QUICK TRIP TO FLORIDA

(Florida Twist – Bill Haley and His Comets)

Up and on the road today. One of the restaurants on our list of places to eat was The Lodge at Gulf State Park. It’s only about a fifteen minute drive from our place. Perfect. It’s a Hilton Hotel and offers a breakfast brunch in one of its three restaurants. Who doesn’t love a breakfast brunch. As you can see the brunch was quite extensive. And it was everything I could have imagined and more. Absolutely scrumptious! Needless to say I ate way too much but I have no intention of eating any other big meals today. So that counts, right?Hmmmmmm. Probably not.

After breakfast we went for a long, leisurely walk along the raised Gulf State Park boardwalk through the wetlands. To get there we stated at The Lodge and crossed over the pedestrian bridge to get to the complete boardwalk. There were lots of other walkers, bicyclists, and even some on Segways. I just had to show you the sign we saw by the water. It was a first for me. I promise you I did not feed or aggravate them. In fact I didn’t even see any. One other walker said he hadn’t seen any there since October. We are hoping to see some before we leave. And Richard really wants to see an armadillo.

After our walk we continued on our drive. It was a lovely day. After about a fifteen minute drive we saw this:

Our destination was Perdido Key. Again going on our neighbours recommendation we stopped here and did some grocery shopping (less tax here) and also some wine and Scotch (no tax here). You have to take a savings wherever you can get it.

We were back home in time to sit on the deck for a few hours. It was 20 degrees Celsius. Finished with a sunset stroll on the beach.

It was a soothing end to a splendid day.

Nite y’all 😴