Robyn's Nest

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Part 4 of Florida Trip...

March 17th St Patty's Day

Everyone wore their green!! There was a parade and the kids collected more candy than at Halloween!

March 18th Beach Day @ Siesta Key

This Beach was voted best beach in the USA! The best part was the sand. It was like flour. so soft!

Ya I do self portraits too! Wonder where Daph gets it.

No that is not the sandcastle up above that we made...

It was overcast and cool so we ended up leaving early and just dipped our toes in the ocean (MOM)

Florida Part 3

March 15th
Lost track of what day of the week it is. That is the best part of a vacation:)

We went to see the Tampa Bay Rays play the Phillies.

A Daphne self portrait. I could make an album of her pix alone. She is so cute. her one wish at the game was to catch a fly ball (we were along the 1st base line) and we came so close but another kid got it.

March 16th

Alligator Boat Trip

GATOR! Saw 6 of them.

Self portrait a la Daphne***

Dog named Rusty on the boat.

Breeding ground for many birds. Alas no manatee:(

Monday, March 25, 2013

Florida Part 2

Wednesday March 13

Strawberry Festival! At the Maple Leaf complex, the tennis club has a year end party. Every year, they prepare a tonne of strawberries and if you are lucky enough to have a ticket you get a huge bowl of strawberry shortcake.

Thursday March 14

You know you are a somebody if you make on Robyn"s Nest!!!!

My Aunt Lynda and Uncle Paul in Sun City!!! It was grrreat to see them:)

My cousin Alison whom I had not seen in almost 10 yrs!! I got to meet her husband, her now grown up daughter Zoe and her second daughter Kiki:)love the nickname.

It was cool temps so I did not swim but both kids eventually got in the pool:

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Florida Schedule

		3/11/13	3/12/13	3/13/13	3/14/13	3/15/13	3/16/13	3/17/13	3/18/13	3/19/13

AM	Robyn/Kids	Sleep in	Open	Open	Uncle Paul/
	Dad/Bev	Bowling	Golf	Open	Aunt Lynda		Boat Trip
			Golf		Uncle Paul/	Baseball	Aligator
PM	All	Open	Open	Strawberry	Aunt Lynda	Baseball	Watch	St. Patrick
				Festival	Uncle Paul/	Baseball	Boat Trip	Parade
				Hole in One	Aunt Lynda	Baseball	Aligator
				Club		Baseball	Watch
Evening			Fishermen's		Poker/Line	Poker
			Village		Dancing	Dinner




Open = Swimming/Mini Golf/Beach/Shopping

Friday, March 22, 2013

Florida 2013

Sunday March 2013

Travel from Ottawa to Chicago was delayed, luckily Chicago to Florida was delayed, we arrived at 3AM.

Monday March 2013

After our long flight, the next day Breton unwound in these snazzy light up slippers.

Tuesday March 12

Somewhat rainy day, so Grandpa & Grandma's golf was a NO-Go so we visited Imaginarium Children's Museum.

Touch the sea life pool.

Science challenges.

Saw a 3-D movie

Saw some fish, reptiles and amphibians up close

Later that day:

We stopped to see the Manatee (alas Marvin the Manatee was not there). It was a canal at the base of a hydro plant so when the gulf is cold the manatee come to feed here.

I love manatees, and in high school, for a project, I "interviewed" a manatee, Marvin. I recorded it on a cassette tape and played it as my project. Those that were in my class will remember:)

Next time I will take adavntage of the opportunity to kayak with the manatee at this same location.