Silver Surf Gulf Beach Resort
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Silver Surf Gulf Beach Resort from our 4 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Bradenton Beach
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
... social security card so I had to also make a trip to the SS Office where there were many unhappy people. Their reception systems issues a number based on the services you need and once the numbers started to be called many individuals were sure their number should be called first. Quite a lot of grumbling ensued and I tried to start a cheerful conversation with the people seated near me. After ...
Pottering
... bags off him for fear he would break his back!! (he could hardly lift them, let alone carry them to my car)! Sat on the beach looking at the pier at sunset. Wrote postcards whilst sitting on the sand, watching pelicans swoop for fish in the sea in front of me. It's as idilic as it sounds! Was sitting on the balcony this evening, catching up on some emails-but kept hearing rattles from the trees below me ...(I think it was a snake-eeeeep!!) -so came inside ...
Birthday bliss
... around the shops and stopped for a coffee and to open my birthday cards. It's so warm, it really doesn't feel like my birthday -apparently its snowing at home-Luton airport has had to close! Was lovely to open some cards. My best friend jess (who gave me a card in aug-that's ridiculous planning!) always puts confetti in her cards-but for some reason, I forgot this. I opened the card whilst sat outside the cafe, and it exploded glittery champagne glasses all over me! Made ...
Home for the Holidays!
... minutes to unpack our bags and start some laundry. We then set off for Publix to replenish the fridge and pantry. I wanted to check out Cosco and Trader Joe's but Lars really didn't have the stamina to tackle two new grocery sources on our first day back so I'll do that tomorrow.
After our shopping spree at Publix we returned to the house to check on all of our electronic "stuff". We had a brief problem with our Verizon DSL and I think we need to check on ...