The sun came up and so did we. We all had a great time bringing in the New Year. Bruce and Ann joined us for a home cooked Canadian breakfast, complete with Canadian peameal bacon and real Ontario maple syrup. After a few coffee's Bruce and Ann went home and Don and I went for a walk. You would never have known that there had been a party in the street just hours before. The city was immaculate....
For the next few days we stayed around Ft Meyers and the boat and did some chores. We started to do inventories of the boat. Don with all his extra parts and where they were located on the boat and I started to do another food inventory and also where they were. The weather has been great but we are expecting some rain, and heavy at times so they say. Tony, Shirley and Don went golfing and Don fared okay, just okay.... I stayed and made Special dinner for Don and a special belated birthday cheesecake for Tony. Happy Birthday Tony!!!! The next day we all when to the Edison and Ford Winter Estates for the tour. It was a great tour but we thought a little over priced for what was there... We had bumped into Larry and Caryl from Prime Time at Publics. So Shirley invited us all over for dinner. Great time with great friends. It was so nice to see Larry and Caryl.
Well the rains came and they were heavy. At least we don't have to wash the boat.... My sister Lori just got back from a cruise and was in Lakeland visiting a friend Cheryl and they decided to come and visit us for a few days. They arrived mid afternoon on Wed. the 9th to 85 degrees. We took them to Joe's crab shack for a snack before dinner. We went for a walk down town and Don took his dingy out for a run. Some of the live-aboards try to do a "Wed. Get-Together" and had invited us to join them. Lori and Cheryl had a super time. We had nibbled on so much we decided to come back and relax with a glass of wine or two and then ordered a pizza. Lots of fun....
On Thurs. the 10th we decided to go to the beach. We decided to go to Sanibel Island and the beaches there since we had not seen them. Beautiful day with a nice breeze. The beaches were great and for midweek quite busy. We stopped at the Purple Giraffe for a cold beer, but it was in a Resort area complex with lots of up-scale shops so that meant shopping..... Tony and Shirley joined us for dinner. We all combined things and put on a super spread. By the end of the day and a few more glasses of wine we were all tired. I am so, so glad my sister and Cheryl are here. It is so special to me to have my family here.... Thanks Lolly....
For the next few days we stayed around Ft Meyers and the boat and did some chores. We started to do inventories of the boat. Don with all his extra parts and where they were located on the boat and I started to do another food inventory and also where they were. The weather has been great but we are expecting some rain, and heavy at times so they say. Tony, Shirley and Don went golfing and Don fared okay, just okay.... I stayed and made Special dinner for Don and a special belated birthday cheesecake for Tony. Happy Birthday Tony!!!! The next day we all when to the Edison and Ford Winter Estates for the tour. It was a great tour but we thought a little over priced for what was there... We had bumped into Larry and Caryl from Prime Time at Publics. So Shirley invited us all over for dinner. Great time with great friends. It was so nice to see Larry and Caryl. 
Well the rains came and they were heavy. At least we don't have to wash the boat.... My sister Lori just got back from a cruise and was in Lakeland visiting a friend Cheryl and they decided to come and visit us for a few days. They arrived mid afternoon on Wed. the 9th to 85 degrees. We took them to Joe's crab shack for a snack before dinner. We went for a walk down town and Don took his dingy out for a run. Some of the live-aboards try to do a "Wed. Get-Together" and had invited us to join them. Lori and Cheryl had a super time. We had nibbled on so much we decided to come back and relax with a glass of wine or two and then ordered a pizza. Lots of fun....
On Thurs. the 10th we decided to go to the beach. We decided to go to Sanibel Island and the beaches there since we had not seen them. Beautiful day with a nice breeze. The beaches were great and for midweek quite busy. We stopped at the Purple Giraffe for a cold beer, but it was in a Resort area complex with lots of up-scale shops so that meant shopping..... Tony and Shirley joined us for dinner. We all combined things and put on a super spread. By the end of the day and a few more glasses of wine we were all tired. I am so, so glad my sister and Cheryl are here. It is so special to me to have my family here.... Thanks Lolly....
