Lots of "Paradise" in My Near Future

Made it into St. Petersburg late Sunday afternoon. It rained much of the last two hours thru Florida but it's okay. The tarp-covered motorcycle seems to be doing well. A bonus is the very shiny, high-dollar Porsche 911 sitting behind the bike is also getting protection from the road spray.

I rent a parking space for my trailer when I'm in town here. It's about five miles from the house but the best part is that it is fenced and the gate is locked. Plus, my parking space is right next to the owners house so he has a clear view out his back door. I don't worry about my $20K motorcycle (which is unloaded but sitting on the ground - Jared can't drive my truck) or the $125K Porsche waiting for delivery.

We made it onto the beach for sunset - one of my MOST favorite things to do EVERY day! While the storm clouds did not allow us to see the sun 'kiss' the water, they did provide a colorful sky to welcome us home. As the sun settles below the horizon, there is a bright orange-changing-to-pink afterglow illuminating the clouds set against a darkening sky. Add in the silvery shimmering Gulf waters and the salt air and it is why I love it so much here. (Except for those not-so-nice things the salt air does to my shiny motorcycle over time!)

Monday morning, while my sleepy-head son slept, I delivered the Porsche. What a difference in dealerships! St. Pete Porsche is a class act compared to those clowns in Arlington. I asked directions to my Point of Contact from a young man power washing the driveway. He stopped what he was doing and with a smile, was about to take me by-the-hand where I needed to go. Maybe he was just trying to get out of work - hahaha. No, he was just very nice and obviously considered personal service to be important. (Are you guys in Arlington listening?)

Next was groceries and then the library (need some reading material for my lazy days on the beach) after dropping my trailer again.

Where I stay here is actually three apartments in two buildings about 200' from the beach. I stay in the 2-bdrm unit on the second floor with laundry and garage underneath. The other building, with a beautiful courtyard between us, has a very large one-bdrm downstairs and an efficiency upstairs. Both of those are rented. The efficiency has a new tenant moving in next week. She gets it furnished so I spent the afternoon putting the final touches on that. And of course sunset on the beach.



Today is a pool day. Jared and I will go to a close friends condo downtown and hang out at the pool. She has family in town visiting also. Then tonite we will walk across the street from her place and watch the Tampa Rays play. It's cheap seat nite there - $10 each.

Ahhhhh .... such a tough life!