Book Sale

Ocala, Florida

Weather: low 75 degrees, high 92 degrees, mostly cloudy skies with light showers

We went to the Ocala Public Library at 1000 hours this morning to take advantage of their book sale. It was a good thing we were there early, because the place was covered up with people that were thinking the same way we were. The library had arranged two large rooms with tables in rows and books covered the tables. We went up one row of tables and back down another row, and had 20 books. Most of the people were getting with the program, treating the rows of tables as though they were one way, but you always have some people who think they are going to do things their own way. Those people insisted on going against the flow, and some of them actually became belligerent because people wouldn't get out of their way.

Both of us agreed that we would have liked to look for more books, but with the big crowd and the rudeness of some of the people, we decided to leave after about 20 minutes. It was a good buying trip, and we've got enough books for a few days. Just kidding. Actually, these should last a couple of months.

We have been to book sales at different libraries over the years, but this one was the busiest one we have seen. At the rate books were being bought, I could see them being sold out by the time they closed this afternoon. That's a good thing!

When we left the library, we decided to have a cheap hamburger from McDonald's for lunch. Today was the first time we had been there since before I was in the hospital in June. We looked at their nutrition information on their menu to see what we could get with lower sodium content. We found that if we bought the McDouble, and left the cheese and pickle off, the sodium content would be low enough that it wouldn't hurt me. Now, that might cause some to say that we took all the flavor off the sandwich, but it has been so long since we had a fast food meal that we thought it was good. Little things mean a lot!

After lunch, we took a drive down to Oklawaha, a little town on Lake Weir. We spent many family outings there back in the day, picnicking and swimming in Lake Weir. Like most places we have visited here since we've been visiting, there has been a lot of change, yet many of the same sights that we remember are still here.

By the time we arrived back at home, we had made a big circle from Ocala to Oklawaha over to Moss Bluff and then back to the RV via Silver Springs. That might seem like a long way, but it was only about 40 miles. After living in Texas as long as we have, 40 miles is nothing.

Remember the blog post about the panhandlers that seem so prevalent here? Well, it seems that they are not so cooperative about sharing the intersections. This past week, two panhandlers operating at the intersection of state road 200 and county road 484 were arrested for impeding traffic and making threats to other panhandlers. In addition, they were charged with assault and aggravated assault for threatening two deputy sheriffs. We have wondered why the county and city allows these people to make such a nuisance of themselves. Maybe this incident will cause changes to be made.

More later, be safe.

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