Mia Visit Day 4 - With Adele and Gina Too!

We decided to head to Fort DeSoto this morning, to spend a couple hours at North Beach there.  Gina rode shotgun while Adele and Mia and Willy rode in the back seat.

 The water was calm and beautiful.  Lots of beach days this week!

Mia decided to set Willy free!

 Adele and Willy.

Adele and Mia with attitude!

Our homestead on the beach.

 Willy with his adopted family.

 Keeping it real.  Our Super Big Gulps.

 Enjoying the sun and water . . . gathering clouds in the background.

Love the cloud formations.  Big sky here!

We joined Pete, Joe, Alan and Phil for dinner at Acropolis.  Tried to capture the dancing wait staff, but too quick for the camera!  Flying napkins and clinking plates too!

Zills a clinking too!

 My dish . . . fish . . . crisp coating . . . and all the fixins'

Enjoying our entrees.  Mia, Gina, Adele and Phil.

 This side too!  Alan, Pete and Joe.

One of our gracious neighbor diners snapped a picture for us!

Dad and his girls.

Leave it to the Gabriel Girls to get the party started!  After standing near the dance floor for a while, and no one dancing, the girls headed out and within 2 seconds, the floor was awash with dancers!

 On the way home we decided to stop for a treat at Yogurtology over on 4th St N.  So much to choose from!

Our delicious treats!

Yummers!  Then home to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.  Another fun day with the girls!

Sunny Florida!

Do I never learn?  I was off from work on Friday and decided to make it a beach day.  I usually go to Sunset Beach, so headed over there first, after a stop at Panera for breakfast.  All of the beaches on Treasure Island are being re-nourished, so the beach is in various stages of disarray.  I stayed there a short while.  There were a lot of 'surfers' there because the waves were bigger than usual. The walking in the surf was very uneven.  I decided to head elsewhere and maybe explore some other areas.
I headed down to Fort De Soto Park, North Beach. I have been there several times.  The day was a perfect beach day.  Beautiful sky, beautiful water, white sand, nice refreshing breeze.  It was so perfect that I didn't want to leave!  The beach there has been selected as America's Number 1 Beach several times!

So, last night when I got back to my apartment, I planned on taking a shower and then applying some Banana Boat lotion with aloe.  But, the landlord had some repair work done to my bathroom ceiling (from a leak from the bathroom in the apartment above mine), and the shower rod was down, and the bathroom was a mess.  So, I showered without the curtain, aiming the shower head towards the tile to minimize water on the floor.  It worked fine.  Then I applied the aloe lotion.

I had to work this morning, so one of the members was telling me about an old home remedy of applying vinegar to the sunburn.  So, when I got home, I Googled to learn more.  I decided to try it, so am now in the process of seeing how it works!  Still applying lotion afterwards.  I jokingly asked her if I could use balsamic vinegar, and she replied, "Sure, but it's more expensive."  :-)  So, I figured I'd add a little olive oil, some seasonings, feta cheese, and stick some spring mix greens to my skin, and I'd be good to go!

And refreshing myself with my latest, V8 V-Fusion.  This is Peach Mango.  I cut it with diet 7 Up.  I love the different flavors of the V-Fusion and alternate them depending on my mood.  V8 is crafty though.  I first bought the 'Light' variety.  Then realized, it's 50% juice and the rest water.  So, for the same price, I get the 100% juice and cut it myself, and get twice as much!  I'm sooooo smart!  And it goes great with my salad!

Fort De Soto - Tampa Bay

After a brutal day at work on Tuesday, it being the first banking day after a 3 day holiday weekend, and it also being the first of the month, and the air conditioning being off, I was fortunate enough to have Wednesday off.  So?  Off to the beach!  This time, Fort De Soto.  The following are some pictures of different areas of the park.  Beautiful and relaxing!  This post from November 12, 2007, shows pictures from my first visit there shortly after I moved to St. Pete.

This is the Gulf Pier.  That's a lighthouse in th distance.

This was such a surreal sight.  That tower seemed to just float out there.  This scene almost reminds me of a Dali painting, only no melting clocks.

This is looking from the Gulf Pier, up towards North Beach.

This guy has his eye on a bucket of bait!

This shot is looking up towards North Beach, taken from the top of the fort.

This shot is from the beach near the Bay Pier, looking towards the Dog Beach.

This is the Bay Pier.

This shot is from near the Bay Pier, the Sunshine Skyway is in the distance.

Veterans Day at Fort De Soto

November 12. 80 degrees. Fort De Soto Park .

This is the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over the mouth of Tampa Bay. There were some kite surfers in this area.

For some reason, this area reminded me of the place where Captain Jack Sparrow was marooned and Elizabeth burned the rum.

Go November!!!

Veterans Day in Florida. 80 degrees. Sunshine. Spent the day at Fort De Soto .