Great Week


Pat, Harriet,Gary and I went down to Bonita Springs Beach to visit some friends this week. Dick Dodge and his wife Betty have a condo in that area. Dick went to school with us and lives in Maryland, soon to be a resident back in the Bradenton area. We enjoyed a nice visited with them at their condo after lunch. Yes lunch, that's what old folks do, eat, eat and then rest. We ate at a nice restaurant on the water called CoconutJacks, the food was great.

We arrived back in Bradenton just in time for me to take a short nap and go to a 6 PM meeting. Then I hurried over to Manatee HS to meet them for Manatee's Lacrosse teams debut at home.(my grandson (Tyler) plays on the team. As you can see by the billboard they won.....


On Tuesday Pat and I went fishing out in the bay. We knew it was going to be windy but they failed to correctly say when. It started blowing much earlier then was predicted. The win was out of the southeast so that kept the incoming tide from coming in. What a mess, as you can see by the size of the fish what kind of a day it was. Need I say more?  But we were able to spend some time together and enjoy the boat some what...ha (white knuckle day for Pat...she cannot swim) The day started very early and ended about 11 pm....long day for me.



Have a Blessed week and be a Blessing to some one.


“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,” -1 Peter 3:15


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