Dining area and living roomFriday September 10, 2010. Pulled myself out of bed at 3:10am because we catch our plane to Anna Maria Island, Florida at 6:45. Picked up Debby and Kevin at 4:30 and drove to Bloomington Airport. All went smoothly as we had already checked in for our flight online. No luggage to check as we all took 'carry ons' so we are ready to hit the Sky's south. Our plane left on time and we arrived in Atlanta about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. We had plenty of time to make our way to the next gate for our next flight. Amazing---our plane from Atlanta also left on schedule. Flight from Atlanta was good and today is a 'star' day for Air Tran as we arrived in Tampa 10 minutes early as well!
We had prearranged our rental car so we made our way down to the rental office to claim. We were assigned an HHR, which would not be a choice of mine for a personal vehicle but for four people traveling with luggage, it was perfect! We loaded our bags and headed for Anna Maria. Our trip was about 45 minutes to Bradenton Beach which is just across the bridge to Anna Maria, We stopped at Wendy's in Bradenton and had a quick lunch before driving on to the island. Our time share will not be ready until tomorrow so tonight we are staying with Denny and Kathy Belcher, Debby's sister.
We bought our time share sight unseen but we took a virtual tour via website and had much information from Debby, Kevin, Denny and Kathy. We were quite certain it would be a nice place to buy. When we arrived, it was much as I had envisioned. We were VERY pleased with our choice, even though we have not seen the actual unit that we bought. Denny and Kathy are in the Penthouse and our time share is one unit away in Gulf Stream. The Penthouse is arranged identical to Gulf Stream. They are both two bedroom units with two baths. The bedrooms are very nicely arranged with one on each side of the kitchen and living room so there is a lot of privacy as they each have their own full bath. Everything about the property is pristine! Beautiful landscaping, pool and beach.. The time shares are split into three sections; The Penthouse, Gulf Stream and Smugglers Cove. There is very little difference in the Penthouse and Gulf Stream as they are both two bedroom, two baths, whereas, Smugglers Cove are all one bedroom units. All units are in a shared complex and within a short walk from front to back. The Penthouse faces the beach and Gulf Stream overlooks the pool but the beach can also be viewed from the side balcony as well. Smugglers Cove is in rear of the complex and has a beautiful deck area out over the water with tables, lounges and gas grills. The landscaping in back is awesome as well! Just a very nice area to set and relax and watch the boats on the ocean.
We swam for awhile and later went to Rotten Ralph's for dinner. Spent the night at Denny and Kathy's and will move into Gulf Steam tomorrow.
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