah took a break in this huge compass.
We’ve been getting in a lot of bike riding. The roads are flat and straight which makes it rather enjoyable, unless you take a tumble and get roadrash on your hand!! (Jeshuah lost a battle with a trash can that was beside the road).
Last night we attended a major league baseball game. We went to Tropicana Field in Tampa to watch the Rays. Kyrah, Audrah and Jed wore Rays gear.
They have a 10,000 gallon stingray petting pool inside the stadium.
We sat on the right-field side of the stadium.
Even caught Jedidiah on the big screen trying to get an autograph. Jed’s in the purple shirt wearing a TB ball cap at the left of #39. He was trying to get Bauers’ autograph on a photo of himself and Bauers that was taken at a Durham Bulls game in 2017 when his 8u team was invited to meet with the Bulls.
We have gotten our Florida residency all taken care of: license plates, auto insurance, driver’s licenses, voting registration, address changes etc. (Note to all – The FL drivers license office is much faster and customer service friendly than any we went to in NC).
Next on our list is to get a travel vehicle. We are shopping around.
We’re not in too much of a hurry, we are enjoying ourselves and our slower paced life.
Feel free to leave a comment and say hello.
Awesome you all enjoy!
I’m so glad you started a blog!
I’m going to love following along on your year of adventure!
I’m so glad you decided to do the blog…makes me feel like you aren’t THAT far away. Miss you my friend!
So nice to hear AND SEE from you! We miss you all. Blessings,
The Davenports
Hey guys good to see y’all having fun!
God is good!!!!! Reading this makes me smile! Slower paced life is so awesome and so well deserved! Miss you all so much! Praying for an awesome RV. 🙂
Hi. Hope to see you in September❤️
I love it! We miss you guys (especially on Firdays?) but love seeing all you are up to
Wow you left NC!! Hope u get settled in well!!
HELLO!
Looks like this new chapter in your lives is very different and still exciting as ever! The photos are beautiful… Well, except for the road rash one. ?
Sweet memories are being made with Grandpa, Grandma, uncles, aunts and cousins, I’m sure. Thanks so much for sharing. Love you all! ?
Aunt Renée ?
The big question: Did you take the cows and horse with you? If not, how did you get Audrah to give up Megan?
Good to hear from you, grace, peace and prosperity to all.
Happy to hear y’all are well and hear family!! We will enjoy following you!
We are excited to be able to follow your family adventure, living a bit vicariously through the Lewis Big Trip around the USA.
Hello Lewis Family!
We loved hearing about your adventures, except the road rash one. Praying there won’t be too many of that type. It sounds like great bonding time and wonderful opportunities to be with loved ones. Our love to Suzie’s mom. Enjoyed seeing her in one of your pictures you posted. Love you all and miss you all. Tim & Jo
So glad to get to read your blog. Please keep in touch.
This is so great to see ya all enjoying your time together!!
Its wonderful to see you guys! Praise God for the wonderful adventures ahead ❤
Happy to see you are enjoying your new adventure!
Have fun and keep it going. Best wishes!
So excited for you and your family. Make precious memories and keep sharing.
Good to hear from you guys I hope all is well and we miss you.
So glad to see you all and read about what you have been up to. We love you and miss you all.
Love and miss you all
Loved seeing everything y’all are doing. The kids are getting so big. Thanks so much for letting me know about your blog!! Love you all❤️
Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to see where you all travel and sightseeing! Take care, praying for y’all!!
I’m happy about the blog. I’ll enjoy seeing bits and pieces of your adventures. God bless you all. Give the kiddos a hug for me.
So glad to be following the new adventure
So glad to see that you all are doing well and enjoying yourself. miss you guys , take care and be safe.love y’all!!
Sounds like exactly what you guys wer looking for, family time. Great pictures thanks for the Blog we will keep watching.
Glad you are back home! So sorry the Rib Crib is no longer. Blessings on your new adventure!
You guys have been busy making memories to cherish. Enjoy the new adventures!
Great start. Enjoy the year!
Hey all! We are excited to follow along in your adventures! Love, the Freeman family
Looking forward to lurking on your adventures!
So great to hear what the Lewis family has been up to! I think of you guys when I look at old photos of Pollinator Day. I always loved seeing the kids. I wish you well on your new adventure!
How fun this will be to follow your adventures! We’ll be making memories with you! Love you all!
– Aunt Linda
Wow! Florida is quite a change from NC – hopefully a good one for you all 🙂 Would love to have an address should we ever find ourselves in that neck of the woods (unless you don’t want to be found!)
Great to hear from you. Happy adventures.
So good to read this update and to see the pictures. It looks like life in FL is definitely agreeing with you all. Yay for a slower pace! Enjoy your great adventure.
Actually, we won’t be at our current address, we’ll be on the road for a year.
I love this update 🙂 the kids are growing up and changing so much!
We will be living in an RV, no room for critters. The family that bought the place have the cows and Megan, the horse, and will take good care of them.
The blog is such a great idea. I will definitely be following ya’ll around the country on your adventure! So exciting and I’m very happy for all of you. I know Tom and Margi are among all the North Carolinians who are missing ya’ll already like I did when you left FL. Take good care.
Thanks for taking the time to share this season of your lives with us through this blog! Always so encouraged by the love and unity in your sweet family. What a precious gift from God to have this time together. Enjoy life to the fullest as you take the light of Jesus all around the country!
Was just thinking about you! At least we can see the family resemblance with Uncle Frank. LOL. So glad you are having fun. Haven’t heard from the homestead purchasers, but we have some visitor’s coming to see how we do things soon. Following in your footsteps. God is good.
Love this so much and love you all ❤️
Where in FL are you living? Dan and I would love to visit one day. We don’t mind road trips?
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Hooray! Love the blog!!! So wonderful to see all of you!!
Y’all are such a cool family‼️Most people only dream of having a life like yours….
So you’ve moved to Florida and will then start the RV trip? God Bless you!