so far so good

Ten days or so ago, the weather was miserable and John was getting a cold. We got a call from a friend/relative urging us to visit him in southwest Florida in February. The timing was just right, and we said let’s make it happen. Then I realized that I had a companion ticket ready to expire at the end of January, and our plans accelerated. We planned several days with our friend and then some time on our own.

We enjoyed exploring with Steve including a river tour, watching manatees, a kite festival and a visit to a holocaust museum (not fun but we’re glad we did it).

on the Caloosahatchee river
Kites and more kites

Here’s where the gratitude comes in: when we got ready to pick up a rental car for the next phase of our vacation, we discovered that John’s driver’s license has expired and mine had disappeared. No rental car for us! But it turns out that using LYFT to get where we wanted to go, get around for a few days, and back to the airport actually is going to be cheaper than the anticipated cost of the car rental. And since we’re carrying all other kinds of ID, although it may take some extra time we can probably get home in a few days.

So here’s the current situation:

View from our deck…

Grateful, for sure….