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Mark Family & Friend Visits<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is now warm enough for shorts, on the west coast of Florida. Our short stop started with a visit to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve<\/strong><\/mark>, where we walked the 1.2 mile boardwalk and saw an alligator, several turtles, and lots of birds. We must have spent 20+ minutes watching a pileated woodpecker munching on bugs in a dead tree, just 6-8 feet in front of us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then had dinner with Mark’s cousin Mary and her husband Gary in Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday and lunch with his RSE<\/mark><\/strong> friend Bob and wife Nancy in Naples yesterday. We had lovely visits with both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We must give a shout out to Bob, for giving us a name for our new truck which truly resonates. He took one look and said “That’s a monster!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it! Finally. The Monster!<\/mark><\/strong> (The Beast 2, Beastie, and The Brute are henceforth all retired.) Note, this was after we checked out his Datsun 240Z, which he’s owned 50 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Off for Bradenton…more visits with friends<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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For more pictures (later), see Adventure Album: South for the Winter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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