Sun N Fun RV Resort Sarasota, Florida

January, 9th thru 11th 2009

This travellog covers our four day stay at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida.

We are staying at Sun N Fun RV-Resort in Sarasota. It is $50 a night for FHU paved interior streets and more activities and amenities than you can shake a stick at. The place has over 2,000 sites. It is a *snow bird* destination. We have a "cheap" cite, at least the cheapest available. They go up rapidly from our $50 a night site. And even with the economy struggling like it is the place appears to be better than 90% occupied. You really can't tell there is a recession by looking at the population in this place.

Great egret at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida

This great egret was feeding in a drainage canal at Sun N Fun RV Resort. Great egrets are so white that they reflect light like a mirror. It is really hard to get a good picture of them because they *wash out*. I have done some trickery with this picture. See if you can see what I have done

Do not read further until you have tried to see what is *wrong* with this picture.

Ok, here is the answer. I flipped the picture 180-degrees so that you see the reflection on top and the actual bird on the bottom.

Remember what I said earlier about great egrets being so white that they reflected light like a mirror? The real bird (on the bottom) is so washed out you can not even see its eye. Yet the reflection (the bird on top) has all its features.

Palm tree bloom at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida

This palm tree in the campground at Sun N Fun was blooming and the colors were absolutely stunning. The case holding the blooms is a golden orange.

Palm Tree bloom at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida

There must be a better description of that color than "golden orange" but that is the best I can do. These have not yet burst open to expose the blooms.

Palm blooms at Sun N Fun RV Resort Sarasota, Florida

The golden orange flower cases complete with flowers juxtaposed against the deep green of palm fronds and azure sky is striking to say the least.

Palm flower case bursting with fresh flower buds at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida

This flower case has just opened and exposed the flowers.

Bougainvillea bush at Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Florida

Bougainvillea comes in an assortment of brilliant colors. These salmon blooms were adorning a bougainvillea in one of the yards in Sun N Fun RV Resort Sarasota, Florida.