Monday November 28: Back to Jacksonville - Stuffed Just Like the Turkey

What a great time at Terri and Scott's (near Bradenton, FL)! It was a 3 1/2 hour drive (who made Florida so big???) but pleasant enough on some freeway and some back roads. The theme for the trip was: food :-) But of course it WAS Thanksgiving ...... Terri pulled out all of the stops and made everything you would expect - and everything was great!

On Friday, Steph went to the pool and Terri, Scott, Steve and I went for a drive to Anna Marie Island to the pier for lunch. We had gone there when we came by boat last January and really enjoyed it. Scored a table right by the windows - great food and fun. It was a really nice day (unlike when we were there in Jan - 3rd picture - when the wind was howling and COLD).

More football Saturday - I stayed back while Steph, Terri, Scott and Steve went to the beach. Again a very nice day with a warm breeze and sunshine. One last stop for a sandwich at the Pita Place for lunch. Steve also made scalloped oysters again - this time using my mom's recipe. Really good .....

Anyway, we're at the boat for a couple of days and will then fly to Cleveland, stay a week, fly to California, stay 3 weeks and then back here to Jacksonville on Dec. 29th. By then, we'll be more than ready to be back on the boat and start heading for Marathon in the Keys. I'll start the blog back up after we return in late December. In the meantime, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas!