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Going Sailing tomorrow

Hoping we don't have to deal with the traffic too much for the Bucs game. Have to drive right by the stadium. Should be a good day of sailing. Note to self - get fuel.

waiting at airport for Lisa to show up

She just called and said they were leaving. That was 25 minutes ago.

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Just a clarification - we met at the airport for lunch and I was waiting in their little cafeteria and this plane was parked outside. No, Lisa wasn't on this plane. 

Windy in St. Pete

We went down to St. Pete today and checked on 3Sum. She was holding her own and was bouncing around a bit as the wind was about 25 when we got there and then climbed up to 35+. We watched a sailboat go out and thought, uh oh, too much sail. It appeared their jib got blown out and then it looked like something happened to their main. They finally got their sails down and headed back into the marina. I think the wife gave the husband an earful. I don't know why you would go out in a wind like that where it was almost impossible to stand. I'm sure Lisa's old sales rep, Gene, would have gone out in that kind of wind because he once told me it isn't fun until it is about 45 or 50 mph and then the racing begins. We took off for about an hour and went to the St. Pete beaches and were close to running out of gas. Lesson learned: there are very FEW gas stations in St. Pete!

Checking on boat in St. Pete

St. Pete Shakedown Cruise

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tampa shakedown cruise

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3Sum's new home

St. Pete Marina

3Sum's New home

St. Pete Marina

St. Pete Marina

3Sum new home

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Trying to get motivated to bottom paint the boat

I am not looking forward to this.

Messing About In Sailboats

Messing About In Sailboats

Boats on St. Pete

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Lunch in Tampa at Taverna Opa-Tampa

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Origins of the Jolly Roger

Origins of the Jolly Roger

Going to Ormond Beach

Dinosaur and pink cock

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Scalloping with Bob - West Coast

Bob Poledancing

We got back from Daytona and got the car ready for scalloping in Steinhatchee  with Bob, Debbie his wife, and daughter Sara on their 20 ft deck boat. We followed them up there and unloaded the boat and headed out for about 9 miles into about 4 or 5 feet of water with a really grassy bottom. The scallops were slim pickings and we managed to get enough for a junior cocktail. Lisa saw a nurse shark and decided the scalloping day was done. Then, later, she swore she saw a huge spotted leopard swim under the boat. It was really cool being out there with all those other boats and snorkeling. I just enjoyed the heck just being on a boat and bobbing around a bit. We came back and grilled up some bodacious burgers and kicked back to Bob stories about removing piercings from cadavers. Then, we stopped off at Caseys where I had a pretty decent cup of coffee for the drive back. We unpacked and crashed.

Someone needs to tell this fair lady that this is not a good look. This was taken around a scallop cleaning table and she was the person carting the Budweisers from the cabin back to the cleaning table.