Latest Activities

Hmmm, what have we been doing for fun lately?  The beach is definitely top on the list!  However, first I need to share how watching the Food Network's show "Chopped" (thanks, Paul and Hannah!) has transformed my wonderful husband/chef:

Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pasta...note the beautiful presentation

Chef Russ

Yesterday afternoon, the waves at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park Beach equaled the anger of the water we saw weeks ago in Venice.  I have never seen the beach so empty!

the place where the pass water met the gulf

the wind came from the west, right off the gulf

Check out this video to hear the waves!

We also got to see another newly-dead starfish.

father of the young girl who found it

back side

Late this morning, we returned to the beach.  The wind was coming from the east; the waves were not intense at all.

Trivia:  This pelican is age 3 or older since it has a white head.

These pelicans are under the age of 3 since their heads are brown. (We learned this on our Naples Bay boat tour a few weeks ago.)

walking along the pass

walking back towards the gulf; a fisherman is casting a net from shore

first day we have seen a painter at the beach

more beach erosion from yesterday's waves...notice the height

another view of the erosion

This afternoon, Russ and I went to First Watch, a restaurant that is open for breakfasts and lunches.  I am quite familiar with this chain of restaurants because my Uncle Homer and Aunt Billie loved one of the First Watch restaurants in nearby Fort Myers.  Russ loved it!  He scolded me for not earlier in our stay raving over the food and atmosphere when pointing it out in the Hobby Lobby plaza.  The good news:  A new First Watch restaurant is slated to open this summer in North Port!!!

happy after hearing that first-time customers get a free fruit crepe...Russ somehow has a way of getting free food, right Paul?