Monday - 25 Jan/16

It was touching the freezing point this morning so we waited until mid-morning before heading out to the Webster Flea/Farmer's Market. Clear cold and cool; however because the air is do dry it will warm to above 70F by afternoon.

For more than 50 years, Webster Westside has been open on Monday, rain or shine, year round. It is the place to find everything imaginable with 35 acres of open air markets plus additional covered buildings.  In the market, you can find produce, flowers, bakery items, jewelry, plants, boutique items, furniture, musical instruments, electronics, hardware/tools, pet supplies crafts, clothing - just about everything. They are especially known for great deals on good quality antiques and collectibles. Food vendors of all types are everywhere. They also have antique car and motorcycle show/swap meets and sister weekend market.

It was an easy drive. I avoided the busy roads as much as possible. We were there in under an hour. As usual the place was packed.

There was even a "As Seen On TV" booth. We found 1 item (we hadn't actually seen it on TV - grin).

Items of about every description imaginable. Indoors, Outdoors, Under tents or in buildings.

A number of the permanent buildings are identified by the colour they are painted. We were heading to the "Yellow" pavilion following a "lead" about a booth that had Boyds Bear (Resins) Bearstones.

At the very end, inside a storage shed we found a shelf of Charlotte's favourite collectible. She has to check the numbers on her list. It is hard to keep track of the over 200 she has at home.

She found a few she was interested in and bargained for a "deal".

She repeated the process at another booth a few pavilions later and left with another bag full.

Time for a snack break. Can you guess! Right - the Funnel Cakes!

We always find a few good "Diz Pins" every time we come here. We added 3 to our collection before working our way back to the car. Every time we come we never complete all of the market. After walking for more than 2 hours today we only got through about half. We were tired and getting warm so it was back to the car.

It was a great afternoon to take the top off the Del Sol and enjoy the sunshine. I took another route back, again avoiding the busy roads. The route was planned on purpose so I could surprise Charlotte with a stop at the Yalaha Bakery for Munch (Mid-afternoon Lunch - grin). There is a reason this was voted the #1 Bakery in Central Florida. The steady flow of customers testified to this fact.

We ordered a "Two Share" lunch. (2 lunches to share): Cranberry Chicken w/Walnuts and Smoked Knockwurst w/Kraut and Potato Salad and a Pretzel.

We made a quick stop at Publix for juice and milk. Charlotte remained in the car so we wouldn't have to put the top on. We wanted to enjoy the sunshine all the way back to the park.

Just a regular TV evening to round out the day. The only drawback was the Wi-Fi was so slow it took 3 hours to do the blog.