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FLORIDA - THE SUNSHINE STATE
"OUR TRIP TO FLORIDA JANUARY 2007"
Hans and I have been to Florida on many occasions, the latest of which was January, 2007. Our main reason this time was to visit Hans' brother and family, whom we hadn't seen for five years. In those five years, his family grew by five more grandchildren, so we were excited to meet these little people.
This year's visit started off in St. Augustine for "HANSIFEST". Katmosphere and Shohman put together a wonderful weekend VT Meet starting off with dinner Friday night at O.C. White's. Saturdayit was lunch at the Conch House and in the evening the "Haunted Pub Tour". A great time was had by all.
After Hansifest, we headed towards Mount Dora / Tavares areas to visit Hans' brother. During our week long stay we visited the quaint little town of Mount Dora and went on two boat rides.The first one was on Crystal River on the Gulf side. There we were thrilled to see many manatees in the river. The second was on the Dead River where we saw many different water birds.
After our week there, we headed for the Gulf and Sarasota. We heard it was beautiful there and were not disappointed. We stayed in Sarasota for three days, then headed for Fort Meyers Beach, where a good friend of ours had a condo. We enjoyed our time with her and loved Fort Meyers Beach. Many of our Canadian Snowbirds ( Seniors ) winter there as the temperatures are always warmer than the northern parts of Florida.
Conch House
