Hi Ho! Hi Ho! To Caley's and Andrews's we will go!

Wednesday, March 9th - Myakka River State Park to Sarasota, Florida – Day 30 We were finally done with Myakka River State Park and it was really a great park to stay at. The canopy walk, friendly informative neighbours and beautiful trees was only offset by the dustiness of the ring road going past all the camp sites. The morning consisted of doing laundry, cleaning the trailer/site, packing up and closing down.

Caley, Andrew and family booked an Airbnb in Sarasota with a big driveway and had invited us to stay. We arrived and parked the trailer. Caley and Andrew were out and about so we left the trailer and went to have lunch at a park where a daring, baby racoon was trying to steal our food. We also picked up food for a barbecue to thank our hosts for hosting.

When we returned, we got to spend the rest of the evening hanging out with good friends. Gen prepared a delicious meal and Mary stepped in to do all the barbecuing. Chicken thighs and steak was on the menu and it was all perfectly prepared and delicious. The kids ran off to the back bedroom only for the occasional shriek or laugh to be heard. The adults spent the rest of the night talking about a bit of everything.

The sleep in the trailer was a bit noisy as there was the intersection of two busy roads nearby and bikers and cars didn’t seem to hesitate to hit the gas on their way by.

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