March 23 - 27, 2014

Warm in Bonita Springs, company great, food excellent but Denyse had a bit of an accident and broke 2 ribs. She is in quite a bit of pain and not able to do a lot. We relaxed, watched golf tournament, chatted, read and ate well. We left on Monday and had a "lovely drive" north in the rain. A little side trip to the Ellenton Outlet Mall for a break and then onto Sharman and Roy's for the night. Great to see them and get caught up with all the news and of course Sharman cooked a fantastic dinner and fed us well. On Tuesday we checked into Far Horizons for our stay until April 30th - good to be here and listen to the waves 24/7. Unpacked somewhat, picked up a few groceries, and then met Bob and Karen for supper at the Salt Rock restaurant overlooking the Inner Coastal Waterway. Weather has been cloudy, cool, a bit of sun, rain showers - depends on what time of day it is. Wednesday we pick up my rental car and then went to a Toronto - New York Yankees spring league ballgame with Bob and Karen. Great game - Toronto down 6-1 after the second and came around and won the game 10-6. We were all dressed in long pants and sweaters at the start but the sun did come out and warm up the day a bit.

Rounded out the day at Crabby Bill's for a beer and appetizers of crab, nachos, and chicken wings. The Maritimes are being hit by another blizzard today and we did talk to all the kids and everyone safely tucked in at home. 30-50 cm of snow and high winds of over 100kms .  Katja's birthday so maybe we will call it  "Katja Juan".  Today Bernie left for Daytona for a nine day golf trip with the Amherst guys - he took side roads across the State and arrived safe and sound.  I spent the day roaming around JoAnn's, Barnes and Noble, the grocery store and puttering in our unit. The weather is still cool, cloudy and showers. Bob and Karen dropped off their extra groceries as they are heading home tomorrow. Looks like rainy weather for a couple of more days.  Happy 30th birthday Greg !