Ft DeSoto

We've been at this georgeous park since Monday and we love it. The weather has been up and down. Warm and sunny the beginning of the week and then the heavens opened up with a downpour and lots of wind. It turned cold (40-50) and now the wind has died down, the sun is out and the temps are getting back to the low 60's. The news is saying this winter in Florida is the coldest on record. And we had to be here!!!!

BUT, we're making the best of it and still having a good time. We met up with Jim and Barb Mencin (at campground with us. We've also met with Denny and Shara (from St. Louis) who had recently bought a 38' Beneteau and are living on it off and on this winter. Our dear friend from MN if also living down here and we spent the day with her (Lindsay) yesterday and will go to her place for dinner Sunday.

Barb and I took a walk on the beach in the rain with the dog. We had umbrellas, the dog got a bath. They have great biking paths here all around the park. We're making good us of them.

The Mexican Train Domino tournament is on. We're 2 nights into it so no clear winner is emerging yet. We've had lots of discussions as to how we were going to eventually decare a winner. We finally decided on using Regatta points for each game. One game equals one race. The person with the lesat amount of points at the end of 12 games (races)will take home the homemade trophy. No throw out games. I'll post a picture of trophy at a later time.

I think you can tell we're having a good time. Tonight is happy hour and dinner at a waterfront restaurant to celebrate my 59th birthday!

Here are some pictures.I'll need to publish pics of the park at a later date.