Summer Here We Come

The past couple of weeks have been pretty quiet here, the weather is definitely warming up, we have lots of blue skies and with that comes more humidity.  We had a first 90 degree day yesterday!  Won't be long and the rains will start too.  But we don't mind. Really, we spend more time in the pool and at the beach, we move a little slower and when it rains, Gary doesn't need to water as much.  Its a win-win.

Mary and Pat have left us, they returned to Illinois after spending about six months here, this was their first season in Cape Coral and while they had lots of remodeling to do on the home they bought here, we had lots of time for fun too.  We even managed to get to the beach a couple weeks before they left.  Sanibel has some of the nicest beaches around and the water is so pretty there, we almost always see dolphins and taking the dogs there is much easier since there are fewer people and even fewer other dogs.  Mojo and DeDe want all the attention when they are on the beach, they have no time of other dogs.

Gary, Karen, Mary, Margaret & Pat at The Dek.

We spent our last nite with Mary and Pat at The Dek in Cape Coral.  It is a biker's bar and its where Mary feels most at home.  And they serve a "Meat Lovers Pizza" which is loaded with bacon, bacon and more bacon.  It was Pat's last wish before leaving so what could we say?  Note to self, get a tattoo or ten before you visit The Dek again.

Today we headed back to Sanibel and as you can see, Mojo and DeDe are loving the beach life.  I guess they are meant to lay in the sand and dream snowy dreams of a previous life in Minnesota.  Margaret

Cape Coral Cardboard Boat Regatta

The New Residents Club decided to enter a cardboard boat into an annual boat race here in town.  Pat Wood was in charge of the boat building which took months.  There are lots of rules about using cardboard and what glues you can use, no nails, foam rubber, etc. to make the actual boat.  Pat used used 125 tubes of contact cement which was permitted and lots of cardboard.  There are categories for People's Choice which are really all about creativity and of course there are prizes for actual race winners.

Wizard of Oz Boat.

Our boat - Its a Small World.

Ford Car - that's Fred from our group in the back.  He had nothing to do with building this.

We used our boat for three races and the race I was in (55 and over) actually came in second place. I was a little upset that everyone assumed I fit in that category.

I am in the front of far boat trying not to fall out.

Many people turned out for the races and some just stood out a little more than others.  Not that I would notice.  It was tough getting a picture of rug man without him noticing, I pretended I really really liked the boat he was standing next to.  We discussed the possibility it was a rug just for fun but some of us thought it was for real.  So many unanswered questions, is there life on Mars?  Does he go grocery shopping with that on his head?

Best part, I think he's single, ladies.

The pink skirt is asking herself "WTF?"

Some boats even had help from man's best friend. I think he was supposed to scare off the other rowers.  Didn't work, they lost.

The last race was a free for all and basically a chance to completely destroy your boat so you wouldn't have to trailer it home.  Some people really didn't want to take their boats home.

We had a great time, a really fun event and we could not have ordered nicer weather.  So much going on around here, who knew you could glue some cardboard together and sail away??? I got some boxes out in the garage....  Margaret