Fun with Friends!

Since the last post, things have been quite busy for the Crazy Travelers.

Upon returning from our respective trips, (me to Portland and Frank to NC), we had a day to prepare for the arrival of our friends Tom and Raquel from Rock Hill, SC.  You may remember them as we attended the FSU-Clemson game together and also spent a few weeks together in Panama early 2009.

They had never been to Stuart so it was a perfect opportunity for them to experience our little piece of paradise for a few days.  Thankfully they brought warmer weather with them!

They arrived Wednesday afternoon and because the weather was going to be rainy the next few days, we decided to have lunch on the boat and take them on a tour of Stuart by boat.  What fun!  We enjoyed Cuban sandwiches, the warm sunshine and breezy day.  We also explored parts of the river we hadn't seen before.  What beautiful McMansion homes! 

That evening we enjoyed dinner of pulled pork and invited Captain Pete to join us.   And we were able to catch a very pretty sunset on the river.

The yucky weather was expected to arrive the next day during the afternoon.  So we ventured out for some more exploring and to pick up a few movies.  We had lunch at a new place, Sailor's Return, which is in Wayne Heuzinga's new marina.  The food was pretty good!  We got back just in time to get hunkered down. 

On Friday, Tom and Frank had made plans to travel north to Rockledge to visit a friend of theirs from way back when.  It had been about 3 years since they've all seen each other and from what we heard, it sounds like they had a good time catching up.  (I guess what happens in Rockledge, stays in Rockledge.)  :)  But they did mention several times all the big TVs Doug has and I could see the wheels turning trying to figure out how they might be able to arrange something comparable.

While the guys were up north, Raquel and I spent time catching up.  It was really a very rainy and dreary day, but that didn't stop us from venturing out.  I wanted to introduce Raquel to Home Goods as they are in the process of doing some remodeling/redecorating.  We zipped out for a bit but were back in time to have our neighbor from Tampa (Paul and Paige) stop by for a visit and lunch as they were returning from South Florida. 

That evening we went to dinner at the Dolphin Bar and Inn but unfortunately it was too rainy to enjoy the scenery.  Fortunately, the food made up for it.

Saturday came and the Andersons were heading to the west coast for another stop on their Florida tour. 

Lots of food, fun and laughs while they were here.  Hope they'll come back but next time leave the rain at home.