Mia's Visit - Day 3 and Adele and Gina Join Us

Day 3 with Mia began with the beach.  Sunset Beach again today.

Working on that tan.

A relaxing mid day.

Gazing out across the Gulf.

Quiet, relaxing day at the beach.

Fun in the sand.

We stopped at Fresh Market on the way home and got spicy angel hair and asiago, tempura shrimp sushi, and couscous with artichoke and olives.

 Adele and Gina joined us around 3 PM.  Our sofa pose . . . we had some snacks before heading over to the Trop for the Rays/Yankees game.



At the gate.

Nobody told us the Backstreet Boys were going to be here!

Got our stadium snacks and our 'free refills all night' Rays cup.

 Nice seats!

Pretty packed house!

 I just commented to Gina about my first Rays game and how I snapped some photos of Evan Longoria hitting a homer.  He was at bat, and I thought, who knows.  And I caught him hitting a homer again.  Clip at bottom of post.

A Rays fan amongst my Yankee loving daughters.  We're very inclusive.

Jeter hit a double and went on to score the only Yankee run of the night.

 The soda dash . . .

Mia was not a happy camper by about the seventh inning.

 The Gabriel Girls!  Still smiling!

It was too late to stop for gelato or frozen yogurt, so we hit up the Publix and finished the night with ice cream!  A new limited edition flavor!  And one Moose Tracks.  Yum!!!

Video made from the time lapse photos I took.

All in all . . . a FUN time!!!

20,000 Fans Get Free Tickets!

 Attendance has been a problem at the Tropicana,  Even with the Rays making it to the playoffs.  The word got out this morning, that 20,000 free tickets were going to be given out to tonight's game against the Orioles starting at 4:45pm.  We were on it!  Found a free parking space on the street and went.  Since we had a couple of hours before the game started, we 'leisurely' walked around and got something to eat.

 You can see here as we were walking towards the Trop, a storm was a brewin'

Mia?  Are you in there?

 Joe, Steve, Pete and Michael

And me!

Every time I see cotton candy I think of Adele, Mia and Gina!

 Hey!  Where's my peanuts and Cracker Jacks?

This is Jeff Niemann.  I see him every now and then at the neighborhood Panera.

 We were sitting in left field behind Carl Crawford.

Good crowd for a Wednesday night!  20,000 free tickets can't hurt!

Go Rays!

WOW! The World Series being played right here! It's cool to see the excitement all around this area. Now if I only had a ticket...