We drove into Tampa yesterday for a dinner at Bern's. Traffic wasn't too bad until we neared the city and then it was pretty awful. We got there early for our reservation so had a walk around the neighborhood - lots of old Florida houses, most of them were renovated and painted wonderful tropical or traditional colors. Our dinner was fantastic! None of us are avid steak lovers, but the steak at Bern's is done right - nicely aged and cooked well. Russ and Dave had grilled shrimp appetizers, then all of us had onion soup and salad (included with each entree). The steak was accompanied by a baked potato, fried onion strings, mustard greens with bok choy and julienne carrots. All of the vegetables come from their own garden. Cathie and Russ enjoyed everything about it. We joined a tour of the kitchen and the wine cellar tour. They have 125,000 bottles on hand and another 500,000 in the warehouse. We then went upstairs to the dessert room. Oh, my! We have tons of leftovers for tonight's dinner so we will feast again. We didn't get back until just after 9.
We revisited Myakka State Park this morning. A very good place to see birds. There was a juvenile bald eagle on the shoreline - too far away to catch with my camera, but someone had a scope and let us look at him close up. The most birds were at the weir area - roseate spoonbills, white and glossy ibis, tri-colored herons, great blue herons, limpkins, stilts, blue-winged ducks, a snow goose, lots of black vultures, and a half dozen alligators. We came back for lunch and I am doing a last load of laundry before heading to the pool.
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| view of the drawbridge from our balcony |
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| The stilts have impossibly long legs |
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| Tri colored heron |
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| Gator eyes |
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