Sarasota Florida

Sarasota Florida

Sandi and I went to Sarasota for the 90th birthday of Fred, who iis still going strong. Nancy, Fred's wife, has been a long  time mentor to Sandi, which is part of the reason we went.  The fact that Florida is warm may also have had something to do with it. 

We flew Delta through Atlanta. The flight to Atlanta had some turbulence, and the pilot had the flight attendants sit for much of the flight. 

We found our Condo, great location but lacking in some details. 

Friday morning I was introduced to Nancy and Fred. Nancy is Sandi's friend and mentor; it is Fred's 90th birthday party. We talked business and technology; I may help them some with their project. 

We drove up the series of keys, all the way to the last key, Anna Maria Island. We had lunch in a converted gas station..  The Ugly Grouper restaurant is funky but has good food, owned by a former St. Louis baseball player. 

We headed to the mainland to the Manatee Viewing Center, at Apollo beach, next to the Teco powerplant. In cold weather, dozens of manatees group there  for the warm water. With the warmer weather, we were lucky to see one manatee.   Yes, that is the manatee's back. ;-)

Then we headed to Lido beach for the sunset. 

Saturday was Fred's 90th birthday party. The photo is of Sandi, Fred, and Nancy. 

It was a nice party. 

We went for a walk on the beach for sunset, and had dinner at a restaurant in St Armand's circle