Summer time and the feeilng is groovy

Well Liz has gone home now. Flights in and out went without a hitch.We had a wonderful time with her.
On my birthday Liz treated us to a wonderful dinner at Junkanoos on Fort Myers Beach.
We had dinner inside(they said there were mosquitoes out on the patio) and we had a great table by the window.
After dinner we went for a nice walk on the beach. This was Liz'z first time at Fort Myers so we had to go to the beach.
Not a bad picture considering I used a $1 tripod from the dollar store.

Liz had a great idea Thurs afternoon. Get a door handle for the outside of the lanai door. So we now have handle inside and out.
Thurs. was "National Girl Friends Day" Who the hell thought that up? a Hallmark whiz or a restaurant entrepreneur? Any way, I digress. Liz Aprille Sandra and Krista went to the Stillwater Grill and sampled a few cocktails. They had a super time together.
Friday afternoon, we went to the beach again. It was a beautiful day(as were all the days last week come to think of it). I had gone to the hardware store to return a drill bit( I bought it just in case) and I thought it would be a good idea to have a big umbrella this afternoon. The patio style(6 ft across) was 60 dollars at Aces Hardware. So... I thought let's check out "Big Lots"...same umbrella... 30 dollars... Yea!!!!!
So we got to go camping in he afternoon. It worked..after a few attempts. Then..  after we got the umbrella to stand up, a stupid lady walking a Pit Bull  let her dog run into the guide lines and ..well, guess what?
LOL.

On Fri. evening, we had planned to go on the Big M Casino boat to celebrate(my belated retirement). We got all dressed up for a night. We arrived at the dock at 615 pm(30 min. before sailing time..according to the web site information. The ship had sailed!!! Well we were confused both Aprille and I saw the sailing time as 645 pm - 1145. Oh well. Now what All dressed up and nowhere to go.
So inspiration time. Aprille and I had been to a fabulous little restaurant on the water just minutes away called Parrot Key Grill. So that's where we went. Good call!!!

So I wrote an email to Big M asking what happened to sailing times on Friday night?
Well... on the website, there are two sailings. One for Fort Myers and one for South Carolina. Guess what?
Yep.... S.C. sails at 645 m and Fort Myers is 600 pm. So look at the bright side. I probably saved some cash and we got  to get home before midnight and we enjoyed another fantastic dining experience.
Well that's it for me> I'll update when I get more pics from Liz.