The Martineau's Come to Visit...Day 7, Last Day

We walked around Ollie's Pond since it will be the last cool day for awhile.  Ran into Wendy and Dan about half way around.  We had coffee on the harbor, got lunch at Arby's and ate in the truck, then did a little shopping at WM.  Sat outside and read for awhile and played with Tessa.  Bill took her for a walk, we fed her early and left her in her crate while we met Wendy and Dan at The Celtic Ray for dinner.

We met them at 6:00 and sat in one of the new gliders in front.  Our drinks looked nice in the late afternoon sun. 

Wendy and Dan had fish tacos, Bill had chicken fingers and I had the fish and chips.  After a great meal, we walked to the Harbor Scoops ice cream shop and Wendy treated us all to ice cream.  Yum!

It was a nice warm evening and we got to enjoy a beautiful sunset, one of the few we've seen this winter.

We met them back at their rental to pick up a few things, said our goodbyes and were home by 8:30.  

So nice to have them here, always sad to see them leave.

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Summer and Ice Cream

We celebrated the summer solstice with ice cream from a new vendor in Springvale...Bowdini's Ice Cream.  I enjoyed Bear Claw and Bill enjoyed Fool's Gold, each in a "circus cone".  Since there aren't any good places nearby to sit outside, we sat in the car and watched what we could of the sunset above the buildings.

Not very good atmosphere, except the company, but it's what we get in Springvale.  The ice cream, however, was great!

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It's Never Too Late

 While it was too late in the day for coffee on the harbor...it's never too late for ICE CREAM!

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There's Gonna be a New Park

Last week for strawberries, must be almost time to go home ;o(  Took Titan for a short walk along the Linear Loop, which was plenty long enough due to the heat.

Picked up a couple of things at Wal-Mart, ate lunch at home, cooked some turkey for Titan then took a walk over the north side of the bridge to the new park.  It's going to be really nice when it's done.  We saw two bald eagles perched on the lights nearby.

Can't wait to see what it looks like next year when it's all done.

Got ice cream at Harborwalks Scoops & Bites.  On the pricey side...$6+ for two single scoops but we did enjoy a nice view.

Sat on the deck and read till nearly 7:00.  The sun sets so late we lose track of time.  Bill talked with Dr. Steve and I finished my book "Bury Your Dead" by Louise Penny.  My favorite so far!

Wendy and Dan got 8 baby chicks today.

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Martineaus Come to Visit 3/16/15

Play Ball!  Today is Red Sox day! 

Bill and I took Titan for a quick walk while Wendy and Dan did some reading on the deck.  We left the house about 11:00 and drove to Jet Blue Park in Ft. Myers for a game against the Mets.  

The temperature reached 90* and tied the record high.  Thankfully we had standing room tickets on the Green Monster but under the roof, so we were in the shade.

Looking over practice fields

We grabbed some lunch while they "saved" our places, then we switched places and they grabbed some lunch.

That's quite a hot dog!

It was a decent game with most of the recognizable names starting.

Nothing says baseball like a nice cold beer for $7.25

 

Vaping?  Who ever even heard of vaping?

We ended up leaving after the 7th inning (Sox 2 - Mets 3) because we wanted to do some shopping and I didn't want to leave Titan alone for more than seven hours.  I'm a worrier, what can I say?  We drove to Bass Pro Shops in a nearby shopping mall so Dan could look for a long sleeve sunscreen shirt.

This one has a waterfall and large aquarium inside.

From there we went to another mall (there are lots of huge malls in Ft. Myers) to the Reebok outlet store so I could look for a pair of sneakers that they both recommend...Nano's.  Whatever.  I found a bright yellow pair, I like to call them my Big Bird shoes.  Originally $119, on sale for $79, with a 40% discount and another 20% AAA discount.  I paid somewhere around $30.  Cha Ching!

Yup, these are YELLOW!

Today Dairy Queen was celebrating their 75th anniversary and they were giving away FREE ice cream cones.  Who doesn't like FREE ice cream?  As luck would have it, Wendy found us a DQ almost right around the corner from the Reebok store.  Way to go Wendy!  The ultimate discount!!!

Yeah, I know, it's not a cone!  They ran out of cones, so we got a cup.  

We were home by 6:00, let Titan out and fed him, watched the news (Sox ended up winning 4 - 3) and went back to The Celtic Ray for dinner, which was their treat.  Not necessary, but very nice of them.  Thank you both!  We watched Dancing With the Stars when we got home and the three of them played Trivia Crack.  I don't play games on my iPad, I waste enough time without playing games.

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