BONUS VACATION

Headed down to St Pete Beach Florida for a little rest and relaxation and to get away from all the snow.  Our friends Roger and Ute were already down there staying at the Bon Aire and instead of telling them where to go and what to do, we decided to join them and show them first hand!  In other words, we kind of invited ourselves to join them on the first week of their vacation.  I had been telling them how great the Bon Aire and St Pete Beach was, they decided to give it a try.  It turned out to be a special place for Roger to ask Ute to marry him.  She said yes!!

We went out fishing on a five hour cruise out of Johns Pass.  What a perfect day it was!  The fishing wasn't that great but I did manage to catch a few including a beautiful orange fish (don't know the name of it) but I did go in for a kiss but noticed the TEETH at the last minute so I didn't quite make contact.  We were at the very front of the boat on a little platform away from the crowds at the side - there were 61 people on our cruise.  We had the best spot on the boat in my opinion.  On our way back to shore we were lucky to spot some dolphins in front of the boat and they quickly started swimming along  beside and just under the front of the boat.  It was thrilling!!!  It just made my whole trip to see them like that.  They swam with us for about 2 minutes but it seemed like forever.

We had amazing weather during our week - record temperatures - almost as hot as in November.  I took them to all my favourite restaurants and tiki bars and they just loved the Drunkin' Clam!!  We did miss the Bloody Mary Bar on Sunday at the Clam because we went fishing, but we did manage a dinner on our last nite for their delicious wings.

We enjoyed the amazing sunsets each evening with our glasses of wine or bottles of beer.  I never get tired of this view.

Until November...