Anna Maria Island Beach Resort
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The realities of homecoming!
We have one week under our belts at home in Florida. The joys of travel and homecoming have now faded with the reality of taking care of business.
As I wrote last week we did some pressing essentials right away but instead of decreasing, our "to do" list seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. This morning I scheduled appointments for repairs to our dishwasher, ice maker and wine fridge. They all decided to let us know they been missing us!
We ...
Home sweet home
I wanted to write an entry while I'm still mentally between continents and homes.
It was wonderful to return to Sarasota and we've spent this week reviving our routines and catching up with details that needed attention once we were back.
My first order of business was the renewal of an expiring driver's license. Of course it was more complicated that I expected. I couldn't ...
Pottering
... of people don't have a very good pension (apparently state pensions don't really exist- at least not like they do in the UK-where most people can live off it). So a lot of the local businesses are staffed by people trying to supplement their retirement income. It's a bit odd to see. The man who packed my bag in the supermarket today looked like he was late 70s (not even joking). He offered to carry it to my car for me. I felt like he was a patient. I ...
Birthday bliss
... out loud-everyone stared at me, but I didn't care! Made me feel at home :) As much as I absolutely love it out here-I think that it would be hard to be away from family and friends at birthdays and Christmas. Went to watch the sunset on the beach. The water is so clear and the sand so white. It's so beautiful that it's almost surreal. You feel like your watching it on tv-that it must be cgi-nothing real could be this stunning. But it is. Had dinner overlooking the beach. ...
Port Richey FL to Pinellas Park FL
... case, the path is just not visible from the highway. Larry, now remembering yesterday's event when they drove over this bridge his dad had said, "I wonder what this bridge is for, I don't see any tracks and there's no river." And that's all that was said with no conclusions made from the observation! Yet even on her bike, Devon rode right past the Trail Head anyway! ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
- Kids activities or Babysitting
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