Just a month away from vacation(really?)

So,if you have been following the blog, here's the answer to the trivia question.The ice cream was $3.28 and the wine was $2.99(both were very good by the way)

I was out golfing on Sat. at Eagle Ridge($23.95 with a cart). I've never seen so much OB and water come into play. Eagle Ridge is built around a golf community and there is virtually OB and/or water on every hole. Not a place for the faint of heart. I lost two balls on the first two holes and then settled down. Very nasty weather hit when I was on hole 3( I started on the back nine) so I never did finish but I got a rain check for another 18. Nice. I met three very nice fellows waiting for the down pour to subside and I got to share a few stories and got some local golf course insight from them. 4 More courses to try out.

I'm just waiting for the coffee to brew so I thought I'd throw an anecdote out there.
Aprillle and I were at the villa gym a few days ago, and met a nice young couple from unit 101. Nate and Angela.
Both are college graduates and moved down here from Wisconsin, I believe. Nate is a nurse now working as a bartender(hoping for tips). Angela was a social worker, now a Blackjack dealer working for 3 dollars an hour( and hoping for tips). A sign of the times. On good days(the dealers all split tips) she'll make 200-300 dollars a shift. On very good days she'll clear much more. One day a very lucky player won $103,000 and tipped the house $35,000(WOW!). That day she made $80.00/hr. She loves dealing and she thinks she will make it her career. She works at Imalokee Seminole casino about 30 minutes from here.
She says they have automatic shufflers $10.00 minimums and no Craps tables so it is very unlikely I'll play there.
Tue. 20th was our first night of Spanish at Cypress Lake HS. This is going to be fun. The teach Rafeal Gomez (go figure) is a very dynamic and interesting man. We went over all the words that are similar to English and it is really amazing how many words you already know. We hit on the highlights of masculine and feminine and of course word and vowel sounds. Anyway I don't want to bore you. So......

Wednesday we went exploring on Pine Island. The ride there through Cape Coral Brought back a lot of memories from  our trip here in  2011. Matlache is a very small quaint and eclectic community that bears further scrutiny on another day.
Pine Island itself is a varied community ranging from the good to the bad to the ugly. From million dollar homes to trailer park trash. It's a good place to visit.
The good was definitely the Ragged Ass Saloon in St. James City. We just picked it on a whim. It is right on the water way,it is old, small,very clean and definitely holds a lot of stories. The food was fantastic, and as usual, we should have split the turkey club. We asked for two glasses of ice tea and we got a full pitcher.We'll be back. Many times I'm sure.