The Rest of Florida to Georgia in Photos

 

After our visit to Harpal & Jeannie (no photos sorry), we spent 3 nights with my cousin Joanie and her husband Kent. Here we are out for dinner in downtown St. Petersburg. We really enjoyed the  Museum of American Arts & Crafts Movement nearby. It was so interesting and huge we need to return for a second visit next year.

On another day we went down to Sarasota to the
Ringling Museum. We've been there before but there
is so much to see, it was great to go again. The detail
of the Howard Brothers Circus Model is jaw
dropping. This is just one small piece. Every animal 
and person is unique!

From the second floor you can see down to the
Model - so you can get an idea of the size. We
spent the whole afternoon in the Circus Museum
alone. 

We spent a night in Punta Gorda with Breck Thomas, a fellow cruiser from Tortugal Marina and part of our reunion group. Also visiting were Don & Rosie, formerly of Chickcharne, and hosts of the second Tortugeezer Reunion at their home in Montana. 

Breck, Don and Scott preparing to dock at a 
waterside restaurant for dinner 

Rosie and I enjoyed the view from the bow.

We had dinner overlooking Jupitar Outlet and Lighthouse with our friends and neighbors from Vermont, "Weezie" and Stan Duda during our visit to them. 

We had a wonderful visit with Diane & Mitch Korbey. Diane has been a friend for over 50 years. They were an inspiration to us, as they cruised on their sailboat for 20 years before we bought our boat. They joined us for our first trip south of the Bahamas, all the way down to the Dominican Republic. Our first night we enjoyed Jesus Christ Superstar at the Vero Beach theater and later had a great day at the 
Under the Oaks Art Festival. We were so impressed with the area we made reservations for two weeks at the Road Runner Travel Resort for next March!

PBS had 3 episodes of Antique Roadshow at the 
Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah. 
It's a huge place, the most complete antebellum
railroad complex in the U.S. We rode the train
around the property and made friends with our
guide. 

On the train in Savannah

With our guide we got had a private tour of
The Survivor, built in 1926 for Jesse Donahue,
heiress to the Woolworth empire.

The lighthouse at Tybee Island is the fourth one
at this site. The first was in 1736. This one was
first part was built in 1773 and an addition
put on in 1866 bringing the height to 154 ft. It's 
long climb and very steep and narrow as you can
see. Many people expressed surprise that we old
people made it!

Debra Boileau, formerly of Tango, has been a 
friend since we met in Trinidad back in 2006. 
She lives in nearby Hilton Head and spent the
day with us on Tybee.

The view over to the beach from the top

There were 3 lighthouse keepers and their families
housed in 3 houses - all beautifully maintained. I 
loved this kitchen, looking like someone just 
stepped out! 

Our favorite restaurant Vic's On the River in
Savannah. We come every year. Scott let me 
off so I could get our table and the couple next to 
me asked if I wanted to join them, thinking I
was alone. I explained and we had a nice long
chat until Scott arrived. They were from Georgia 
and also had a boat. They left while we were
eating and just said good-bye. At the end of our
dinner our waitress had surprise for us. They
HADE PAID FOR OUR MEAL.   They didn't
say anything and we can't thank them. Wow! It is
a very expensive place. Life is amazing and
people are mostly just wonderful.