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We awakened to a beautiful view of downtown St Petersburg, got haircuts from Gina, and spent the day at the silver studio at The Arts Center where they threw a good bye party for us. We dined at Midtown with Annie and Scott then went to Wednesday night Swing Dance at...
If you can tell a person's troubles by the number of keys he carries then we are nearly trouble free. After the inspection of our very very clean apartment we turned in our keys. We are now down to a car key and a storage unit key each. We left the car in the garage...
After a day spend scrubbing, cleaning, vacuuming, and so on in an attempt to leave our apartment as pristine as it was when we got it, we treated ourselves to an evening of dance and friends at Nova 535 the newest of Jamie & Arleene's swing dance venues. It's a...
Since sometime in January or February we have had Monday lunch with Vivian. We've missed a few when we or she was out of town but we've been quite faithful. The remarkable thing is that the restaurant was always within easy walking distance of her office and we never...
We started today with a delightful breakfast with Pam and John and girls. Then with Ken we drove to Clearwater for an eggs benedict brunch with Martha. Then after 6PM Mass at St Paul's we had a wonderful visit with Patty. We have a long history at St Paul's. The two...
Our last Saturday in St Petersburg we gathered the local members of the family, Mike, Cathy, Matt, Emily, Ed, and "Uncle" Gary for a dinner at Midtown Sundries. It was that evening that all our favorite Midtown servers realized that we will be leaving within days....
Today's activities revolved around The Arts Center. Karen had her last pottery class and open studio. She gifted clay mentor, friend, and fellow irreverent Viking, Russ, with some special label label Viking Red wine, and gifted her remaining clay to her fellow open...
The day dawned dark and stormy and stayed that way all day. Mostly the rains were light and intermittent but they continued on all day just as they have all week. We're so grateful to be only on the fringes of this storm. This morning was one of those times when...
After a busy morning of errands which included two trips to Publix, CJ packed up the rest of her belongings still in our apartment and headed back to her own little apartment in Tampa. Classes start Monday for her final semester at USF. We dropped her off at the PSTA...
Today was the day that school was to begin in Pinellas County but with the possibility of a hurricane coming, school was cancelled. And the storm didn't exactly come. We had lots of clouds and occasional light sprinkles. We ran errands at places that were open and...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Redford, our Ford F-150 has been itching for adventure ever since joining the family in October 2019. Yes, he and Sc@rlett have partnered with us for a few shorter excursions but today we are getting an early start on our Summer Ramble. First stop, Easter with family...
Today we celebrate! We received our second vaccine doses two weeks ago today. We invited Steve, our neighbor and pod member, to join us as we headed to the deck, opened a bottle of bubbly, and shouted “Freedom!” We then crafted some spritzers and enjoyed conversation...
Today we've done two of the things that we do every Spring, bring the hammock out of storage and begin to prepare the trailer for travel. It's another gorgeous sunshiny day and once we hooked the hammock onto it's stand we just had to give it a test run. Truly, with...