We drove to St. Petersburg today. I wanted to see the Sunken Gardens and it was a nice day for it. The gardens started in 1903 when George Turner bought the property. It's a 4 acre site, so nothing like Busch Gardens in Victoria. There was a small lake on the property that was 10 feet below sea level. He drained it and used that area for the sunken garden. The city of St. Petersburg owns it now and it's maintained by volunteers. There were numerous displays of di...

Saturday morning on a nice sunny day is a good time for a drive. We decided to check out the farmer's market in downtown Sarasota. This time we were smarter and didn't eat first. There were more food kiosks and less farmers and crafts people. One of the vendors was handing out samples of an apricot walnut scone. It was delicious, so we shared one of those. Then we happened upon a booth by Alpine Steakhouse. They had everything from Cuban sandwiches to ahi tuna. S...

We went out for breakfast this morning to the Savory Restaurant. It's pretty close to here. It was a nice sunny morning, so we sat on the patio to enjoy our eggs Benedict and skillet. It's a very well kept and spotless restaurant. The entire wall of the patio has a mural painted on it. We went to the beach today. There were quite a few sailboats on the water today, as well as sea do is and a motorized glider flew by. We noticed some people looking at something in...

It was a nice sunny day today so we decided to hang out at the pool. The last time we went to the pool, Jody was here. Dave and I decided to go back to the condo to make dinner and went out one of the 3 gates. Of course it slammed shut behind us and locked. None of us had keys to the pool and We weren't going to climb over the fence, so we had to tramp across this drainage area. It's pretty wide and of course, muddy. By the time we got across the ditch, mud had o...

Took Jody to the airport this morning. On the way, we had to make a pit stop at the Yellow Banks Grove shop so Jody could have her last orange ice cream cone. Yes, I realize that it was 9 am! Dave told the clerk that she had to have 1 last ice cream on her way to the airport. She said you've been here many times already and wouldn't let her pay. Just reminded me of her story when she was a kid about her best ever, super lucky day. She bought a lot of stuff here b...