Another day in Hell.

Wendy's personal Hell is a Lobster Roll for lunch.

Deacon's is doing laundry instead of eating ice cream.

If you're in Siesta Key, skip the Old Salty Dog.

Started simple enough: late awakening, cartoons on the foldout, then the beach. Wendy got a special lunch from the Lobster Pot for lunch while we had sandwiches. We found all kinds of fish in the surf by the pier and just swam and swam watching all the undersea adventures (tied in well with watching Flipper last night). Then we started thinking about leaving.

Yep, tomorrow is the end of this dream. Laundry needed to be done. For some reason, bathing suits need to be washed. Don't get it personally but I'm just the driver. The village has this great little outdoor laundromat so we thought we'd get things cleaned for the next stop. Unfortunately, I checked our bank account and realized that a babysitter had sat on a check for a few weeks so we're in the red. Not good when you're out of town. Scurried to find a branch of our credit union, borrowed some of Deacon's money (Boyd forgot his PIN) to do the wash, and lit out to take care of the bank issue on the mainland.

Keely followed me and slept in the van while I got somewhat lost then found. In the end, I got money. Of course, I had the remaining quarters so they couldn't dry the clothes we started to wash. Then my cell phone died and they changed all the street signs so I couldn't get where I needed to get. Much consternation followed and then we were reunited. Wendy wanted happy hour oysters so we hit SKOB again. Kids Roy Rogered and we sucked down a dozen. Then we tried the Old Salty Dog on a rec from an old college friend... I mean past. It stunk. Must have been a bad night but the only good thing was the draft beer - and it was just ok.

So now we're back and killing the last hours of sunlight. Pretty sure it'll include a walk to Big Olaf's Ice Cream shop and a tour of the beach. Then we decide what your next stop is. Probably Homosassa Springs/Crystal River to find the elusive manatee. Keep tuned in!