Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Our Florida Trip

Last Tuesday Mom, Dad, and Charlie dropped us off at the airport for a quick trip to Florida to visit Dynamo's family!

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Dynamo's parents live in the Bradenton/Sarasota area of Florida! It's really a lovely place with lots of exciting things to see and do! The first task on the list was to hit the beach at The Point on Anna Maria Island!

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The weather was hot, but it's always a nice little breeze on the beach! Just enough to make it comfortable to hunt shells!

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This time I had to be selective though! There's only so many we can haul back on the plane! Of course I had to snap a few family pics when we first got there!

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Here's Dynamo with his folks!

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Here's his beautiful mom!



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They've been married a really long time! Such an inspiration!

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And here we are! Mr. C did a good job snapping this pic! It's nice to have a real pic versus a selfie!

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The beaches are beautiful there! The Gulf is so clear and warm!

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Not many shells this time though! Just sea creatures missing their shell! Anyone know what this is? I think it's a conch without his conch shell! We threw him back in hoping he could find his shell!

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The next day we decided to head to Venice. We had always heard about all of the shark's teeth you could find there!

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We headed to Caspersen Beach after a lunch in town! It was a little rocky and had some dark sand. The water was a little rougher, but people were busy looking for treasures with their sand sifters! That's one tool we need to get!

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We found a few teeth...

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Not bad for just looking through the shells that had washed up!

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While visiting we also hit Lido Beach, which is near St. Armand's Circle.

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Each beach is a little different, but they are all gorgeous!

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Not many finds there either!



Our last day there we hit the Sarasota Farmers Market!

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It was bustling with people as usual!

Cookies...

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Olives...

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Fruit...

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Soaps...

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If you ask me if I bought soap, the answer is yes! Always! Support all local handmade!



Wall to wall people enjoying the warm sunshine!

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Of course when I saw this bumper sticker in the parking lot I had to snap a pic! 3 feet please, people!

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After the market we relaxed a little before hitting the beach at The Point one last time!

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These little birds were neat!

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Dynamo ventured way out into the water (it was low low tide) and he found a starfish!

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Yes, we threw it back!

The water was warm, over 80 degrees! It was a lovely week for the beach!

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Before we left we did get to meet up with Dynamo's brother, Michael, for dinner!

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It's always so nice to see family!

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What a great trip! We enjoyed our time with Dynamo's parents! We hadn't seen them since our Thanksgiving trip so it was great to get a few days to visit!

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When we got back into Richmond, my parents and Charlie were there waiting with some of our most favorite donuts ever!!!

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Now it's back to soap making, yard work, and life! Hope your Memorial Day holiday was great! It is a time to stop and be grateful to those men, women, (and dogs too) who have served our country!



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