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| Food Court at the Red Barn Flea market - live music and dancing? |
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| One of fav places on the Manatee River |
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| Beautiful rainbow |
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| Fun local band at ACES |
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| Love this car! |
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| Wishin' and hopin' |
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| One of the coolest cars there! |
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| Am I right? |
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| Very cool......... |
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| Slammed!!!!! |
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| They can build anything! |
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| Surf's up dude! |
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| Love this three door |
We’ve done a few things since my last post. We’ve been back to ACE’s a few times. There has been some pretty good music
there. We like going on Sunday evenings
when they have local blues bands and an Italian buffet for only $6.95! Can’t beat that!
There was a pretty good car show here last weekend at the
Joey D’s parking lot. Joey D’s is a cool
little “Chicago styled” diner. Really
good pizza! Anyway, there were lots of
different cars to see. Check out the
pictures. There are a lot of “car crazy
guys” here in Bradenton!
Our friends, Jeff and Linda, who live in Venice stopped in
for a visit this week. They were on
their way to Jacksonville. It was great
to see them. We may move NautiNell to
Venice the end of the month if we can find a good place to do so. It would be fun being around them although
they’re only 20 minutes away now! We can’t
decide – we do know that we’re taking NautiNell back to the Keys for the
winter. We’re just not sure when…..
The past couple of weeks have been pretty rainy here. It rained for three days straight last
week! There was even some light
flooding. I think they said that we got over 12 inches
of rain all together. Glad that’s behind
us! We’ve had some gorgeous weather that
last few days. Can’t complain!
Everyone at the dock got together the other night for a
great potluck dinner. We had planned to
have it around the pool but had to move it inside due to the rain. At least the rain hasn’t ruined our
appetites! HA!
Bradenton has a “Third Thursday Celebration” down on Old
Main Street every month starting in September.
The one this month got postponed till the “Fourth Thursday” because of
rain. We went the other night – didn’t
really know what to expect but it turned out pretty good. Lots of food vendors, drinks and good music by
a local band. A lot like home back in
Joplin….. We all had a good time.
We had to make a trip to Clearwater the other day to pick up
a pump for our generator. Road
trip! The beach is really pretty over
there. We talked about staying there
next summer but we’re not sure. It seems
that they get more weather over there on the other side of the Bay. Maybe we’ll just come back over by car and
hang out at the beach…… We did find a
great little place for lunch, of course – Pete and Shorty’s. Great sandwiches!
We took a trip up the Manatee River and found where the
Braden River flows into it. We decided
to explore the Braden River. We hoped we
could get up the river to the Linger Lodge where we had had lunch a few weeks
ago. The Braden River is really pretty –
a lot prettier than the Manatee. But
after about an hour up the river we came to a dam that we couldn’t cross
over. “Dam it”…. J Oh well it was a beautiful day and we saw
some really pretty scenery. There were a
lot of mangroves and other foliage – but no gators. Darn!
Mike has been busy this past week. He’s been really wanting to get some type of
contraption that would hold the Whaler so we could transport it without having
to load it up on top. We don’t like
towing it much if we have to go a long way.
Also, it’s a real episode to get it up on top and it’s not a quick
release if we needed or wanted to use it while traveling. NOW – we have a new “Hurley Davit System”
that holds it out of the water and just over the swim platform. This way it can be out of the water when we’re
in a marina and it is easy to release as well as easy to load. He’s a happy camper!!
We went to the Red Barn Flea Market today. That’s an experience! It is huge!
There are a lot of booths there that sell both new and/or used
stuff. There’s also a huge Farmers
Market with great produce. There is a
food court with a really good Mexican Restaurant. We ate there and watched the people. There was even a one man band playing and
some dancing going on! HA! At a flea market no less! Definitely going back there – can’t see
everything in one day…
Well I’m trying to convince Mike that it’s time for another
trip to the beach on Anna Maria Island.
That shouldn’t be too hard – maybe one day this coming week.
Till next time!
Admiral “C” |
| Sitting pretty! |
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| Hurley Davits make the difference! |
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| Bradenton Downtown Main Street Celebration |
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| Great band at the Third Thursday |
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| Beautiful day on the Braden River |
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| Love the reflections in the water |
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| "Dam" - gotta turn around |
Guys, we plan to leave Cocoa next week and head down to the Keys. Maybe we will see you there sometime in Nov./Dec. .
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