We drove to Walt's last night for take-out. Russ and Dave had grouper and scallops, Cathie had grouper and shrimp and I had flounder. Good meal! We came home and played cards - the boys won this time. We watched a bit of the men's short program before heading off to bed.
When Russ went for his run this morning, the rest of us went for a long walk towards Turtle Bay. After everyone had breakfast and showered, we decided to poke around Venice, a charming town to the south of us. It was overcast today with a chance of rain so we decided not to go birding. Venice was charming - lots of Italian style architecture in the downtown area. We parked and walked along the main boulevard. You know how Mystic had artistic whales a few years ago and Burlington, VT had cows, Venice apparently had mermaids and seahorses. I will put a few pics up. We drove down to Caspersen Beach where people frequently find shark teeth. We didn't spot any, but there were people wading in the water with shovels and nets having great luck. One woman had a sandwich bag full. They ranged in size from the end of your pinky finger to the length of your thumb. We came back to Siesta Key and on the way stopped to get lunch at Chick-fil-A. While we didn't go birding today we did see a brown pelican fly over as we crossed the intercoastal waterway and some sanderlings and ruddy turnstones of the beach. The first pic is of a tee displayed in front of a bar.
We were lucky with the weather as it didn't start raining hard until we were in the car and leaving Venice. It is rainy steady now - a good time for napping, blogging, or reading. I am making quiche for dinner.
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