February 27

Rainy, chilly Saturday........we left for Punta Gorda around 9:30 with a few stops along the way.....today we are at the State Farm Retiree Luncheon at the Elks - nice crowd and fun visiting with friends and former co-workers of Mark's.     It rained hard (coming down horizontally) with strong winds as we arrived.    But inside, was warm and cozy with lots of chatter and delicious lunch.

We had planned to meet boating friends on top of the Wyvern Hotel in downtown Punta Gorda afterwards (last year we had a warm, sunny day).    But............not to be this year, so Plan B was put into action and Roger and Carol invited us to their lovely condo (Glen, Paula, Mark and I).   We enjoyed wine and snacks and visited as we looked over the Peace River.     We went to the Laishley Crab House downtown for dinner - big crowd and had a wait, but all worth it.    My crab bisque and crab quesadillas were awesome!     Glen and Paula brought us back to Catrina around 10ish.   Roger and Carol will deliver our car to Longboat Key on Tuesday when we all gather again........tomorrow, we leave Fort Myers Beach and head to Venice.

Roger & Carol, Mark & Pat, Glen and Paula

Laishley Crab House, Punta Gorda