A day with Bryan & Monica

December 26-27, 2009

One extra day with Bryan and Monica

It’s been awhile since I have been able to post so I want to tell you about the extra day we had with Bryan & Monica.

Holly, Matt and Judy all left on Saturday, December 26^th. We were thankful that M&B stayed so that we could be weaned gently from all the fun and activity of having family around.

Mark and Bryan played some golf as Monica and I walked along for part of it and then took rides for the last 9 holes. We were able to get some interesting pictures of the wildlife. We finally saw an alligator in the wild at one of the ponds on the course. We are convinced that he was real – although the birds seemed to have no fear and we didn’t even see this guy wink or twitch.

We later took an Estero Bay cruise in the dinghy. We learned that this was not a throughway for bigger boats with more than a 4 foot draft. We found several marinas that we had heard about – Snook Bight and Salty Sam’s. We also probably saw the last manatee still in the bay area. Most manatees had moved up river or to the warm water outlet from the power company because of the impending chilly weather.

Sadly, Monica and Bryan left for Miami on Monday morning so that they could spend a day and night there as they had a very early flight out on Tuesday.

This was a great first two weeks in Florida