Dec 5th to 8th - Naples FL

Dec 5th - Fri - Naples
A fruit & veggie vendor was at the park this morning so we rode our bicycles to check it out. What a busy place the park was about 9 am - bicyclists, shoppers, dog walkers and cars. Bought some lovely bell peppers, including purple & white which I have not yet tasted. Also got some strawberries so made a couple of biscuits when we returned and had a big strawberry shortcake for breakfast - YUM!
Next we went to the Flamingo flea market which is not too far away. It was very clean and organized. I guess we were just in the right mood as we bought a few items including a Santa lawn ornament with spinning wheels. Most people at the park have some Christmas decorations so we had to put something out.
Visited a bit with the neighbors and saw a shoe shelf that we will have to add to our rig. More about that when we actually do it.

Dec 6th - Sat - Naples
We attended a breakfast at the park this morning. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice & coffee for $3 each. We sat beside a couple from Quebec (Marcel & Louise) who spoke very good English and were a delight to chat with.
Checked email when we got back and had a message from Gary & Carie from Victoria. They are camped just north of here and wanted to get together but their email & cell phone were both intermittent. So we hunted them down in their RV park and went to the Fleamasters flea market with them. It is a huge market and we did not get there until after noon so we only got through part of it when vendors started closing up at 3:30. Made a trip to Camping World, stopped at Dairy Queen for sundaes (lunch for Terry & I!), dropped them at their park and headed home.

Dec 7th - Sun - Naples
Chore day today after finishing the strawberries on another shortcake. We decided to hook up the bedroom TV to satellite so Terry tried the wiring already in the rig but it would not support satellite. We temporarily ran a cable through the bedroom window, put a new program on our old receiver and got it working. Good thing, as the new program for our new receiver did not show up today.
We also made a trip to a couple of stores and bought supplies to make a shoe shelf outside under the steps. Our neighbor used a heavy metal grate, bent the edges over the 2 bars in the recess where the steps fold up and fastened it with a lot of cable ties. We found a black, vinyl covered metal shelf that is intended for “build your own” closet organization. It was 6 feet long but cost less than a 3 foot white shelf - go figure! With a little hacksaw application, it fit perfectly and since it is solid took fewer cable ties to secure.

Dec 8th - Mon - Naples
Gary & Carie were supposed to join us today but Carie called about 10:30 and said Gary was not feeling up to an excursion so we went on our own. We drove south to Marco Island which is laced with canals and huge houses with boats moored in the back yards. Along the gulf (west) side, there are miles of high rise hotels/condos/apartments. Next we stopped at Tin City in Naples which is a little shopping & eating area. We had planned to have lunch there but it was getting late so we decided to head for home and have an early dinner instead since I had a chicken in the crock pot to use for fajitas.
After dinner, we routed a cable for the satellite connection in the bedroom. Now we just need a fitting on the outside of the rig to complete the project. Running the cable had the added benefit of cleaning out some drawers and storage areas that had to be removed and emptied.