the trip - part 2
I'm back from all the things we did today, so on with the story I was telling.
At Borders we found two books we were interested in, one fiction and one a true story. We've started the true story, Three Cups of Tea. It's the story of a mountain climber who had a bad climb up K2 and then began starting schools for children in remote villages in Pakistan.
We arrived in Tampa after midnight. We went to pick up our car and they offered us an upgrade from a compact car, which we turned down. This is what they gave us.
This morning we woke up to warm, humid, and sunny. We decided to go to the beach. First we needed breakfast. Then we needed to buy groceries for lunch, sunscreen, flip flops, hats.
When we got done with all the shopping we could see clouds coming in.
We headed for the beach, and when we got close we realized that that although there was a beach, we could not find it. There was a row of buildings; cabins, motels, resorts, cottages. They were nearly touching and all had signs about tresspassing. We finally went to a store and asked if there were any public beaches. It turns out there was a public beach just a half block farther, but that the only free place to park was right next to the building we were in to ask the question. We parked, packed up, and set out for the beach.
The sky had become white fog, the wind had shifted to the north, and the flip flops hurt after only a little bit. I was cold but we had to have some beach time.
You can see that the view is pretty limited with the fog, but I wrapped up in a sarong for more warmth and we walked for a while.
Then to the car for light lunch and we found a pretty place to park and use my prayer book. We slept for a while, and when we woke up the sky was clear. We headed back for the beach...
It was foggy again by the time we got there.
So what?
We found a park bench and took turns reading out loud so that we could also take turns watching the waves, the water birds, and the many people who use the beach for walking/jogging.
We are here for the run up to the Florida Republican primary, with the Democrat Presidential part of the primary still in the balance.
We ate supper at Tucson's, a southwest restaurant across the parking lot from the motel. The food was amazing. We may go back there again, although there is also a deli, a seafood restaurant, and a Japanese grill in this same group of businesses.
At Borders we found two books we were interested in, one fiction and one a true story. We've started the true story, Three Cups of Tea. It's the story of a mountain climber who had a bad climb up K2 and then began starting schools for children in remote villages in Pakistan.
We arrived in Tampa after midnight. We went to pick up our car and they offered us an upgrade from a compact car, which we turned down. This is what they gave us.
This morning we woke up to warm, humid, and sunny. We decided to go to the beach. First we needed breakfast. Then we needed to buy groceries for lunch, sunscreen, flip flops, hats.When we got done with all the shopping we could see clouds coming in.
We headed for the beach, and when we got close we realized that that although there was a beach, we could not find it. There was a row of buildings; cabins, motels, resorts, cottages. They were nearly touching and all had signs about tresspassing. We finally went to a store and asked if there were any public beaches. It turns out there was a public beach just a half block farther, but that the only free place to park was right next to the building we were in to ask the question. We parked, packed up, and set out for the beach.
The sky had become white fog, the wind had shifted to the north, and the flip flops hurt after only a little bit. I was cold but we had to have some beach time.
You can see that the view is pretty limited with the fog, but I wrapped up in a sarong for more warmth and we walked for a while.Then to the car for light lunch and we found a pretty place to park and use my prayer book. We slept for a while, and when we woke up the sky was clear. We headed back for the beach...
It was foggy again by the time we got there.
So what?
We found a park bench and took turns reading out loud so that we could also take turns watching the waves, the water birds, and the many people who use the beach for walking/jogging.
We are here for the run up to the Florida Republican primary, with the Democrat Presidential part of the primary still in the balance.
We ate supper at Tucson's, a southwest restaurant across the parking lot from the motel. The food was amazing. We may go back there again, although there is also a deli, a seafood restaurant, and a Japanese grill in this same group of businesses.
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