Getting to Orlando
Mango blossoms in Orlando On February 1 we left Rochester to spend seven weeks away from winter in Florida. The weather in Rochester had been relatively mild for winter and when we left it didn't feel all that wintry. However, within a week, our decision to flee was vindicated by a winter storm that was predicted to drop 11 inches of snow with temperatures in the single digits. By that time, we were in Orlando where we enjoyed clear weather in the seventies. But before that, we spent two days in Centreville VA near Dulles Airport with my brother Tom and his wife Sarah. It was an easy seven-hour drive there with clear weather and gradually increasing warmth. We were treated to a delicious dinner on our arrival and enjoyed visiting. While we had seen them two weeks earlier in Kansas City at our sister Louisa's funeral, we really had not been able to just relax two of our favorite people. KC boy showing his colors KC going crazy after victory However, the