37 years together!

Yesterday Jim and I celebrated our 37th anniversary! We played tourist and drove over to St Petersburg. After parking the truck we walked out to The Pier

It's five levels of shops, eateries, an aquarium and event center. http://www.stpetepier.com/

We strolled some shops and went outside to see the view
This pelican ignored me while I waited for the perfect picture.

We had lunch at Coconuts on the top level. We sat outside overlooking water, an airport and the marina
We both checked our mail while waiting for our meal to arrive
Jim had coconut shrimp with fries and cole slaw
I had grilled fish, black beans over yellow rice and fried plantains
We did see three or four airplanes land and takeoff
Walking back to the parking lot I thought the buildings looked pretty against the white clouds



After leaving the Pier we headed for the coast and drove north on Beach Blvd. Unfortunately we didn't see much of the beach due to all the high rises. We stopped at a coffee shop and had iced black forest coffee, very tasty but boy was it sweet! We both suffered with sugar headaches for awhile.

Once we reached Clearwater we crossed back over to the mainland and headed home.

It was a fun afternoon and we always enjoy being together.

We just chilled the rest of the evening watching tv and using our computers. For some reason during the day the internet can be tricky. We think the Air Force is stealing our signal! :)

One drawback to camping on a military installation is Reveille which around here happens at about 0630! I'm not sure why we have to hear it down here at the tip of the base near the marina....

After checking the surrounding area for other campgrounds we've decided to hang in there and stay here. It's cheaper than the ones we checked into and we do want to see more of the area

Mundane chores

That's what we did yesterday. Our first stop was the laundry, they have commercial size washer and dryers so we popped the mattress pad in the washer. Then we headed to the office so we could register and pay. Filled out all the paperwork except the one for our guns, had to bring it home for the numbers. Who knows what the numbers are on their guns?

Then it was off to the Visitor Center to register our ID cards. I guess it's a new rule for military bases. They take your fingerprints and viola you're in the system. From there we went to the shopping center on base. First stop was the exchange and while walking in I noticed the hair salon had an opening at noon and it was almost noon! So I finally got my hair cut. I look and feel ever so much better!

We then headed to the food court and had lunch at the Manchu Wok. It was pretty good, we both had fried rice. Jim had orange chicken and I had mixed veggies. We then drove down to the other end and shopped the commissary. Normally I love to shop for groceries but everyone was there! The military get paid on the 15th and 30th. Retirees get paid on the first....

Back home I put the groceries away while Jim went to the laundry to put the mattress cover in the dryer and take the paperwork on the guns back to the office. All total it cost $2.50 to clean it! A lot better than the 40 bucks at the dry cleaners. I think I'll do the quilt and the duvet.

I continued doing the sheets and spent the afternoon just waiting on the dryer. Dinner was leftovers. Jim had the last of his Island Pizzeria Pizza from Cedar Key and I had a salad.