A Day of Chores!

Our exercise for the day was a bike ride. We pedaled to Coco's Village where we thought we'd have a delicious Shrimp Salad Sandwich. When we arrived, we discovered virtually the entire shopping center, some 12 (+ or -) stores, shut down. All of the shops were being renovated, painted and had recently received new roofs. 

We spent a couple of hours sorting organizing the truck. It was Day 1 of our preparation for departing Florida. We have some items to sell before we leave, some to ship home, and some to move to the Nimble. We managed to empty the front two lockers ob SUNSHINE. we plan on taking a short camping trip to the Keys. When we return, we will empty out the stern and cockpit lockers. That'll make a pretty good dent in removing our personnel items from SUNSHINE.

Back on the Bikes!

The daytime temperatures are back in the 80s; nighttime temps are in the mid to high 60s. With the wind at 15 knots or less, we are experiencing great weather. This morning we took to the bikes, pedaled over the Barber Bridge and made our way to Publix to return the movie we rented yesterday. On the way back, we planned to stop at the Art Museum to see the GardenFest. It was around 1330 and they were already breaking down the booths. We missed it!

After relaxing for a bit, it was time to do the laundry and get ready for the Super Bowl. It was a rout! Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos were terrible. Seattle looked good and clearly deserved to win.

Today's Plan!

It is 0445 as I write this. Our plan today is to walk to the Farmer's Market in Hummiston Park (ocean side), check out the Garden Fest at the Riverside Park and then walk to the Publix to return a movie to the Red Box. All totaled, that would be about 8 miles if we walk it all.

We never made it to Garden Fest today. We'll try again tomorrow. The walk, however, was good!

Overcast!

The sky was a steel gray blanket of clouds. It stayed that way all day. After breakfast we took a walk to Veterans Memorial Island about a mile distant. As we returned to the boat, the sky appeared darker to the north. It appeared it might rain again. As luck would have it, only a few sprinkles fell, although the sky remained overcast.

We decided to see American Hustle, a story about the Abscam Investigations by the FBI in the late 70s. The pic is up for Best Picture among other nominations.

Dreary!

The day broke wet and dreary. According to the weather prognostications, it's to be this way all day. The high temp will be near 70. Tomorrow they tell us we'll be back to 80! 

So what do we do on a dreary day? We'll today we went to the movies to see "12 Years A Slave." It is a powerful movie to be sure. The performances by the actors and actresses were superb. 

This movie is the fourth of the nine pictures nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category that we have seen. I doubt we'll see the other five because we're not interested in the subject matter.

Visitors!

George and Pat came over for a visit. We chatted for awhile then went to the boardwalk for lunch. After lunch, G&P were off the the theater for the matinee performance of Miss Saigon. We always enjoy visiting with G & P!

Signs of Spring!

Can it be? Surely we've had colder than normal weather, but not nearly as cold as the winter of 2010. There have been a couple of days when the high temperature didn't make it out of the high fifties. And we've experienced a couple of nights when the low temperature reached 35 degrees. Today the temperature was about 75 degrees as we took our morning walk. Many of the finely landscaped yards have flowers in bloom. There seems to be flowers in bloom all year around. Today, though, we heard songbirds! Surely a sign of spring!