Christmas Eve

December 24th John had the motorcycles and bikes all loaded into his trailer all ready to go.  Judy packed up half the stuff in their motor home, including the cat, for our trip down to Port Charlotte.  We had the trailer packed to the ceiling almost and the jeep was full.  We arrived in Port Charlotte, picked up the keys for our house and managed to find the place with no problem.  The house is great.

On the right side of the house is a very large master bedroom, walk in closet and a huge bathroom that opens directly onto the patio.  On the left side of the house are three more bedrooms, one of which opens onto the patio and another bathroom.  In the middle is lovely large livingroom, dining room and kitchen.  The pool area has a fully screened lanai.

The back yard slopes down to a canal.  We have not seen any alligators in the canal yet but John and Judy plan on using their blow up kayaks in there soon.  They are going to check out the wild life for us.

After we arrived and got everything unpacked Judy and I headed to Winn Dixie to stock up on groceries and to get our turkey for Christmas Day.  

We spent a lovely evening enjoying the patio and the company of our friends.

More to follow.