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Half of the US is closed from the storms raging across so we feel fortunate to be down here, albeit 90 and very humid so the body is not converting to that very fast! Margaret’s ground floor apartment keeps cool and we put on AC if we need it - so it’s very comfortable if we don’t get too active.   Day 2 we got ambitious and walked about 3km round the local lake to the Wednesday Farmers market. A nice neighborhood collection of stalls and some lovely fruit/veg. We bought a huge papaya, mangos, baby bananas and I got a smoothie.But by the time we got back we were absolutely sweltered and I now have two blisters on my heels from not wearing sandals for 4 months! Off to the pool to wallow, the to the local Shrimp Shack for super seafood and local color. And into bed exhausted again.   We found out the Budweiser Clydesdale horses were in town (no free beer unfortunately) so took a drive to the local plaza to check them out. I guess we could see them at the Stampede probably too....

Well we had the day from hell yesterday - almost the week in fact. Bags packed, boarding passes printed, one last errand for me and I ge back and Ted tells me he feels awful and has tested positive for C19! So into my act figuring it how to cancel, rejig the trip to Florida to say with Margaret in FortMyers, at the bottom of Florida. Got something for a week later.  He got on the phone quickly and got approved for the C19busting drug Paxlovid and was back to normal by the time we flew. We didn’t test for C19 again, I had sniffle midweek and it went! So WE ARE HERE IN PARADISE!!! Bloody miracle. We had to check in at 430am - can you imagine me checking in at that hour??? After lovely weather for weeks, a storm came through Calgary Monday night before our flight Tuesday morning at 6:50am. We booked into the airport hotel and managed to get seats together for both flights to get to Florida. I slept!  But we then had to go through Minneapolis - somewhere in the middle of the State...