Did I tell you about our house? Walk out the front door and look left. Five blocks down the street, but in sight, is the bay and a small marina. If you like, you can take advantage of "You Only Live Once" parasailing at this spot. This name did not inspire great confidence. Thus, no parasailing this trip . . .
And if you look to the right, across the street, paradise.
Our own little piece of paradise; Kathryn said it looks like the Caribbean. Early morning strolls filed with wild life, turtle-watching, and yes John, even an occasional tree. Once planted for windbreaks, these Australian pines don't fare well here. They are gradually being replaced with native Florida palms.
http://www.islandturtles.com/
Waiting patiently next to a fellow casting into the surf was this guy; thinking he'd get breakfast without much effort, I guess. Let the human do the fishing . . .
Acknowledging that we only live once and wanting to take advantage of the perfect weather, we opted out of parasailing in favor of paddle boarding.
After a morning of hard paddling, it was lunch on the beach and seafood for all.
If you know anything about us, you know we're all about food. After a little shopping and a power nap, we ventured out for supper. Since it looks like the Caribbean, why not eat Caribbean? So we did!
Then off to catch the sunset . . .
Day 2 - Breakfast at the French "creperie" - tres magnifique!
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34097-d391883-Reviews-Island_Creperie-Bradenton_Beach_Anna_Maria_Island_Florida.html
Headed to Lido Key for a kayak adventure through the mangrove tunnels. Our guide, Kelly, sharing a conch as we paddled around looking for manatees.
Manatees, according to Kelly, can be very social or not. We eventually happened upon a "pod" of 14 manatees. They checked us out briefly, swam around our kayaks, and then headed off to finish eating. Amazing!
So is this house, amazing . . . just one of many throughout Sarasota.
Then paddled off to the mangrove tunnels, originally dug out in the 1950's so the area would be more habitable - for humans.
http://discovermagazine.com/2011/apr/21-mangrove-tree-captures-carbon-filters-saltwater-stops-storms
Wet, tired, and salty, we head home to eat pizza and then enjoy our last sunset together!
Is it breakfast yet? Off to the
for a seaside breakfast of Belgian waffles
and then it's back to T-town for Kathryn and Emily : (
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