Stupid Yankees...

Off to watch the Yankees and the Red Sox....  Oh why do I do it!  If you didn't watch the game, and I don't blame you if you didn't, they lost.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 0.

We had rain predicted starting at two (the game started at one), but again it held off.  Actually it just started to rain (it's 6:30 pm), so a cloudy day at the ball field.  

Which is a good thing considering we are both sheet white, we would probably be very lobster-like right now!

John Kruk

Orel Hershiser

Warming up for the commentary.

Buster Olney interviewing Jackie Bradley Jr. (I think).

Kevin Youkilis warming up.

Jose Iglesias warming up.

We had great seats, right behind the Red Sox dugout.

Pitching for the Red Sox, Felix Doubront.

No mistaking that stance... "Youk" at bat.

Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

In action...

Right next to Steinbrenner field...  Home of the Buccaners.

Back at "home", another walk around, with camera this time....

They have their own marina, boat rentals and charters. 

The Sea Scapes club at the end of the boardwalk.

A beautiful beach, even without sun.

Toes in the sand...

The tiki bar at the club.

We just may have to come back here next year! 

Tomorrow we are planning to go back to see the Yankees play the Twins.  It is supposed to be sunny and 68...Awesome!

Greetings From Tampa!

Wow, have we been getting lucky with the weather!  We have had rain and severe thunder storms in the forecast for the past three days, but have had some really beautiful days and barely a sprinkle.  I know... I have already knocked on the faux wood next to me...

This was just before we left Jax this morning.   

It was smooth sailing down to Tampa and have settled into the Raccoon Creek Recreation Area on MacDill Air Force Base.  So far it seems to be a great place, we took a walk but I forgot my camera, so pictures to follow...

And, we got our wish about warm weather!  We are going to watch the Red Sox hopefully not lose to the Yankees tomorrow.  There is rain in the forecast again so wish us luck!

On The Road Again!

So here we go again, our first trip of the year.  We left Tennessee on Wednesday morning heading south.  Our first stop was the Falcon's Nest campground on Shaw Air Force Base.  We'll not be staying there again...  It seemed that most of the "campers" were more "residents" most of them worked on base and the others were long term.  Now, we did realize that it's an AFB so the flights coming and going were no surprise, but playing taps and reveille was...

No frills, not that we needed any, but it doesn't hurt.  No cable or Internet and as a matter of fact our Verizon Mi-Fi didn't even work, and the connecting for the sewer was at the front by the road??  Oh well, it was only one night, we survived.

Then off to Bluffton, SC to visit my folks for a few days.  Yesterday morning we left there for sunny Florida! So here we are are at the Pelican Roost RV Park on the Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville.  Right after we arrived an old friend of mine I was stationed with in Orlando, many, many, moons ago, stopped by for a visit.

The campground is in a great location, right on the water.  This morning we saw one of the ships going out. (See the stacks behind the other campers)

It's the USS Arlington LPD-24, home ported in Norfolk.

We took a walk around the campground and area...

It's a really nice place, free cable (that was being fixed) and Wi-Fi.

They even have their own beach...

So nice!

We are loving this weather!

Palm trees swaying in the breeze...

Life is good!

Tomorrow we head farther south to Tampa...

Happy New Year!

Wow, it's been a long time!  I'd like to say we've been way to busy to update, but not exactly...  We spent a few nice days over Christmas with my folks in South Carolina, but other than that, honestly we haven't been doing a whole lot.  Stu caught a cold about a week and a half ago which has now dropped into his chest and brought on an asthma attack and lucky me as hard as I've tried not to, I've got his cold now.  But life goes on...

Last Thursday we got our first snow storm of the year.

This was what we woke up to Friday morning...

Check out the overhang on the right side!!  Our gutters did take a little bit of a beating... 

Our front "steps".

We took a walk to the waterfall which was way up thanks to the almost 6 inches of rain in the four days before the snow hit.

Yesterday we got an ice storm (it is Winter after all!), sure are glad we didn't have to go anywhere!

The icicles didn't slow the birds down any, I even saw a couple of gold finches taking a bath in a puddle!  In 20 some degree weather, they must be of the polar bear variety! 

Yes, we still have out Christmas balls in the trees... (we still have the tree up too)

This morning we saw these cuties munching on Stu's yummy grass on the side of the house.

So since I won't let Stu out of the house, he's been painting...Everything.

The master bath, I know the color in the picture looks a little bordello(ish) but it's really a pretty dark red.

The bedroom is just about the same color, just in a satin instead of flat, which is what all the paint in the house is (was)...what were we thinking??!!

The great room, or at least one wall of it, is now "Paprika".

Again the camera just doesn't do it justice!

On to the hallway, this is what Stu is working on even as I type.  "Cashmere" will be in the hallway and the rest of the great room. Say good bye to that boring greenish color!

The kitchen will be the last room we do and I can't wait to get some color in there!