Update Feb. 14, 2016
Damn, I can hardly believe it's been over two weeks since my last update to all you folks "back home." Time has simply been speeding by; my six-month stay is now a little more than half over, which seems equally impossible. Since returning from our mini-cruise to Key West and back, things have been fairly quiet here for Dawn and I. My last major event involved a a trip "north" this past week to visit friends Gene and Pegg Johnson on St. Pete Beach, followed by a hop over to Lakeland for an overnight to attend a watch show. So I will start there and work my way backwards. Thursday Feb. 11 Took off for St. Pete Beach around 10:45 a.m. after some last minute watch trading with a contact here in Ft. Myers who was also headed to the show, but leaving Friday. I arrived at Gene/Pegg's place at around 1 p.m. Gene greeted me, gave me a parking permit for my vehicle, and then we headed out to their community pool/patio for some sun, conversation, and a refreshing...