We went grocery shopping again to restock for our last two days here. (It gets to be so expensive eating out.) We had eggs and bagels for breakfast.
As we were checking the temperature and pool/beach activity from our condo balcony, we discovered that the “Spring Break Attack” had begun! Some bikini-clad coeds decided to try the pool directly in front of our balcony…the UNHEATED one. One girl dipped her foot in the pool and said, “Whoa, it’s freezing!” Another braver girl plopped her float in the pool and jumped onto it. We could actually hear her scream through closed balcony doors, “It’s like the Arctic!” She made it out of the pool in Olympic-record time! Then some kind seniors walking by told them the next pool over was heated.
About two minutes after breakfast I was walking down to the pool and beach. I read my kindle by the pool for a while and then walked the beach by myself. There were many more people walking, sitting, and playing on the beach today. This included the influx of Spring Break college kids. As I walked I came upon a rental house on the beach that previously appeared empty. Well, today it could be called “Animal House”. There were about twenty-five loud, laughing coeds crowded on the porch. I thought I should go back to the girls at our condo and inform them of the location of “Animal House”, but figured they would be industrious enough to find the fun on their own…LOL!
As I was walking back toward the condo, Ladd came to join me. We walked some more in the other direction. Our entertainment was provided by some cute little terns. They took their quick little steps into the wet sand to get their food and then were chased back by the incoming waves. One particular tern was the bravest and went out further seemingly not minding getting “caught” by the waves. At the risk of sounding like a “looney tunes” I will tell you that I was talking to the terns, and this brave one let us get right next to him before moving away.
Donna and I were then reading by the pool when Ladd and Tommy joined us. Donna and I swam in the pool (the heated one…ha!) for a while. Shortly a line began forming at the little window in the “club house” building. Some of the resident seniors had just returned from a golf outing and were buying hot dogs for $2, wine for $2, beer for $1. Needless to say we are “quick learners” and joined the line for beer for Tommy and Ladd and a wine for me! (Sun, warm temperatures, beach, ocean, pool, a little wine: may I just stay here forever, please?!) Every day we’ve been here we have seen a plane towing a “Geico” advertising banner along the shoreline. Well, now that Spring Break has begun, a second advertising banner appeared. (First take a guess at what this second banner was advertising. Then take a look at the pictures to find out.) Then the banner for the seniors was being followed close behind by the banner for the college students! Too funny!
An old friend of Tommy’s, Steve, and his new wife, Justyna, who is from Poland, happened to be in Florida and came over to visit. While Tommy and Donna welcomed Steve and Justyna, Ladd and I went over to another building in our complex to explore the “Happy Hour” held there. When we first walked in there was only one woman there along with the bartender. We joked with the woman wondering if this was indeed the place for the “Happy Hour”. She was so nice and friendly and told us we WERE in the right place, and that attendance would pick up shortly. As we chatted with her and her husband more seniors (our age and older) came in. They were from all over the United States and Canada. We ended chatting with about eight couples who were all welcoming and fun. (An interesting fact we learned was that ALL the couples there were married for many, many years and ALL to their original spouses!)
We then had to return to the condo since Ladd was the chef for the dinner for us and Tommy’s guests. After some spinach dip and cheese and crackers for appetizers, Ladd presented us with an awesome dish: pasta alfredo with chicken and garlic bread. Yum! Yum!! Yum!!! (Thanks, Chef Ladd.) We not only enjoyed our food, but also the GREAT conversations with Steve and Justyna. We shared our travel adventures with Steve and Justyna, and they shared theirs with us. I think we talked even more than we ate! (Steve and Justyna also shared their travel blog with us and vice versa.) Thanks for a fun visit, Steve and Justyna.
We said good-bye to Steve and Justyna, wished them safe travels, and fell into bed exhausted!
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