Weekend in St. Pete



Barbara and I spent a weekend at her mothers in St. Pete.  It was a great weekend.  It threaten rain several times, but only came once very briefly.  Typical for Florida.

 

BJ took us out on his boat.  We cruised around Tampa Bay, around Egmont Key and a little bit into the Gulf.  BJ needed a  guide so I thought I would help him out.

 

The Skyway bridge in the background collapsed several years ago when a ship hit it and several people lost their lives when their cars, trucks and buses went into the bay.  A tragic event.   Now they have some barriers for a wayward ship to hit before it would get to the bridge. We boated past a cruise ship on the way back.  We looked very small next the cruise ship

 

Barbara's mother has three kayaks, so one morning we took a trip around her island in the inter coastal waterway.  It was nice and peaceful around 9am.  We stopped at a small island and Barbara fished a little.  She didn't catch anything until we returned and cast her line off her mother's dock.

Another Day

Today was a golf day.  I shot an 80, which is good for me.  I had three birdies and one triple boogie.  Otherwise I was pretty constant.  I made a couple of bucks, so life it good.

Now that I'm home I was told we are going out to eat.  I may have to drink a couple more beers to fill out the evening.

Thursday

I know I say I would update this more this year and haven't done it, so if you want to know about my boring retired life, I'll attempt to keep you informed.

Let's start with something good.  Two weeks ago I shot a 73 (golf).

Last week I shot a 85 and 89.  Back to normal.

This week I shot a 85 Tuesday and a 79 today.

 Yesterday I played softball.  I was two for three at the plate and caught several balls in the outfield.  One fly ball someone thought they could go home, but I threw and strike to the relay guy and he threw a strike to home and he was out.  There is nothing better than throwing a guy out at the plate when your in the outfield.  We won the game 11 - 7.