Florida

We flew down to Tampa from Boston this morning, rented a Chrysler Pacifica (a MINI van in disguise) and drove to Palm Tree Villa near DisneyWorld, Orlando. The home is big with two king size bedrooms, two bathrooms, two more bedrooms, and kitchen / lounge / dining area (also an outside screened-in pool)!

We drove through the Disney area today, after picking up Margarets sister Kate from the airport – but we haven’t properly visited yet …

As I mentioned last week, we had an invite from Kate & Chris in Florida to head down and share their rented “villa” with them for a few days – and what a fabulous place it was!
They got a great last minute deal, giving them four bedrooms so ample room for us to visit too – the place was really nicely designed, in a great location (Cape Coral, on a canal), lots of space, pool and hot tub, and luckily complete with amazing weather!

A boat was optionally included, and Kate & Chris took full advantage – so did Margaret; though I was less keen I did come on a couple of trips. On the last day we took a (very long) boat trip out to Cabbage Key for lunch – got some speed up on that boat, when not avoiding Dolphins, Manatees, or shallows!

 

A road trip to nearby Sanibel left us all very hot, though the ocean temporarily helped with cooling off …

 

Other highlights included outlet shopping(!), a BBQ, baby frogs, and lots and lots of relaxation, interspersed with the occasional sound of Thunder (a powerful speed boat which passed the home a couple of times each day, its massive engines rumbling so much that the building shook!)

And hints of Manatees in the water behind the house:

 

THANK YOU Kate & Chris – really enjoyed the break; looking forward to doing it again 🙂