Accidental Honeymoon Day 3 – Anna Maria Island, FL
Hello there interested readers, aka “Hi Mom!!”
Its the start of our 3rd full day on Anna Maria Island. Yesterday was good in a mellow sort of way. After a morning playing in the surf and walking the beach, Todd & I had lunch at the condo (leftover spaghetti,mmmmm) and tried another mall in Bradenton. For those of you who ask why we shop while on vacation, Todd and I love shopping- and shopping where we live sucks, so its nice to try new places while we’re traveling. Generally we find some good buys. Unfortunately the DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton was a bust. I think this is where the bluehairs go before the early bird special at Dennys. Wasn’t supremely eventful but did find a cute pair of Capri’s in Sears and a few tshirts for Maddie at Aeropostale.
We headed back to the condo and I took a nap, one of MY favorite vacation passtimes. Then we headed out to meet my friend, Larry for dinner. We toured the island in the convertible a bit and went to Rod & Reel Pier for dinner. This place is what Larry called “old Florida” and I think back home we call them ‘greasy spoons.’ Todd is pretty sure he saw a dolphin break the water (a dolphin that looked like a shark) and i stuck to my chair, but other than that it was a pretty good meal. Grilled Grouper for me again, could have used a bit less oil/butter in the grill “sauce” but other than that was a good meal. Great french fries!
We drove around the island a bit more with Larry then parted ways. I have known Larry over the phone and online for about4 years, was nice to put a face to the name. We no sooner dropped Larry off and put the top up on the convertible and it started raining. I’m not talking sprinkling, I’m talking torrential downpour. We stopped at Publix and bought some Talenti Gelato from the freezer section (ZOMG heaven in a cup) and headed back to the condo for a lazy rest of the evening.
Today is more of the same, beach, shopping, dinner maybe a movie. Pretty mellow here, we like that slow pace.
