Saturday, January 29, 2011

A DAY IN PUNTA GORDA...



Linda and I took this morning to do some browsing and shopping in Punta Gorda...about an hour north of Pine Island.  On the way, we stopped at the Pottery Express Bamboo Farm to look at all the beautiful pottery.  They also had a gift shop and I bought a new necklace. 






They also had lots of other beautiful items...





This lady was walking around with her parrot on her shoulder...





In Punta Gorda, they were having a Farmers Market...and we browsed all the tents...and sampled some delicious cooked sausage.  There were lots of artists showing their artwork...and several were set up and painting.  









Lots of folks had their dogs with them...this little dachshund was a cutie...she posed for me!




Then we headed to Fisherman's Village which is a like a mall...well, actually, we called it a tourist trap.  It was full of shops and restaurants...and most of the shops were kind of pricey.  We ended up eating at a restaurant on the way home.  




We went to the Laff Out Loud shop.  Linda was looking for some items for her Mah Jong game here.  


Lots of the buildings here have beautiful scenes painted on the outside.

We had a fun day...but we were both tired and glad to get home for a restful evening!

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