A slow news day in Rotonda West

Not much to report really, we did some much needed shopping but en-route took another look at the house we plane to rent next February and March, we cannot go inside as it is currently occupied, but just to get a feel for the place. The building plots seem larger in the location with a number of houses having double plots perhaps half an acre in size. It is only a three bedroom house this time but from the agents photos seems well decorated although we do understand that the pool is not quite so large as the current one.

So we spent a short while in Publix just topping up bits and pieces and now starting to work out what, if anything, we will have left at the end of the week as our last full day here is next Saturday the 30th March and we have to check out by 10.00 on the 31st March, give or take a minute. Last year Noel made a big mistake about the check out date thinking that the actual date was one day later and then at 0800 when making tea a further check was made and then all hell let loose as we had two hours to pack and clean the place. So we do not want to repeat this fiasco and so we will do most of the packing up and sorting out on this coming Friday and have a relaxed Saturday and then leave  the house around 10.00  and then start our journey to see friends in Santa Rosa beach arriving on Monday 1st April after an overnight stop in a hick-town called Perry.
We received a call from our New Zealand friends who have just arrived in USA and currently on the West Coast but making their way to collect their RV which is parked near Houston, I think, and they are heading down to Tallahassee which is about two hours from where we will be staying with our friends in Santa Rosa and so we hope to get together sometime before we leave for Orlando.
To finish the day we had a salmon salad and then watched the BBC detective series called DCI Banks which is quite well made if not a little violent in content. Oh well off to bed and its a bit warmer tonight.