Wednesday 25th October, It’s getting warmer again

Well that was the end of the cold front for the moment, it lasted perhaps 1.5 days and today the temperature got back to about 85°F. We decided that today we would explore Sarasota Town and also Siesta Key and see what it was like. Sarasota is a very quiet town at the moment as the hoards have not yet arrived from the frozen North. The town is quite small really however we parked near to ‘Marina Jacks’ and then headed up by the waterfront on to a promenade which goes in to the middle of the bay. There is a lovely statue of Dolphins and you can see the pictures in the photo blog.
However, Shock and Awe we discovered that in fact Sarasota was founded by the Scottish and they were also quite involved for many years in running this town, they also built the first golf course in the United States of America here in down town Sarasota. Those wiley Scots!
We then headed in to the town and walked up Main Street, this is full of mostly empty restaurants but there were many antique and also fine art shops together with some really lovely pottery and glass outlets.
There were also a number of interesting statues around town, mostly of clowns, which are pictured.
We ended up in the most amazing food mart where the presentation of the fruit and vegetables was magnificent and the quality was quite superb. They also had a lunch outlet where you could purchase sandwiches of all descriptions and a selection of hot and cold food to make a Londoner go mad with jealousy. Oh how I miss the K+N Colnbrook Sandwich Bar - YUK.
Following our walking tour of the town we headed out to Siesta Key where we had lunch and found an Internet Café to connect and to check mail etc. This area is full of developments of new houses, apartments and condo’s and the most obvious sign everywhere was ‘For Sale’ or ‘For Rent’. There must be some good deals around at the moment with the amount of houses and condo’s for rent. Siesta Key is a very nice area and quite expensive looking in places and would be a great place to live, providing you wanted to live in Florida.
Again it was very quiet with very few cars and people but it will get busier after thanksgiving and thereafter for the next few months. This was a pleasant day’s travel and we headed back via one of the large shopping malls, had a quick look round and left without spending a cent, brilliant.
Last night we had one of Costco’s great New York Sirloin steaks, how they get such good quality at such a good price is amazing anyway tonight its Crab Cakes, should be interesting.
Not sure what we will do tomorrow, perhaps go to the Antique Car Museum or a wildlife area.

Enjoy the photos on the Photo Blog