Well it is a sad time but it is time for us to move on again. We have said good bye to Tom and Linda before but as I am sure we will meet up again. It is always a great time with the two of them and we are lucky to have them in our friends of boaters. It was also hard to say good bye to Treasure Island Yacht Club. Great please to stop with friendly staff, great pool and Tiki Bar and great food. So we bid Linda and Tom good bye and head to another favorite spot, Sarasota. We have been there by car but am looking forward to staying on our boat there. We had just another great day to travel. We left at 9:45AM on Sun the 2nd and the temperature was already 73. We had a beautiful area to travel through, the remainder of St Joseph Sound and the ICWW to Boca Ciega Bay and then out into the Gulf at the North Channel and came in at the Egmont Channel. It was a beautifully calm day in the Gulf. Anyone doing the crossing will be having a wonderful time. We picked up the ICWW and then down the long Sarasota Bay to Marina Jack Marina in the heart of Sarasota. It is a very large well equipped and maintained marina. Another boat pulled in beside use called the _______ Linda. We helped them with their lines and introduced ourselves to them. Doug and Linda Cardente were from Maine but had a home in Palmetto and were out for a few days cruising. After we were all settled in we went for a walk and then back to the Marina Jack Bart for a drink, listen to the live music and to watch the sun set, again.... Never too many sunsets. We decided to go to the Italian restaurant we went by earlier for dinner Ca's Antica on Palm Ave. We sat outside and had one of the best dinners, Don a veal chop and I had veal Marsala. Five stars in our books. It was a lovely nite walking back to the boat. We wanted to have a nite cap and listen to the music but it all stopped at 9PM. Oh well the next time.
On Mon.the 3rd we had decided to ride our bike across the causeway to St Armand's Circle and the Lido Beach and walk along the beach and look for some shells. The last time here I found some of the best shell ever but this time they were few and far between. It was a very long ride but the beach was worth it and the water was nice. We stopped and had a very refreshing cold beer in the circle before heading back across the causeway. We relaxed for a bit on the boat before we headed off to the Ringling Brothers Museum and the Ringling Mansion "Ca d Zan". Don and I were amazed at the estate and the Circus Museum. There was so much to see, we could have spent half a day there. There was a large section of the Circus Museum were they had built the whole life of the circus all in miniature made all mostly by Howard Tibbal. You have to be there and see it to believe it, unbelievably amazing. We walked the exquisite grounds and up to their palatial mansion. It is a display of decadent wealth.
Back at the marina we invited Doug and Linda to join us for drink and to see the sun set. It was another beautiful sunset and a perfect way to end a perfect day. We decided to eat at the Marina's up scale restaurant. We had another great dinner in a lovely dining room and a great waiter Gerard. Came back to the boat and had a nite cap and called it a nite. Long day....
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