We have arrived at the Hutchinson Island Marriott Resort and
Marina in Stuart, FL for a week with our daughters Alison and Laura and their
spouses and children, our grandchildren. As we were preparing to leave Vero
Beach City Marina this morning, Alison called with the terrible news that Delta
had cancelled their flight. Because of bad weather two days ago, they had no
pilots for their plane in Minneapolis. They weren’t sure what would happen, but
it was certain that they would not arrive as planned in the early afternoon.
Laura would be driving from their home in Florida, so they would surely be
arriving today, but their plans called for an evening arrival. Alison was going
to call Laura to see if they could get to the resort before 5:00 pm, the latest
check-in time for the day. She said that we should also continue with our plans
and if necessary we could do the check-in for everyone, since we would likely
arrive first. So here we are. Their suite of rooms is right on the beach,
facing the ocean. Here is the view.
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| View from room at resort |
It is good that we did arrive on schedule, because Laura was
unable to arrive before 5:00 pm. We got there by about 4:00 pm, and we took
care of the check-in for them, except the formal paperwork that will wait until
tomorrow. Lyn and I greeted Laura, Rob and Zack when they arrived around 17:30,
and helped them carry in their luggage and beach toys (including surf boards).
Later, Grandma and Grandpa gave Zack a tour of Kite while Laura and Rob shopped
for food. When they returned with their groceries, we sent Zack to the resort
with them and we returned to Kite for the evening.
By midday today, Alison and Jason had worked out their
alternate plans. They will arrive in Orlando late tonight, staying in hotel
near the airport, and then driving their rental car to Hutchinson Island in the
morning tomorrow. We are expecting that by noon tomorrow we will all be
together
Yesterday, our last day in Vero Beach, we needed a few
groceries from Publix and informed Ringle of our plans to go shopping. They
wanted to come along to pick up a few essentials, too. We took a dinghy ride
and waited for the bus, which got us to the bus stop near Publix by 11:30.
After picking up a few essentials at ABC Liquors we were hungry for lunch.
Knowing that it is not wise to grocery shop at mealtime, we thought we should
eat first and grocery shop afterwards. We had all enjoyed lunch at Kelley’s Pub
two days earlier, and thought it would be good to try it again. It was! We all
ordered different items this time, and were very pleased with our choices
again. On full stomachs we made short work of our grocery shopping and then
took an Uber ride back to the marina, followed by a dinghy ride back to our
sailboats.
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