Friday, April 29, 2022. Naples to Mims FL
We packed up and saw Jack and Sharon off early in the morning. Since we were up early, Ben checked to see if he could get an Apple store appointment closer to Mims where we will spend the next two nights. Waiting for the noon appointment at the Naples store would have put us in Mims late at night. Fortunately, Orlando is en route and there are two Apple Stores there. Bonnie suggested the Florida Mall location as more convenient for our travel route, and fortunately, Ben was able to make an appointment for 1:30pm.
His iPhone had deteriorated overnight to the point where the screen digitizer was completely non-functional, along with the FaceTime camera. He was lucky to have been able to coax it to complete an iCloud back up last night before the digitizer was completely dead. The Apple store recommended replacement rather than attempting repair since it was most likely damage from salt water intrusion. Ben upgraded to the iPhone 13 Pro, which adds 5G cellular capability, more storage, 3 camera lenses including a super wide angle, and better battery life, as well as MagSafe charging and accessories. The wide angle lens will come in handy, as well as the more advanced camera modes.
The drive from Naples to Orlando was characterized by extensive pine forests on flat terrain, as well as “love bugs” spattering the windshield and front of the RV by the hundreds.
We ran into plenty of dense traffic as we approached the Disney properties near Orlando.
We arrived in Mims and were greeted by Kathy and John, whom we had played trivia with during our 2018 60 day South America circumnavigation cruise just in time to step into their back yard and watch a Space Ex Starlink satellite launch. During broad daylight at 5:23pm, it looked like a brilliant flare streaking upward into the clouds. There is a stand of pines behind Kathy and John’s back yard so we had to look for the rocket through some tree trunks and branches, but it was a unique sight.
Kathy and John had recently moved from Miami to Mims to escape some of the urban craziness and crowding. They have a 7 year old golden retriever “Buddy” who was very excited to have house guests to play with him. We did some catching up while Kathy made a fabulous shrimp and grits for dinner that Ben will have to try to duplicate when we get back home and start to get some fresh spot prawns.
When we were on the South America Cruise, we saw Kathy frequently working on a very intricate Disney Sorcerer’s Apprentice cross stitch, so it was rewarding to see the finished product hanging in a picture frame in their new home.
Kathy and John have a similar sized class C RV but it doesn’t have any slides. They were gracious enough to allow us to park ours in their driveway and hook up to power, so we can run the air conditioner. We should sleep well tonight.
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