The Reluctant Snowbirds

We had a great surprise this past week when some long lost friends from St. Cloud, MN called and said they were headed this way.  Kathy and Steve are the parents of Ted's childhood best friend and we spent a lot of time together when the boys were in sports back in high school.  In fact, we saw them every weekend but just like all things, that changed and we lost track of each other.

The boys are still great friends but Mitch's parents stayed in central Minnesota enjoying their retirement and we headed south.  We should be thanking the Minnesota Twins for bringing these friends back to us.  Steve is a HUGE sports fan.  In fact,  I am pretty sure he would have to be locked up if he couldn't watch or read about some sports team every day.

We spent Saturday on Good Time Charters out of Fort Myers Beach.  This charter takes you into Estero Bay which is a feeding ground for dolphins and we saw at least six including a mother and calf.  There was also a rookery in the bay full of egrets, pelicans, frigates, probably a sparrow or two. 

Then we headed to our favorite local dive, Bonita Bill's.  We have never seen it so packed and we found out why.  Peppermint Patty was DJing.  Most of the 60+ crowd found their way to the dance floor and it was late afternoon.  I am pretty sure it cut into some nap times.  We could give those 30 somethings a run.

We plan on spending more time with them this week before they head up to Panama City to join some other snowbirds.  Now we just have to work on getting them here on a regular basis.  I think the weather (80+) may help, we see it is in the teens this morning in Minnesota.  And maybe the Twins too. Margaret