This apartment complex is lovely and all residents are ages 55+…Bartow is centrally located about 20 miles from where we were at Russ’ farm and about 30 miles from our doublewide at Frostproof. All the facilities we use regularly are within a mile radius…such as Wal-Mart, Publix, Save-A-Lot, Walgreens, our bank and doctor as well as all kinds of eating places. We will only be a few more miles from Randy and Russ’ homes and Randy works in Bartow. The apartment complex is kept immaculate and our apartment has a screened balcony, 2 bedrooms & 2 baths, carpeted with central air and heat, refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and garbage disposal. There are organized activities, an exercise room, computer room with books & videos as well as a beautiful pool and community room.
The downside is that we had to make this move without our faithful and loved friend of over 12 years, Phoebe. We have had to have her put to sleep as she no longer had any quality of life. Over the last couple of months she had become blind as well as her internal organs were shutting down…her food and drink would go straight thru her within a few minutes after consuming them and she had lost over 4 lbs. in just a few short weeks. She was in at least her 13th year as we were told she was at least one year old when we got her from the humane society. Phoebe traveled thousands of miles with us and never met anyone she didn’t love. In memory of our sweet little Phoebe -- 1998-2011
You can check out our new residence at http://www.meetinghouseatbartow.com/
