SATURDAY APRIL 3RD

Oh joy. Discovered the switch to our shower pump is shot, again! Ross replaced it back in October and it’s already kaput. As long as we have to tear apart our bedroom to get at it, we might as well replace the whole dang unit. It tell ya, it’s always something on the boat!

Enterprise picked us up and as soon as we had the car our first stop was West Marine. They had one shower pump. The display model. We’ll take it!

From there we headed downtown Sanford. It’s a cute little town and today was the Farmers Market. We poked around for a bit and ended up buying some apples and cheese from some vendors.

Had an early lunch at Hollerbach Willow Tree, a German restaurant. We ate outside and enjoyed the day. Good food. German beers on tap. And yes we had kraut and German potato salad.

The drive to Naples was a little over four hours. Our trip took us through orange grove country. The trees were flowering and the scent was delightful. Even with the windows up in the car we could smell them. But we rolled them down to enjoy the scent even more.

All my siblings just happen to be in Florida at the same time. We told my folks we were coming, but it was a surprise for everyone else. Oh, except for Sally. She was in charge of bringing the twice baked potatoes to the birthday party and needed to know to make two more!!

So what do you get as a gift for the man who has everything?

A gator head of course!

My family.