The rain came in last night and it rained for quite a while. The good news is that we did got have thunder storms.
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view of the rain clouds from our screened in balcony |
We went to dinner at Walt's Fish Market and Restaurant. Three of us had char grill: shrimp, sea scallops, and grouper with a variety of sides. Cathie had hog snapper. Everything was delicious and we had plenty of leftovers for dinner tonight. We also bought key lime pie and chocolate lava cake to share for dessert - very yummy. We played cards again and again the boys won, but it was close so the standings are 4 to 1 in favor of the males of the species. Cathie and I will have to up our game again.
The high temp today was 61 - so I wore long pants for the first time here. We went to breakfast in the village at Sun Garden Cafe - quite good. We then walked down the main street at bit to take a few pictures of signs we had seen.
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Meany's mini donuts - little hole in the wall |
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For my coffee loving friends |
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That doesn't even sound good! |
We then drove into Sarasota to the Ringling. What a wonderful museum! We spent six hours exploring everything. We started in the circus museum which was very educational and interesting.
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The bearded lady |
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One of the elaborate circus carts |
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An act under the main tent in the diorama |
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Another act in the diorama |
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Stilt walker |
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Dave, Russ, and Cathie in the circus
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The next building had the Ringling train and circus wagons.
We then walked around the mansion. It was heavily influenced by a trip to Venice. The location was perfect - right on the bay. We did not go in for a tour, but had a grand time walking the grounds and visiting the rose garden.
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Ca'd'Zan - the mansion |
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Just a few roses were in bloom
We then went to the art museum and the Asolo theater which was brought over from Italy and lovingly restored.
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