We started February off with a birthday celebration for Linda (Cooyon), followed by a fun pre-super bowl gathering on Sunday afternoon. February is a month of celebrations which makes Ft. Myers so much fun. Besides the super bowl, the first weekend was the weekend for a big arts festival in downtown Ft. Myers. All the streets are closed and tents are set up all over the main streets. It is always fun to see all the exotic art exhibits which are on display - and also quite expensive. Ft. Myers also celebrates Edison's birthday during the month (both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had winter homes here). On the 11th, there was a children's parade in downtown to start the celebration. All the various children's organizations had floats or just marched in the parade. It was very cute. Valentine's Day was a lot of fun. Both Kent and Rob were serenaded by a barbershop quartet, and the marina had its monthly hamburger cookout. The weather was much nicer this month and a lot of people showed up. Rob, Tricia, Wally, Darcy and us had a fun day of shopping and eating Mexican food at Miromar Outlet Mall.
Another fun thing we did was go to a cooking school at Bruno's of New York, a very good New York style Italian restaurant (we've eaten there a few times). We were invited as guests of Fred and Melissa (Incognito) to watch Bruno prepare 3 dishes and then to eat them. The food was great and it was a very fun way to spent an afternoon.
Also during the month we had to say goodbye to Final Approach and Summertime. Final Approach headed east to continue the loop; Summertime headed to Clearwater to spend some time with their granddaughters.
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| Happy birthday Linda!! Toasting with David, Linda, Tricia, Rob . . . |
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| Wally, Darcy and Jack |
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| We even got her birthday cake. |
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| Fort Myers Artfest - a great 2 day art festival |
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| High schools compete with their chalk art |
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| Another chalk art entry |
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Big pre-super bowl party - Darlene (Final Approach), Darcy (Summertime),
Karen (Kara Mia) and Tricia (Linda Jean)
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| A fun day at the Miromar Outlet Mall |
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Farewell dinner for Summertime - Wally, Rob, Tricia, Darcy,
Jack and me
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Off they go (I have a similar picture two years ago
when they left to start the loop)
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| Heading to Clearwater |
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One of the many back deck gatherings - Janis (Paraiso), Kit (India Jane),
Darlene (Final Approach), Tricia (Linda Jean), Kent (Final Approach) ...
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Kent (again), Jack (Dixie), Pam (India Jane), Chris (Paraiso) and
Rob (Linda Jean)
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| The children's Edison parade |
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| This little donkey just walks along with no handler |
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| One of the many floats filled with children |
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| Barb and Ross enjoying a sunset |
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| Kent blows his conch horn every night at sundown |
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| Kent and Jane, Rising Tide |
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| Valentine's day serenade for Kent and Rob |
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| Watching Bruno prepare our appetizer |
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| Our appetizer - potatoes, green beans, onion - yum, yum |
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| Our main entre |
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| Docktails aboard Final Approach |
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Our marina hamburger cookout - Jack, Jane and Jack (Dixie), Lance
and Christina (Little Lady), and Rob and Tricia
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Listening to one our favorite bands in downtown - Memphis 56
(they sing Johnny Cash better than Johnny Cash)
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Every once in a while we do some work on the boat
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