February 23

We've had a very enjoyable week in Punta Gorda. Spent time with friends, enjoyed touring the city and seeing progress from Charley. And also heard sooo many tragic stories from that monster hurricane 4 years ago this August...

We had a great time at the State Farm Retiree luncheon and had lots of chatter over lunches and dinners catching up!

Lucky us were invited to 4 outings on the water during the week...putzin' thru the canals on "Tippy" with Bill and Nancy; sailing "Freestyle" (twice) with Glen and Paula and cruising aboard "Chaco" with Bob and Nancy! What a treat for us to be back on the water! Thank you all for sharing your boats with we Nomads!

We are in Venice now and.....tah dah, the fun has begun as we've checked out the downtown area and had an awesome lunch at T. J. Carney's Irish Pub!!!! We'll be here one week and looking forward to seeing some more friends, my brothers, sisters-in-law and of course.............shopping and eating up a storm!!!