Catching up

It's been awhile since I last wrote. We have been keeping busy. On Monday the 5th, we went to St Petersburg to Rick's Aunt and Uncles. We took Buddy and Shelley with us. The reason we went was to book our cruise for Feb. Rick's Aunt JoAnn found us a really good deal and they will be going with us. It sounds real fun. As soon as we pulled up at their place, they had us head to the neighbors house to see their visitor. This guy had been in there park for about a week. He had gotten loose from his owner and was just hanging around. They were trying to chase him and he went onto the porch for safety. I had never seen one of these Iguanas up close. When he was on the little island he was green to blend in there. The next day this guy came for a visit on the porch of JoAnn and Jim's place. Apparently, Jim fed him the day before so he came back for more. Jim was at the doctors, so JoAnn went out and fed him. Bet he comes back tomorrow. JoAnn loves to entertain and her and Jim are great cooks. We had a lovely meal the first night of roast with all kinds of veggies and a real nice salad. Rick got up the next morning and took pictures of what you can see from the back yard. The reflections were really neat. After booking our cruise at AAA, we went to the Legion for lunch by the water. Jim and JoAnn love to laugh. They are a really fun loving couple. Buddy and Shelley just chilling out waiting for our order to come. After lunch we went to John's Pass Boardwalk. The dolphins are gone since they are doing more bridge work. We did not see a one. But we had fun walking around. We had to stop at Bubba Gumps restaurant. Notice the suitcase and box of candy and look at the size of those tennis shoes! After walking around for a while, we took Jim and JoAnn back to their place and got our bags to head home. But I forgot to show you the grapefruit we all had for breakfast. This is called a melalope or something like that. This is sweeter than a regular grapefruit and it has a lot less acid. It was good. I don't normally eat grapefruit because it is sour. But this was good and it fed 5 of us! We found it at the little fruit and veggie stand close by. They have several kinds of oranges there also. We bought the red navels. They are real good, sweet and juicy. Next we are going to try the golden oranges. They were sweet and juicy also. Friday we went golfing with Buddy and Shelley and their friends from Cross Creek at a place called The Bluffs. We didn't do real good but at least we got out to hit a few balls. I used the new driver that Rick had just bought and I love it. After using it a few holes, Rick went back to his old one. So this one is in my golf bag for now. Wednesday, I think we will go to Tampa to the RV show. Hopefully it won't rain because it is outdoors from what I gather. Talked to our daughter and they got hammered with snow. We even got pictures from a couple of friends back home. One text us and the other e-mailed us. Glad we are here instead of there. The snow is pretty from a distance.