After more doctor stuff in the morning (nothing wrong, except the crazy health care system) we drove south to Sanford, Florida to check out the bike trails there. In a lakeside park we noticed this bird, who was obviously used to digging around in the trash cans for food. We started on the Sanford RiverWalk. It passed a marina, where we like to look at the big boats. The Sanford RiverWalk follows along the southern shore of Lake Monroe. We saw lots of people out enjoying the nice riverwalk. We continued on a big bridge over the lake. View from the bridge. On the other side of the bridge we reached the city of DeBary. We found ourselves at Lake Monroe Park. There are several nice trails in the area. The trail we picked up here apparently is part of the Coast To Coast Trail System, as well as the Heart Of Florida Trail System. Our maps call this the Spring to Spring Trail, and this picture doesn't do justice to how pretty this section of the trail was. We made sure to not stop and put our feet down when passing by these high power lines. We made that mistake one time years ago, and we still vividly remember the uncomfortable charge we felt. After a nice bike ride we walked around historic downtown Sanford, which was all lit up for the holidays. We found nice murals and sculptures around the town. Cara loved this metal sculpture. Eric had a taste for German potato salad, and there was a German restaurant (Hollerbach's) in the town that came highly recommended, so we had dinner there. Eric was able to satisfy his craving, and Cara got potato pancakes, which she also loves.

Knowing that Thanksgiving was going to be an eating fest, Cara and Ann went for a walk in the morning to preemptively burn off some of the calories they would be consuming. We failed to get pictures of the rest of the day, which consisted of Uncle Rick cooking, Eric organizing the electrical situation in our minivan, and Cara doing laundry and a little computer work. Around 4 pm we had a yummy dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, garden salad, and dinner rolls. We all ate too much, then sat and talked and watched football games until we passed out.

We called Cara's uncle and aunt, Rick and Ann, because they are just a couple hours north of St. Augustine in St. Simons Island, Georgia. They were happy to hear from us and invited us up for Thanksgiving, so we made plans to arrive on Wednesday before dark.

We made it St. Augustine, Florida and lasting warm weather, and that is a wonderful thing! Then we joined a gym for exercise and access to showers, as many digital nomads do. Later we decided to walk around the Historic District.

We've been blessed with less cold weather than usual this autumn, but temperatures will start to fall, so it's time to head to warmer climes. So, we winterized our RV and began our slow journey south. We had hoped to make it to this month's Bike Party in Indianapolis, and we succeeded! It was a fun 29.3 mile bike ride - about 14 miles get downtown and back to our friends', plus about 15 miles for the Bike Party ride. We thoroughly enjoyed the night, getting home around 1 am, and we were thrilled that it wasn't freezing cold. But, we're ready for real warmth, lol.

Sorry for the long silence, but life threw us a curveball, and we had to roll with it. So, we enjoyed our time in Canada, then went back to Buffalo, NY for a few days before heading back to Indianapolis in hopes of making the September Bike Party. Eventually, the insurance company of the tow truck driver that hit us (oh, the irony!) paid us out for the new bikes, bike rack, and a totaled vehicle. At this same time, we also got new bikes and bike rack. I know, we have had terrible luck with bikes, so we are praying that bad luck is over now.

We had stayed the previous 2 nights in Markham, Ontario. We decided to head west for about an hour to another northern suburb of Toronto. We got there at about noon and had a really nice day. Perfect weather and it was nice to see how people lived in Burlington.

Markham was very cool. It was a wealthy area with exotic cars and luxurious houses. We had a really good parking spot so we decided to stay an extra day. We wanted to see more of the town so we biked out a whole different area and did a big loop around the city. There were lots of bike lanes and bike paths and residential neighborhoods. We made a big loop that took us all day to do.

This trail in the Unionville area of Markham was recommended to us by our friend Jesse. It didn't disappoint. Markham was a rich area and it showed with the trail system. They had a million bridges and put a lot of work into this trail system.