We rolled out the welcome mat
for Melissa and Brian who arrived on Thursday, January 12 and stayed
through the weekend! It was great to have them here! The weather
remained sunny but was cooler than we would have liked. Cool enough
that we couldn’t enjoy the outside sidewalk restaurants and we didn’t go
swimming but we had a great time!
The
picture above is of the new flip flop mat replacing the original mat
made out of flip flops. Wires that could really make a mess out of your
foot were sticking out of the mat. Time to recycle it and get a new
one!
As Ken posted we spent the first
day at the Ringling Museum! Brian and Melissa are standing in the banyan forest on the grounds of the museum property.
The rose garden was gorgeous, not in full bloom this time of year but blooming enough to demonstrate its beauty!
The famous statue of the “Kiss” created after the photo taken of the nurse
and the soldier embracing at the end of the war stands at the edge of
Marina Jack! Of course we had to reenact the statue! You can see how
big the statue is by how small Brian and Melissa are!
Day 2 we headed out on 20BUCK$ for a cruise out to the gulf. Our intent was
to go out “New Pass”, cruise down the gulf waters past the Siesta Beach
and then back into the intracoastal waterway via “Big Sarasota Pass”.
Best intentions, right! Local knowledge had told us that they always
recommend Big Sarasota Pass because New Pass is narrow and has some
shallow water depths! They thought with our 3’ draft we could make it
though! Well.......we almost made it! About 2/3 of the way through we
had showed 2’ on the depth finder which is really 4’ of water but the
captain decided it was silly to continue and risk bumping the bottom so
we turned around and headed out Big Sarasota Pass. The wind was blowing
pretty hard and the ride was less than relaxing, lots of mixed up seas
and of course the crab pots that just added to the angst! It was a
short ride and an uncomfortable ride but we made it safely back to the
dock! Not a very good first experience for Brian and Melissa in big
water on the 20BUCK$!
The last day we headed to the beach at Siesta Key! As you can see we were not in
bathing suits but we enjoyed the beautiful beach, the sun and ocean for
the afternoon. The seagulls are many on the beach. This particular
one was not there this day but on a previous day! She or he with
feathers standing on end was just squawking to beat the band at her/his
partner! What a riot!
We said farewell to Brian and Melissa on Monday and Mom had some more
tearful moments as they drove away! That is the hard part of the
trip.....I am away from my wonderful son and daughter in law!
Our friends Jan and Rusty aboard CBAY arrived at Marina Jack over the weekend! Last
night we went to Yoder’s Amish restaurant for dinner. WOW......home
cooked meals that were HUGE and delicious plus they are famous for their
pies as demonstrated by their sign out front! If you can’t read it, it
says “Keep Calm and Eat more Pie!” We did just that!
Rusty and Jan left today but I am sure we will meet up again along the way!
The weather today is gorgeous so I will sign off and go enjoy it!
Pat
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