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January 19th, 2008 | Author: Heidi

Bacchus! All of the people that we have met here in the Marina all go for Happy Hour at Bacchus! It is a nice chance to catch up with everyone – although to be honest, we see almost everyone daily.

The group has welcomed us with open arms. I enjoy them all. There are teachers, quilters, artists…people that live full time on their boats, others that have homes or RVs that they enjoy when they aren’t boating (or in the summer).

Cheers!

I leave you with this last picture. There is a museum in the historical section (which is where we are) and it is being completely restored. There are 2 large black circular pieces that are in front of the museum. They are made out of metal and have words that are cut into them. I have walked by them many times during the day and tried to figure out why the pieces are even there. I think that the words are the names of plants…but at night, this is what the pieces do. It is a sight to behold.

This is the front of the museum. Love it!

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Farkle Night

January 18th, 2008 | Author: Heidi

I so wanted to go to the Farmer’s Market and was on my way to the store when I realized that I had forgotten my cash…no freshly baked bread for us. We did dinner on our boat and taught the Barrys Farkle. Jameson had given us Pirate Farkle and we all had a great time. The Barry’s went to Miami to look at a gray parrot that they are getting. I think that they should name the little darling, yep: Farkle.

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Shopping

January 17th, 2008 | Author: Heidi

Those of you who really know us, know how much we HATE shopping! And imagine being somewhere without a car and really not a clue where everything is. Fort Myers is a sprawling city. It takes forever to get anywhere. The Barrys are letting us use their car when we need one. We thank them so much for that. But today, we all needed so many things.

Into their car we go…we hit, Lowes (a microwave convection oven for me); TJ Maxx (just to look but did find a treasure or two); Costco (duh); Sam’s Club (Barrys’ spot); and Totally Wine (another duh for those of you who KNOW us). At Sam’s Kelley bought us a pizza and we treated dinner and ate on Free Spirit with Dianne and Bob.

We were all tired puppies, but not too tired to play Mexican Train. Ann, I sure wish I had your game with the whistle!

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Return to Fort Myers – January 15th

January 16th, 2008 | Author: Heidi

Well, the adventure has begun. We took a new flight out of John Wayne Airport and it left later than the one we normally have taken. This meant a closer connection in Houstonâ€¦we all made it! All meaning us and the bags. We arrived at 4ish and so did our slip neighbors, Dianne and Bob Barry. They were flying in from Colorado. Bless Dianneâ€™s heart, she arranged a taxi that we shared to the marina.

An hour later, we are unpacked and off to dinner at the Morgan House. Didn’t take Kelley too long to get back into boat mode.