One Step Closer To OLD!

This is for Thursday

Another beautiful day.  It was quite windy all day which made it a little cool but still very nice.  The wind should die down tomorrow afternoon.  We went to the pool for several hours.  Not very crowded, I'm thinking because of the wind, but that was great for me.  I got to swim some laps again.  Herb never went in the pool.  Got some sun but not too much.  I don't want to ruin a week or more by getting a sunburn.
After the pool we walked further into the resort than we had before exploring our digs.  We found one of the other pools, tennis courts and a bocci ball court.  Here's where we get another step to being old.  We watched some people playing bocci ball and when they finished their game they invited us to play!  We had a very nice time.  At least we haven't played shuffle board yet.  That will take us over the top!  Officially OLD.

View from driver's side of coach

As we continued to walk we came on a pickle-ball court!  Pickle-ball you say!  I never heard of it before but it sure looks like fun.  It's played on a court that looks like a small tennis court or an oversized ping pong table.  There is a net across the middle I would guess about hip high.  You play with a paddle like ping pong only the paddle is bigger and the ball looks like a wiffle ball.  It looks just like ping pong played on the ground and it looks like the rules may be similar too.  I'm going to Google it cause I really want to try it.  We'll have to wait till no one is there to watch us.  Maybe Herb can put a court in the back yard so we can practice for next year!  LOL

Our site.  The pool is across this little street.

Oh yeah, I forgot to show you what I did when Herb went fishing on Sunday.  I didn't bring a cookie sheet so I used the bottom of the broiler pan.  I was anxious to try out the convection oven in here.  Anyway, they didn't turn out the best.  I think the pan was too thick.  We went to Wal-Mart and got a small cookie sheet.  I'll guess I'll have to give it another try. 

No, I didn't make the dough - Nestle's did!

This is for Friday

Another wonderful day in Flahridah.  There was an ad on TV for a shell craft fair on Sanibel Island.  Herb agreed to go.  We also wanted to go down to the Fort Myers beaches and try and find a house we rented there about 9 or so years ago.  Herb's friend from work, that we had lunch with in Key Largo, is thinking about staying in Fort Myers next year.  We told them we would try to get the info for them on this house.  So we took the dog and headed out.

Max checkin out Fort Myers Beach

We drove for a while not sure if we had passed by the house.  It was further down Estero Blvd. than we remembered but we found it.  There were people coming out of the house and sat on the beach so we went to talk to them.  Come to find out that the Dr. that owned it sold it to this guy's brother-in-law and they pretty much don't rent it anymore.  So we decided to walk down the beach.  $2 an hour for the parking meter!  The sand is the nicest sand anywhere.  Very fine and easy to walk in.  It really brought back memories of when we stayed there.  We took pictures of some places in hopes to help Herb's friend.

Walking the beach

Da Beach

Max had a good time walking the beach too!  Good thing I brought along a bottle of water cause he tried drinking the salt

water.

Then we headed over to the crafty thing on Sanibel.  WHOA - $6 to get across the bridge!  How do people afford living there.  Of course this is a very high class area.  It's very expensive to stay here so if you can afford to stay I guess you can afford the bridge toll!  This will probably be our last time on Sanibel.

Crossing the bridge to Sanibel Island

The little shell craft fair was disappointing.  There were VERY few booths.  Maybe 3.  All the items were made with shells.  There was more to see inside the Community Center but you had to pay to get in and no dogs allowed.  So we didn't see what was inside.  So many people stopped us to ask us about Max.  He is a great conversation starter!  The thing that made this all worthwhile was that the school kids had a booth to explain the different kind of shells and the creatures in the shells.  The kids were great and it was very informative. 

When you are crossing over to Sanibel there are a couple of places you can stop and enjoy the view.  We stopped and took this picture to show the sea shells.  The island is made from shells.  I've never seen so many.  Some of them are very big, I hope you can see that, and they are really heavy.

I bought my sister Mary a little thank you gift for her taking care of the house, plants and outside birds while we are gone.  Here's a picture of it.

Ooops.  Forgot to take it out of the bag.  My bad!

Heading back.  See the bridge in the background.  Click on it to enlarge.

It's been pretty breezy here the last few days.  The wind has finally died down.  The forecast for Sunday is thunder storms.  Bring em!