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Day 1 - Rainy Day

This morning started with heavy rain and thunderstorms.  So, we slept in till 7:00AM. (Yes, that is sleeping in for us.)  Then I had breakfast at the one of the hotel restaurants, I went for the buffet and Jim went for a breakfast sandwich.   Afterwards we did a grocery store run, to pick up some RedBull, water, and some additional snacks. I was glad Jim was doing the driving for the run because during the first 5 minutes of the drive it was like driving through a wall of water, which is why we went to the CVS first (it was closer than the Publix). But the CVS was having an internet issue and wouldn’t check us out, so we had to drive up to the Publix, thankfully the rain let up some so that part of the drive wasn’t bad.  Thankfully, we finished our shopping and checked out right as they were dropping off a bus tour the grocery store.  Afterwards we got back from our grocery run we sat on our balcony for a little bit and watched the rain.   During a long break in the rain, we walked along the small beach the resort has.  Then it was back to the balcony, where we ate pizza from the night before for lunch.  Our room has a mini fridge, so leftover pizza is an option. 

I was starting to get restless, just sitting, relaxing, and enjoying the view of the palm fronds is hard for me.  So, I checked the weather and saw it was going to sunny for a few hours, so we headed out down 1.   We stopped at the Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park, which is an old coral quarry.   We walked round that for a little bit and then headed further down one.  Our next stop was the Florida Keys Brewing Company, where Jim got a beer and we had chips and salsa.  Then we stopped at a Bass Pro Shop so I could pick up bug spray. Mosquitoes just love me.  On the way back to the hotel we stopped at the World of Shells gift shop, they had other random tourist things than they had actual shells.   From there it was back to the hotel, for some frozen drinks at the pool side bar.

That basically was our day, not very exciting. The rain put a damper on things.   Hopefully, tomorrow will be more exciting as I’m supposed to go snorkeling in the morning.  

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