Meeting The Locals At The Beau Lido

...Continued from yesterday:      
     For the information of the Florida uninitiated, among which I, until recently, numbered, Sarasota is located on the southwestern Gulf Coast,

...and includes within its boundaries several keys, as the small coral barrier islands that ring the southern coast of Florida are called, .including Lido Key, where Romaine rented us a cute little bungalow on Lido Key Beach,

​...at the Beau Lido Suites.

    ​  Our Beau Lido Suite.

   The front yard,

...view from our back door,

​...and the back yard, complete with chaise lounges, a double-wide hammock, an old-school shuffle board,

...an an awesome clothesline, of which I gratefully partook,

​ ...the above clothesline being such a one as weary pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela through the mountains and plains of Northern Spain (as Tom and I twice did - see www.pattiliszkay.weebly.com for Camino blog #1 and www.andlightenyourpack.com for Camino blog #2),

...would have loved to have  along the way,

​..as we were always hanging our clothes out to dry,

...or in our rooms to dry,

​...or on our backs to dry.

     But back to Sarasota.
     As for our Beau Lido suite's interior,

...it was simple but spacious and perfectly adequate,

      (loved the pink and grey retro bathroom)

​...for  Romaine and I as well as for the perky little lizards who also occupied the premises,

...and made themselves perfectly at home in our suite, one of them invariably zipping inside whenever I opened the door.

     These tiny locals didn't really bother me all that much, they were friendly and harmless enough little critters.

     I just always worried I was going to step on one.  Thankfully, I didn't.  I mean, not that I know of.

     To be continued...

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