We went way out this time.

Jerry and I went to Florida to see our friends. Celebrated Thomas' new home and another round of birthdays.

We all had a great time. (See Toucanshare's site for the story)

We had Al help us out and he made a cd with photos. It's great, though we are having issues with our computer and the photos. This may take me a few days.

Any way. The big adventures were Sanibel island. This is a small island that is all shells. So, one walks the beach bent over looking for the special shells. Yes, I did come home with 1/2 a gallon zip lock full. Sometimes you just don't grow up.

The sail to St Pete's was great. Good wind. This boat has more than 2 sails on it. We spent the night and on the trip back Jerry and I swapped boats with Dave and Kim. So we had a nice day motoring with the sails up. Ok, no wind. What the Menasco's need is a wind generator. That would help on those nice no wind kind of days. It was fun, nice to visit with Al and Rose. We saw some dolphins and didn't get run over by a frieighter bearing down on us at the Skyway Bridge channel.

We went to the Bradenton museum. They have a plantarium, that is cool. Jerry had a nice nap. Then we got to see a real live manatee. Snooty is the oldest living manatee born in captivity. She is pretty cute. I didn't see much action, except for the bubbles that came from her back end!

The best meals were had at home. Davve Ogden made fish taco's, they were great. Steaks. Pizza.

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