Sarasota/ Siesta Key

 We did a day trip to Siesta Key when Livi was on her Make a Wish trip to Disney-world and fell in love with the beach.  We knew we wanted to return and found an Elks that wasn’t super convenient, but provided hook ups.  We were the only ones using the site out of 4 available. On the 2nd day we ventured to the beach in the morning when the weather was still mild. We took a dip in the ocean and the water was 83 degrees.  Returned back to our site at the Elks and we both took an outdoor shower. Gus got a much needed shower as well. Met a nice guy who was also from Oregon traveling in his van.  We all met up at the bar and the place was packed due to Queen of Hearts night.  We didn’t win the 22K jackpot, but was fun to meet other people that night.  We heard it was raining pretty hard and Bryan went to check the van which had the vents open.  He texted me and said it was like a waterfall coming in.  These storms do not mess around down here.  I got drenched running to the van to see if Bryan needed any help.  Had a good nights sleep and woke up to head down to Florida Keys.






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