Last day at Port Charlotte...

Time flies, that is for sure, and we have completed out two week stay here in Port Charlotte... it has been a blast to say the least and we finished it off tonight with a great Beer Can BBQ...

It was really warm here today, hitting 75 Deg. F. in the shade! We stayed close and used the pool all day, taking life easy...

Looks like I am jumping through the roof above, but it turned into a big cannon ball as I tried to get everyone wet!

Spent part of the day today, preparing for our trip back to Winter Haven tomorrow, including loading the motorcycles and bicycles back into the trailer, and putting the kayaks away till the next adventure.

BEST NEWS OF THE DAY!!!!!

 

They settled the NHL Hockey lock out, and will drop the puck on or around Jan. 15th. About time.

Many fans probably don't give a hoot anymore, and many people are upset about this lockout, and may not watch hockey or go to a game again.

 

Here is what I say about that! I have a very short memory, and a bunch of forgiveness in my heart, so drop the puck again fellows, and lets get on with it! I have been a big Leaf Fan, and will have my TV warmed up for when the games begin again soon! Can't get enough of it, and looking forward to even a shortened season!

Yes, it seems like a bunch of cry babies arguing over Billions of Dollars, and it has turned into nothing but a big dollar business... but it is still entertaining, and lots of people earn their living off the NHL.

Seems you might be in need of a Gwenny fix, so I took a couple pictures of her off a couple recent skype calls. She is doing great, and is walking around now like a pro.

 

She is looking a bit serious above, and just ignore that little box with the typing in it... iPad mistake! (OK, operater error...)

She is always pointing out the best spots in all her books to us... she loves books and is reading them all the time with her Mom and Dad, both in English, and now some in French. Kristina is bilingual so I am sure Gwenny will be as well!

Till tomorrow...

 

 

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Back to the beach!

WOW... 80 + Degrees F. today, with nothing but sun! How can you beat that! Incredible day again.

We all hit the pool this morning enjoying our time in this nice home at Port Charlotte... however it seems our vacation may soon be over, and it is back to reality!

Someone said this morning, "Let's go to the beach!" I was kinda like... your kidding... with all these clouds... but soon agreed, and had to totally eat my words by the time we hit the beach, as it was awesome!

Where did we go???? To the Number One Rated Beach in the U.S.A. of course!

 

Siesta Beach! What a spot... I can see why it is rated #1 in the U.S. Great spot!

 

Tom and Cheryl got lost in the Gulf of Mexico below... this is a nice, pure white sand beach, and is big!

This is a very "high end' part of Florida, and that is evident by the type of Stores, Restaurants, and homes you find in this area, just south of the City of Sarasota.

Above is simply one example of the types of homes in this area of Florida... it is right on the Gulf of Mexico... and has water across the road from the inland water system... some of these homes were listed at $17,900,000.00... right in our price range! I can't remember ever seeing homes of this quality and quantity before, and in my day, I placed a whole pile of mortgages! It was a riot, just driving around looking at them, and dreaming, after all, we do have a ticket on the $60 Million Power Ball Lottery tonight!

 

We did come across a neat swing bridge, as we were driving around this afternoon, and had to wait for a boat to pass...simply, life in Florida!

Life is a beach!

Till tomorrow...

 

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Touring Punta Gorda!

Apparently the sun cannot shine everyday, and today was one of those days! It was still nice and warm, getting near 70, but overcast all day...

We took life so slow this morning, I thought we were all going backwards! Between the girls doing swimming and pool exercises, and Tom doing his guitar practicing... it was a hectic pace!

We decided to tour Punta Gorda this afternoon... it is a quaint little Town about a 20 minute drive from us. They have a Fisherman's Wharf there, so we had to check it out...

 

Above, you will see the fisherman we ran into with the big catch of the day!

They have renovated the old Wharf buildings into fancy dan boutiques... on the second storey is apartments.

 

Of course, as always, we looked like a bunch of Canadian tourists as we wandered about aimlessly.

 

Bear with me tonight, as I used my smart phone on all the pics tonight...above we found a WWII Museum inside the Wharf area, and went in to check it out. Great spot with a bunch of WWII Vets running the place! They were great to talk to and wanting to tell you their story! I loved listening to them... reminds me of my Dad, who was also a WWII Vet. It is amazing to see what they had to live through.

Above is a bunch of old WWII rifles and guns... great exhibit. I love getting lost in history like this. I met a Vet, who was 88, and told us about his training under General Patton... I was at Patton's Museum out west, where this Vet did his desert training! Amazing.

After we did the Wharf, Tom and I wanted to go and check out the American Muscle Car Museum!

If you can believe it, this is a total private collection of 232 auto's, including over 60 Corvettes! They are all owned by Rick Treworgy. He is a Punta Gorda resident, and ran out of places to store his cars so he bought the old Walmart Store, and converted it into a museum!

 

It was hard to believe it is all owned by one man! What a collection. Tom and I checked them all out!

 

It would be nice to come and shop at this Walmart if you were really rich! He had one Corvette in here that was valued at $1.5 million. We figured there is about $7 Million in cars in here... probably more!

 

These are primarily all GM cars, and there were a bunch of really old ones as well as newer ones! I found one 1969 Corvette that had 5 miles on the Odometer! Go figure.

One of my fav Stingrays above...

 

Years ago Judy had an old Chevy Nova, but it didn't look like this one!

1950 style Chevy's anyone! They had a few... crazy!

Above is the lucky owner... this is a file picture. We enjoyed!

Of course, we just had to go across the way to the shopping mall and find Cheryl and Judy when we were done at the Museum!

Till tomorrow...

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