Friday, February 7th – Shopping and Swimming.

We cooked a hearty breakfast this morning to fortify ourselves for a siege on the flea market. It is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

 

Corinne mapped out a plan of attack last night so she led us into the battlefield. We were there a good 4 ½ hours and still did not get to scope out every booth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stopped shortly after noon to fortify ourselves and each of us bought our lunch from a different vendor.

 

By the end of our excursion, all of us had purchased more than one item. I saw some things that interested me that I did not buy today. Perhaps, I will go back there before we leave Florida.

 

After we got back to the condo, we changed clothes and went to the neighborhood swimming pool. This is the first time we have been to the pool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the signs posted at the pool notes that the maximum temperature of the pool is 104°. Surely, it means the hot tub that is at one end. The pool water was almost too warm at this afternoon.

 

We nixed our plans to eat dinner at home and went to a restaurant. The first one we selected had a 60 minute wait to be seated. We all were very hungry, so we left there and drove a few miles to another one where we were seated within 15 minutes.

 

Back at “home” we watched the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games while Andy and his family packed their luggage. They have an early flight back to Maryland tomorrow and it looks like they might be landing in snowy weather. It was cold when they left there last week. They have been blessed with warm temperatures and sunshine this week and now they will be back in the freezer. Maybe their memories of this visit to southwest Florida will help to keep them warm.