March 3 - Naples and Sarasota, Florida

 

Water slide at Sun Outdoors Sarasota,

our new campground 

Pickleball courts at campground 

In celebration of our 21st wedding 

anniversary March 1st. Thank you, Ken.

We didn’t pack any vases so had to be

creative. 

Sarasota campground 

Ken is happy to see treadmills again.

Indoor pool at campground 

Outdoor pool - the biggest yet 

There are also 2 large hot tubs, a restaurant, and bar.

Ann, Rudy, Jennifer and Rose

Ann is first cousins with my godmother Elaine.

We had a nice visit at their place in Naples.

Rose and Abby 

Martha and Ken

They knew each other in high school. She and

her husband live in Naples.

Rose, Jenn, Terri, Jim, and Ken

Shannon Hoffbeck’s parents who have a place in Naples.

We had a lovely dinner with them.

Carol and Ken

She was the pastor’s wife at the church Ken attended

growing up. Her daughter Martha was in the photo above. 

JC and Jennifer 

We worked together in Soldotna at a community health

center.  JC lives in Sarasota. 

Statue in Sarasota 

Does it look like a magazine cover from Life? 

Summing up this week in one word: visiting. We had lovely visits with the persons pictured above. It seems that a lot of people have places in Florida. I am so grateful that they like it here so much. The heat just isn’t for me. My glasses steam up leaving the camper, I sweat with minimal activity, and being outside from 10-5 is only possible if I’m mostly immersed in water. Ken on the other hand seems to enjoy the heat but he is happy that there is a fitness center here that has A/C. 

I learned this week that if you are baking something in the oven and your camper is not perfectly level, it can slide. Things that just don’t happen in a house. And Ken still talks as if we are in a house like, “Can you get me something from the living room?” I gently remind him that we don’t have one but if he wants me to take 3 steps, I definitely can. 

We did leave Naples on Friday and we are now in Sarasota, roughly 113 miles north of Naples. Our new campground with over 500 sites has a lot of amenities as pictured above. We are here for a week then will head to Orlando. 

Thank you for the prayers for health, safety and good travels. There are a lot of bugs (sicknesses) going around here in Florida so prayers for us to be well are really appreciated.