Vicki’s first bike ride was around the pond at Winter Quarters without the electric part of the bike working. Steven fixed this by cleaning the battery contacts. V: the bike weighs 60 lbs with the battery. It’s still work.
Vicki continues to enjoy the swimming pool and the morning aquatic exercises. V: small class that day, usually 10-12 of us.
We invited our Alaskan neighbors (Dennis and Kathy) over for games on Friday night. They said they knew how to play pinochle, so Steven confirmed that they used the same points for meld and the same rules for taking a trick. But what Steve and Vicki were not prepared for was when Dennis, after taking the first bid, asked his partner Kathy to pass him four cards. He looked at those cards and then he passed back four cards to her. That definitely made the game very interesting.
We also taught them how to play Quirkle, after we took a break for some key lime pie. We had a great evening playing two different games with them.
On Saturday we took Lexie to the Palma Sola Causeway Park, a public park that allows dogs on the beach. Lexie actually went into the water, which I think is a first for her. But getting to the park took a long time, the road is the same causeway to Anna Maria Island and was very crowded at noontime. V: the RV next to our Mini Cooper was not ours but people did bring RVs there for the day.
Saturday evening we caught up with Dan and Andrea at their place to go to a concert at Jannus Live to listen and watch Sullvn, Zebrahead, Unwritten Law, and the headline act Goldfinger. The bands played either punk or ska (Steven definitely preferred the ska music.)
Dan’s friends, Bill and Brittany, joined us in an uber to the concert venue, where Dan had reserved a suite overlooking the venue’s courtyard. The suite was very comfortable, the view was great, and the suite was supplied (thanks to Andrea) with refreshments. Several other friends of Dan joined us (Jeff and Katie, Jimmy, Katie’s cousin and spouse), it was a great little party. As a surprise, Sullvn was joined by the lead singer of Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Sunday morning, we went to Forward Church again and caught up with Alan and Patti Watson for a repeat performance. Afterwards we went to Woody’s River Roo Pub Grill and Tiki Bar for lunch. Woody’s had live music going on, and it made nice background filler because we found a table off to the side of the main floor. V: It was great to see Alan and Patti and do more catching up. Windy day.
We ended the evening with the family zoom call, where all the siblings and parents were present! Greg in his boat, Steve in his RV, and everyone else trying to stay warm up north.