Friday, November 22, 2013

First Florida Winter Visitors of 2013 - 2014

Our first visitors this winter were our dear friends from Wisconsin, Bruce & Cheryl.  They arrived on Nov 12th in Tampa and it was a great reunion, just like we have never been apart.

We started with a trip to the Columbia Restaurant at St Armand's Circle in Sarasota and had a great lunch together.  It is one of our favorite Florida restaurants, especially when we get to share it with great friends.

Spent a day at Gasprilla Island, Boca Grande Beach.

Fun early Linner at South Beach Grill, cool drinks and spicy seafood!


At Manasota Beach, great day on the Gulf!

We also enjoyed some time at Siesta Key Beach!  Voted the best beach in the USA in 2012, the sand is like powder sugar and so white it hurts your eyes.


Shelling was a lot of fun on the beaches, Bruce and Cheryl found many shark's teeth and a lot of great seashells.  We never tire of hunting for those beautiful shells!


We enjoyed some fun golf at Myakka Pines Golf Club, our favorite course!


Our time together was wonderful, besides beaching we spent time golfing, swimming, shopping, playing games (Bruce is the Wizard champ with high score of 510!), eating and just relaxing in the sun together.  Time went by way too fast.




Cheryl was again a great help with decorating our Florida home with her special touches.  The placement of the new china cabinet is just perfect and we will think of her when we enjoy the look.
























The sunsets were beautiful and we enjoyed many.




It was a great week and looking forward to their return visit in Feb 2014!

Happy Thanksgiving!