We knew the weather was not going to co-operate with us today so we decided to use it to our advantage and go shopping. We headed north to Estero and the Miromar Outlets. There were still deals to be had after Black Friday. I think everyone managed to buy something. We were going to go…
From November to April, the Veterans Community Park hosts the Marco Island Farmers Market on Wednesdays. When we were here back in April, we visited the market and got lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. But our most favourite was the garlic dill pickles from The Happy Pickle. Karen, Cathy, Liam and I decided to go…
We had no real plans for today, so we decided to hang around the house. Firstly, we went down to the dock. We saw so many types of fish … catfish, ballyhoo, some kind of striped fish, jellyfish and even a star fish. It was just like being at the Ripley’s Aquarium. After a leisurely…
Venice, Florida is about two hours north of Marco Island and it is known as the “Shark’s Tooth Capital of the World”. We thought the boys would enjoy a day of trying to find shark teeth so we packed up the cars to begin our journey. Our destination was Caspersen Beach which according to TripAdvisor…
I woke up this morning after having the best sleep that I have had in a long time. Eventually everyone got up and gathered around the pool. I think this is something that we will do every morning while we are here. After breakfast, Michael and Liam went swimming while the adults just lounged around….