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    “ Noon today, no later. Got it.
    “ Okay, I'll call you later this week.”
    Anna ended the called and turned to me.
    “It's all set. You have a site reserved at Serenity Cove.  You have to check in before noon today. If you show up after that, the office will be closed and you'll be sleeping on the street tonight.
    “ When you check in, tell the manager you're the wifi guy. He'll be expecting you. He'll know your rent has been taken care of.  Got it?”
    I nodded. “Yeah, get there before noon. Tell them I'm the wifi guy.”
    Anna smiled. “Walker, you're going to like this place. It's a lot nicer than the old boat yard. It even has a swimming pool.
    “ You'll get three months free rent and all you have to do is sniff around and see if you can figure out why the place isn't making money. And to keep your cover from being blown, you'll want to check out problems with the park’s wifi.
    “ With your computer background, the wifi part should be easy.”
    I nodded. “Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem.”
    Anna pointed to the clock over the kitchen sink. “You've got less than two hours to check in over there. So shower, shave, and go.
    “ Call me tonight. Tell me how it went.”
    She turned and headed for the door.
    “Anna, wait. I really appreciate you finding me a place. So thanks. But I've got a feeling there's more to this than what you've told me.”
    She smiled. “You're right. There is one thing I may have left out. Serenity Cove is a clothing optional resort.”
    With that bombshell, she left before I could ask any more questions.
     
    As I mentioned before, Anna is a kidder. And I was hoping she was kidding about this.
    There was no way Serenity Cove was a clothing optional resort. Especially not here in Englewood, Florida.
    It's a small town of less than twelve thousand people, most of whom are over sixty years of age. Almost all are retirees who moved here to escape the cold winters up north.
    Unlike other areas of Florida, Englewood is not a tourist destination. There are no theme parks, no roadside attractions, not a Micky or Minnie Mouse to be found.
    Just a small beach town half way between Sarasota and Fort Myers.
    It's not on the interstate and it's unlikely you'll end up here by accident. Your GPS is not going to route you through Englewood unless it's your final destination. You're either coming here on purpose or you'll never know it exists.
    If you do visit though, you'll find there are no traffic jams, no rush hours, and so little crime that Englewood doesn't even have it's own police department.
    Life here is slow, the big attractions are the weekly farmer's market on Dearborn street and the sixteen miles of sandy beaches on nearby Manasota Key.
    For some, the place is too tame. But I kind of like the slower pace of life here. In fact, it didn't take me long to figure out Englewood is the only place in Florida I wanted to live. But not if it means living in a 'clothing optional' resort.
    So after Anna left, I fired up my computer and searched Google for 'Serenity Cove, Englewood Florida'. 
    According to the search results, Serenity Cove had been established as a nudist resort. A place where people could camp in their RVs and tents, and run around naked if they wanted to.
    But it hadn't worked out well.
    The owners of the Serenity Cove Nudist Resort had failed to factor in the average age of people visiting Englewood. Mostly retirees over sixty. And among that group, there weren't many interested in seeing the private business of other senior citizens.
    So after two years of high vacancy rates, the Serenity Cove Nudist Resort went out of business. New owners came in and immediately dropped the 'clothing optional' rule and removed “Nudist Resort' from the name of the park.
    The new Serenity Cove was relaunched as an upscale active adult RV resort catering to snowbirds who wanted to spend their winters camped under palm trees near the Gulf of Mexico.
    It had forty-eight spacious RV