Come Back Anytime
April 4, 2016 -- Some people bring joy everywhere they go. Our friend Dan Barnes was one of those blessed folks. And so is Holly Downing, his wife. Tom and I know them from our years living in Columbus. We were delighted when they came to visit us in Sanibel ten years and two months ago -- January 2006. We dined al fresco at Doc Ford's the first night of their visit, and the second night, we had accepted an invitation to an open-house cocktail party for prospective members at The Sanctuary Golf Club. We're no golfers, but I'm a serious swimmer, and the pool at the city's recreation center was closed, or about to be closed. I was hoping that the recent renovations at The Sanctuary included an enlargement of their swimming pool. If so, we just might have bought a social membership. Holly, Tom and Dan look at exotic creatures in Periwinkle Park on Sanibel. Later that day, we partied at The Sanctuary. We asked Dan and Holly if they would like to go ...