The Fog Lifts - for most of us!

The sun is shining through, burning away the fog that has darkened the last 2 days of sunsets. Even though it's chilly outside for Florida, we are back to the planning fools we always were.

First, the Power Walk!










Then lunch at Sea Sea Riders. where the Key Lime Pie debate/debacle continues.

 

  Followed by the stop at Total Wine to restock the sunset supplies.

Soooo appropriate.....













And to continue the Key Lime research, we stop at Publix and bring home their sample.
It has now become the #1 favorite, except for that mythical one in Port Canaveral!

Home in time for sunset - hey everyone, the sunset is behind you!!!

 

Landmark's Very Own Tower of Terror!

Just as you hear the music in Jaws and know the shark is coming, when the elevator arrives with a buzzing noise, you should realize that the ride you are in for is not the one you expected.


But noooooooo!  The elevator arrives buzzing away and we get on. (just like the dumb teenagers in a horror movie)  The door shakes shut and new warning bells go off  - the car bumps and then jumps, up and down but we never leave the 1st floor. That's the good news.  The bad news is that the door is stuck and we can't open it to get off.  After a minute or two of the jump/bump routine, we use the call button and talk to a service call operator who asks our names- what difference is it what our names are????Are they starting our obituary??? When we ask how long before someone will come and let us out, the operator replies "Oooooh, not too long!!!!!!"
Then Larry announces that he has to relieve himself immediately - can this get any worse?  As we wait and bounce and wait some more - all of a sudden the elevator starts ascending and we stop at our floor.  Sigh! It is resolved - NEVER TAKE THE  ELEVATOR ON THE LEFT!

Bob and Larry leaving the right elevator !

Our New BFF'S Picasso and Dali

It's Sunday morning, the last day of the Dali/Picasso Exhibit and we get there early - of course everyone in Florida had the same idea! If we lived here, we would have to volunteer at the museum, wear a beret and misdirect people.  

Bob fits in anywhere.  Which one is Bob?

The museum is the most stunning setting of any I have seen.

Jodie and I muse about what it would be like to be in the 1% and live in St. Petersburg, have a boat and boss the help!

The outing is complete with cocktails, lunch and people watching.  Of course, as we argue over the Key Lime pie face-off and who pays the bill, we become the people watched!

Again, the sunset supplies need reloading!  At Publix I can't help but see into the future - Here are Jodie and I shopping together !  If you know me, you know I'll be racing her to the Preparation H!

FAMILY REUNION

Bravely forging a trail from Kansas City to Clearwater, Jodie and Bob arrive with a sigh saying "OMG,We're done!" 

Let the warm wind blow and the alcohol flow!

We head to Clearsky to toast the beginning of our time together.

And the great Key Lime Pie debate begins.  Bob and Jodie declare that a Port Canaveral restaurant has the best.  The gauntlet is thrown down.

Clearsky Restaurant is the first test - and woe to us, it falls short of the expectations!

"Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under." – C. JoyBell

Larry definitely has his ideas of what makes it a perfect sunset and I have mine. 

For me, it's all about who you share it with!  

-Our shared sunsets-

GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WE'D BE WITHOUT YOU

 Each day, we think of our minions back home and miss them oh so very much.  As I muse on them, I begin to wonder just who are the minions?  Of course, I just realized - WE ARE THEIR MINIONS!

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• Laissez les bons temps rouler......................

What to do when the weather becomes more like home?

Today we decided on the movies!  The temperature is in the 40s with a blustery wind making us feel like we are back in KC.  So....no power walk -which by the way, is becoming less power and more walk by the day. And no shelling.... too bad because there is no competition out there today - not even the birds.  And no pool.....cool kids have taken their party elsewhere.










Since the last movie was my choice - WILD - this movie is Larry's choice - THE KINGSMAN!

As you can see, we choose only classy theaters.

And no need to wait in the long concession lines, we have smuggled in our stash of goodies!  As the movies begins, you can hear all the other smugglers going for their own contraband.

 

Movie Review:  Dad ***  Me*+

But hey, we are happy!

HE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE

It is hard for Larry to resist the call of the sea in the early morning.  The best shelling seems to be right after the sun comes up.

And the birds know it too!! This bird followed me closely and patiently waited to steal anything I might uncover.

Ah Ha! A shell for the collection!

He has the early morning beach to himself - if you don't count his fellow sheller and photographer - which obviously he doesn't, given the distance he put between us.

Sometimes the strangest things wash up on shore.

The shell collection is growing! Where do we put them all?  

Lucky relatives - the answer is clear!