One week to go

Well here we are with only a week till we leave.
So we decided to go to a body building contest. What else is there we havn't done. Last Sunday we went to the NPC (National Posing Competition) in Bonita Beach. I should have brought a better camera. I only had the phone and none of the "lovlies"(that's females) turned out. But Aprille is happy. It was only an amateur unsanctioned event but it was as inspiring as watching a Rocky movie.
It was a good way to spend a few hours.

Okay, so Boston is out and so are my chances of winning the pool. I don't have a single Montreal player. So go Habs  go!!! his our friend and neighbour, Nick, who is a HUGE Habs fan. Guess who just scored?

What's left to do? Undoing everything is a real pain. I'm glad we don't move very often.

Last week, on Wed. I road down to the Everglades for an air boat ride and to catch the local history,flora and fauna. It took me almost 3 hours to get to the Midway Campgrounds. Then I turned around as it was getting to be"more of the same scenery" and I had made  plans to go to Peter's to watch the hockey game.

Anyway, I digress(as I am prone to do). The Opachee post office, seen below, is the smallest postal station in the U.S.A. I placed my bike in front s you can get a good perspective of how small it is.

Just down the road I stopped at Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe and enjoyed some really great catfish.
The airboat ride at Wooten's was a blast,but, it was really just an amusement park ride as we never experienced the Everglades and we saw no...no wild life except for a few birds. I must say though that low water is the time to go as we did have a good time. This was the first time I really got to experience my Gopro camera for some good action footage.

This Tue. I road my  motorcycle all the way to Key west. That was a trip. Nearly 1,000 km round trip.
My rear end is still complaining. I took two full days to complete the experience. I road through the Everglades (again)and stopped at a few of the sites to take it all in.

 The photo above was taken at the H P Williams Park. How many gators do you see(clue look for five) and across the road in a smaller pond there had to be 10 more. Stay in  the pool LOL.
I stopped to get some gator and some frogs legs with hush puppies at the Miccrosukee Restaurant. They claim to be the Indian tribe of the Everglades. I thought it was the Seminoles. Who knew? Great lunch.

I stopped at Florida City Tourist information,to see about accommodation down the road. I didn't want to be too far from Key West on Wed. They recommended a few places and I decided to stay in Marathon at the Kingsail. Old but spotless and the location was beautiful.

The woman at the front desk recommended the Sunset Grill for supper and it was wonderful. I didn't stay for the sunset. I do have pictures but they are on the Gopro and I have to capture them as stills. You will see them later.
The food was hot and good and the scenery was awesome with a swimming pool by he bar and just below the restaurant.. They also had a very talented one man band entertain us.It was a great experience overall.

The second day I set out around 8 am and planned to have breakfast in the Keys.And I did.
At Banana cafe(day time) and the Francais Restaurant( in the night time). I didn't look at the dinner menu or prices. The breakfast was wonderful.

Okay I did it. Should you go that far? It depends on your attitude. Going as far as Islamorado down Craig's Key or Long Key is probably far enough. But I'm a tourist so I did get to see the furthest point in the U.S.A. with a sign posted 90 miles to Cuba.

On Tue. I got to go to Corksrew golf course. What a treat. I wish I was rich(oh? did I say that before?)
Normally,during season, it costs $175 to lay there. We (Peter and I ) played for only $44. That's a treat.
Here's why you don't look for golf balls. I was cruising the shore line(I thought I went in the water.. I didn't) and this fellow was only 2 feet away when I finally saw him.

The experiences and the photos are too many to go into detail but you get the idea.
Trailer and truck are rented. The hotel rooms are booked(Jacksonville Fl., Charlotte NC and Morgantown WV) nice easy day drives.About 350-370 mi. a day so there should be no surprises.
Well this will likely be the last time I get to ramble. See you soon.

Down to the short strokes

Well we have now sold all our furniture except for a few smaller items(lamps and mirrors) and we are now sleeping on an queen air mattress with totes as end tables. I feel like a college student.

I am getting better at throwing the corn bags, and like pool and darts, this activity goes better with beer.No really!
A few days ago,I was out exploring on the motor cycle and I found a beautifully quaint,Hemmingway style bar called Bonita Bill's. It's right on the San Carlos river by the bridge to Fort Myers beach. We had a few beers(just to cool down) and we are going there for Mother's Day supper.
Last Saturday, we went to Chloe's at the Diamond Head hotel on the beach. Nice small venue and the $20 coupon just covered the "imposed" 20% gratuity. He really didn't deserve it but it was nice and the food was very good.
We are cramming in all the golf we can as there is really only 3 weeks left(Booo Hoo). Last weekend we went to Cypress Lakes golf club and watched the girls on the Symetra tour(the stepping stone to the LPGA. The top 10 players at he end of the year move up). Okay, here's the "skinny" on the tour.
It costs $500 to enter this event and the annual cost(average) is about $80-$100,000) that's a lot of coin and the 1st place money for this tournament was only $15,000. You do the math.

That's Cheyenne Woods,Tigers niece. Nice.

The picture above is also from Cypress Lake golf course and I just put it in because I just love the ruggedness. It is actually my scene saver.
Now that we are officially"out of season golf is again ridiculously cheap. We were over at Leigh High Acres Last Tuesday at Mirror Lakes, and we golfed here for $16 and yesterday,the 8th, we were at Colonial and paid only $35 for a truly wonderful golf experience that during season is $90.

DirectTV and ABC(gym) issues have now been been solved. I'll tell you all the details when I'm safely back in Canada.
The tedious chores of cancelling all services and changing our address back to Canada have now been tackled.
I went fishing again and again we were skunked(but so was every one else) and next time we will try early and the day or late in the evening as it appears the fish are not"taking the bait" during the day.
Now that the weather is warming up(to summer like Florida temp....in the 90's),we swim lengths every day.
I'm up to 12 and after that I seem to get bored. Let's shoot for 20 by the end of our sojourn.
Today is the 9th and this evening Dave is coming over for a farewell dinner.
Okay,Aprille has just packed a picnic basket(say likeYogi bear then it's funnier) and we are off to Bowditch beach. It's one of my favorites, not too busy and it has some character.
It was a no go for Bowditch. We couldn't find a parking spot so we went to the main beach instead. Oh well it was still beautiful.
Last night the boys went over to John's and watched the hockey game(Boston and the Habs) and it doesn't look good for the Canadiens now.
This morning (Mothers Day)I played bags by the pool and I actually won a few games. My first project when I get home is to build two boards.