Our Last Day in Sarasota and the Best Tuna Ever!

So our last day in Sarasota was a very very sad day.  A very hot, wet, mosquito ridden sad day.  Actually it was a lot of fun, even though the consequences were very itchy.
We started the day by sleeping in (what a rough trip this has been).  Brent's sister wanted to try to take a trip to a state park whose name I cannot remember and would most likely butcher trying to attempt any spelling of it.  Brent was no help remembering the name.  Anywho, it decided to start storming around noon when we were planning to go.  We assumed that a marsh area probably wasn't the best place to be in a strong thunderstorm with pouring rain, and played Uno while we waited for the clouds to pass.  They didn't.  Around 3, the rain let up a bit and we dashed out the door to try and make it to the park before the storm started again!  It was gorgeous.  It was like walking through a jungle!!!  It was, however, awfully humid and extremely buggy.  I have never seen such mosquitoes.  They're gigantic dinosaur mosquitoes down here in Florida!!!  I don't know how people live with these things, I was out there for maybe 20 minutes walking and I ended up with nearly 15 mosquito bites on EACH thigh and quite a few on my shoulder.  I even got a mosquito bite on my thumb...MY THUMB!!!!  And I can't even count the ones on my toes, they've all swelled up into one giant bite.  So, yeah it's pretty but I really wish I'd had bug spray...especially when we came along this guy:

Meg, I'm really sorry.  It was all I could do to take this picture without throwing up.  Brent also thought it would be hilarious to touch my hair while I was taking this picture.  I almost threw my camera at him.

So as part of this trip, we climbed a couple of towers and walked along a bridge.  The highest tower was 76.1 feet tall (here's the proof).  And the view was awesome!!!  Then we found a bird watching area and walked along the ground bridge there.  This area was also "abundant" with alligators!!  So we were careful where we walked.  It was extremely scenic and I got a couple of pictures of Brent with his niece and nephew that were really cute.  I also was happy to get some really good wild-life shots (I included one of a deer here).
After exploring, we were all extremely sweaty and bitten up so we went back to Brent's sister's and showered.  We then went to this little place on Casey Key called - appropriately - Casey Key Fish House.  Once you walk in, you don't expect much from the place but HOLY CRAP! They have amazing food.  And it's not too pricey either!  The tuna was delicious!  Rare in the middle, seared on the outside to perfection!  It was served with wasabi and ginger noodles which had delicious little peppers mixed in with it.  I loved every bite, but I ate WAY too much.  They had really good mussels too.  If you're ever in Casey Key near Sarasota, you must go.  We ended the night with a quick game of Uno and passed out.  The next morning we set out for Disney!!!  But that is for the next post - which I will do separately...(It'll probably be posted in the next 5 minutes).
PS - After dinner, we ended with watching the sun set over the ocean (since there is a west coast there).  This was the ONE time - the ONLY time in Sarasota that I did not bring my camera with me, and I will NEVER forgive myself.  Ever.  The following was taken on Brent's phone (minor editing).

Seriously...I'll never ever let myself live it down that I didn't have my camera.  Still a wonderful picture though.
Next post: Disney!!!