Blogs from Sarasota, Florida, United States, North America - page 5

This is our fifth return to Sun n Fun, an amazing RV Park in Sarasota. There is so much to do here - pool, hot tub, kiddie pool, giane slide, free mini golf and shuffle board, almost always a bocce tourney in progress, woodworking shop, lapidary shop, restaurant, poolside tiki bar and grill, entertainment most nights, fishing in the park's own lakes, etc. It skews a bit younger than many Florida RV Parks, especially now. We are here during the "President's Week" school break. Sarasota and Sun N Fun are especially appealing because of the nearby attractions. Previous blogs have described many of the venues and fun spots. We highly recommend the play "Searching for Eden, The Diaries of Adam & Eve," a romantic comedy, which we caught at the Asolo Rep Theatre in the Ringling ... read more

3.5 days left in Sarasota 1 in Tampa. Before I leave I need to: feel better, pack, clean houses, print exit info, decide about turtle project, see friends, help mom with classes, get Courtney to fix my computer, anything else I've forgotten. I'm an exciting blogger aren't I? ... read more

We are seriously counting down the days until we are on our way to Costa Rica. We've been planning for so long and its finally almost here....A little over a week and the journey will begin...We'll be traveling throughout the country and spending some time volunteering. Stay tuned... and I'll try to keep up with all our adventures :) ... read more

sang in a high off pitch voice "Wanted, dead or alive" Dasha doing a rendition of Bon Jovi On June the 15, 2009 Alyson took me to the Ringling estate. The website advised you could spend up to a day there and I could see why. It was gorgeous. Originally the estate had belonged to John Ringling and his wife, the owners of the massive Ringling circus. On the estate were about 2 acres of beautiful grounds filled with big Banyan trees and a beautiful rose gardens as well as romantic sculptures scattered all over the place. Of the buildings that were on site we visited the Art museum, the Ringling mansion and the Ringling circus exhibition. To get into the museum cost me 7USD, as I was still a "student". Alyson got in for free ... read more

This is as far north as we plan to get this season. We had a reunion with Wiarton Marina friends this afternoon at the marina. In a day or two we will begin heading back to Port Charlotte for our haul-out on March 28th. We had a great visit with Brian and Valarie in Venice - they have a CS 34 at Wiarton and also cruised these parts 9 years ago. A couple of recent highlights were finding fossilized sharks' teeth on the beach at Englewood and being lucky to see the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the other side of Florida! We are definitely in countdown mode now - after almost 5 months living aboard we have a long list of things to do before we put Gust O'Wind away for the summer. ... read more