Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Grateful in Dunedin

So thrilled to have our brother-in-law and sister join us in our Dunedin playground.
Their RV Park is within walking distance to our marina!




The Pinellas Trail offers lots of fun bike rides!  Our first bike ride was to Tarpon Springs.





It is impossible to visit Tarpon Springs without treating yourself to a bakery indulgence...or four!



Our next bike ride was to Honeymoon Beach where we took this selfie after our picnic.



Honeymoon Beach has an amazing nature trail where we saw eagles, ospreys, owls, tortoise, and even snakes! 




The four of us joined cousin Julie, goddaughters Elizabeth & Sarah and their pups for Thanksgiving day on Tampa Bay!







And, yes, that motivated us to walk 27,393 steps the next day to the Dunedin Farmer's Market complete with live music!!






A beautiful day to ride our bikes to Clearwater Beach . . . .  


. . . . . dance in the sand . . . .

. . . . and play Jenga at the Tiki Bar!!




Eddy and Fraser are in heaven as they indulge in the best ever Eli's Bar-B-Que!
And guess what washes down Bar-B-Que quite nicely??





What an honor to celebrate the 85th birthday of Jo Mogle, one of the charter Wet Hens!
In true Hen spirit, we sang Jo a custom-written song that was unrehearsed but full of love!




The birthday celebration included a boat ride through the Punta Gorda canals to see the beautiful Christmas lights!






We can't get enough of the amazing bike trails around Dunedin!
And the "bike maintenance stations" along the Pinellas Trail are so useful!




Positively YES ... the Dairy Queen can locate all the ice cream shops along the Pinellas Trail!




The crews of Spiritus, Sanctuary, Last Call, and Lazy Suzan gathered for a fun evening of food, fellowship, and Looper stories!  




The boys grilled a delicious dinner as we watched another beautiful sunset from Spiritus' flybridge.