Sometimes your plans aren't about what you think. We planned to visit Riverside RV Resort, where we've gone for many years to teach our tech seminars and Smartphone photography workshops to the snowbird RVers who live there. We did that. And Jim posted this photo in Facebook.
I posted this photo of our Smartphone photography class.
A friend on Facebook, Prudence G noticed this posts and mentioned that she now lived in Sanibel Island and we should stop by and see her.
Hey, we love Sanibel island, and haven't been there in years. We met Pru while we were all diving in Fiji way back in 2006, then we visited her at home in the Chesapeake Bay area later that same year. She's the kind of person with whom we immediately felt an affinity, but we hadn't seen her since that visit back in 2006.
Hey, Sanibel is right on our route home - let's go. We pulled into her driveway and she greets us at the door. Conversation flowed as if no time at all had passed. She told us how her husband Reid had been instrumental in the creation of Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. How cool! Ding Darling is a very special place - we haven't been there in years. We were sorry to hear that Reid died a few months ago.
I really want to go to Ding Darling and Pru graciously agreed to take us. What a gorgeous evening.
Then we went to dinner at a wonderful Mexican place (400 Rabbits)and continued our conversation discussing our favorite dive destinations all around the world.
We driveway camped for the night and went to breakfast the next morning at Rosy's.
It was a wonderful visit - Thanks Pru! - and now that we know where she is we'll go back!
As we were driving home, Jim said, "Y'know - I think the purpose of this trip was to meet up with Pru!" Serendipity!
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