Last Day in the Bradenton Area!

Can't believe our two weeks at Manatee Quarters CG are over!!!  Where does the time go?

Ken went to Wal-Mart for groceries this morning while I made us a cooked breakfast.  What teamwork!!!  After breakfast we walked to Tom Bennett Park which is beside the CG and we only finished by the Florida Parks and Recreation in 2011.  What a beautiful area with plenty of walking and bike trails.  We talked to the caretaker there, Dan, we gave us lots of info and places to eat that are mostly known by the locals.  He recommended Annies Bait and Tackle Shop right before you cross the bridge onto Anna Maria Key.  Not fancy, but delicious grouper sandwiches.  We packed our lunches and then decided to head to Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Key.  It was an off and on sunny day with the temperature around 70.  Felt cool to us when the sun went in and the breeze continued - I know you don't feel sorry for us and I don't blame you!!

What a fancy and high lifeguard station on Holmes Beach!

Large waves on the Gulf today!

Back to "work" on the beach shell piece hunting!

We are definitely heading to Ramblers Rest CG in the morning which is only about a 45 minute drive from here.  It is just south of Venice, one of our favorite areas, so we are excited to spend more time in that area.  We cancelled our reservations at Bulow CG on Flagler Beach at the recommendation of the couple beside us.  They didn't like all the drunken partying that went on while they were there by a lot of the permanent campers.

We took a walk around the CG stopping to play shuffleboard.  What a game!  Ken was ahead by MANY points to my "minus" points.  We cut the game short when it got to be 6:45 and Ken won by 9 points.   He spent time taking some of his incredible sunset photos looking over the lake at the CG.  So beautiful! 

Another gorgeous sunset!

There is something special about these Florida sunsets!

We spent sometime getting ready for our move tomorrow and I worked on jewelry while Ken read.  Plan to be on the road around 10 tomorrow!  No big hurry - we are only going about 40 miles to our next CG.

This was Day 2 of 10,000+ steps!