March 17th-March 20th - St. Pat's Party and the Beach

On St. Patrick's Day we had a party on an unoccupied lot nearby. Kelly supplied all the snacks with everyone bringing their own drink. Here is a picture of the picnic table loaded with plenty of individually wrapped treats for all. (There were lots of leftovers for Mike to consume.)

Here is a picture of half the group listening to 60s and 70's music and shooting the breeze.

As the evening wore on the music encouraged several couples to get up and dance. Here are a couple of pictures. The first is Don and Donna and the second is Chris and Marj.

We listened to music until almost 11:00 p.m. (Past quiet time but no one complained that we know of.)

Friday daughter Alexa and her friend Aaron flew in to drive Kelly's car back home. They didn't get in until midnight so it was 1:00 a.m. before we got to bed. I almost had to take a nap to stay up that late.

Saturday we took them on a tour of the beach areas. We stopped at a well-known place, Caddy's, for a drink and lunch. We sat outside on the second floor and had a great view of the ocean while we ate. We left there and headed down the coast. We ended up stopping at St. Pete's Beach, recently voted the best beach in the U.S. Parking at all of the beaches is always a major issue. We lucked out and as we drove up to the concession stand area a lady was backing out. We were so lucky a guy walking by gave us a "thumbs up". We plugged the kiosk for two hours and hit the beach. It was very cool and cloudy but the beach is the beach after all.  Here are some beach pictures.

It was spring break but the area we were in was not crowded because it was earlier in the day, windy and chilly.  This suited us fine. We left after a couple of hours and headed down the coast to the Passe-Grill area. Then, instead of driving right back, we took Alexa and Arron for a drive through Fort DeSoto State Park. It is a huge, magnificent park on a peninsula with miles of paved bike trails, a great campground, miles of beaches, and acres of parking. It costs $5.00 to enter the park but there is no charge for parking. It is a great family destination with lots of room and lots of pavilions to have family outings. We love it. We may try to camp there a week at the end of the season next year. The campsites are cut out of the woods on windy roads with limited spots for big RVs like ours. It could be a challenge to get Marge in and out of there.

I broke down yesterday and hired two guys to wash and wax the RV before we head home. (I don't know anyone in Perryville who will do it.) It will be one less project for me when we get back and it really needs it after sitting under this oak trees all winter. It is one less time Kelly will get nervous see me climbing around on the roof cleaning so that is a good thing.

It is cold (60) and breezy today so everyone is indoors enjoying a lazy Sunday.