Sunday, January 20, 2013

We began our Sabbath morning by relaxing on the lanai before leaving for church.

We returned to Hope Lutheran Church in Bonita Springs. They have their coffee hour outside. It was hard for me to believe there is such cold weather back in Maryland while everyone at church was mingling in short sleeved shirts, etc.

Before returning to our condo, we took some time to show a couple of our favorite places to Jim and Barb. One of these is a banyan tree in old Bonita Springs. 

Cordell especially like that this tree was planted by a man who shares his first name.

We re-visited the young sweethearts on the park bench near the tree.

Barb really enjoyed the Pottery Shop and I am always amazed at the number of pots and decorations that are there. I am equally amazed at the prices of some of the pieces and can hardly imagine where people put the really expensive ones.

We stopped for lunch at Fitzgerald’s, an Irish Pub. We had a choice of breakfast or lunch and we all chose lunch. The food was very good and the service was faster than we expected.

We made sure to get back to our condo in time to watch the Raven’s game. It was an exciting game and took a lot of my energy.

 

Cordell and Barb were not too tired to celebrate the Ravens' victory in their own way.

The four of us are looking forward to spending the next week together and are so glad that we are such good friends.