What a lovely morning. My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and
a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing. The
plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict. They were good, but sitting and looking out at the
water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat. They had a great
time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

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On 2025-04-02 10:02 p.m., Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning.  My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and
a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing.  The
plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict.  They were good, but sitting and looking out at the water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat.  They had a great time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Sure Ed. Rub it in. We had 0 C/ 32F, rain, freezing rain and snow.

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On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 22:38:14 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-04-02 10:02 p.m., Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning.  My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and
a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing.  The
plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict.  They were good, but sitting and looking out at the
water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat.  They had a great
time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Sure Ed. Rub it in. We had 0 C/ 32F, rain, freezing rain and snow.

Just like the polar bears are the losers of the bear family...

--
Bruce
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On 4/2/2025 10:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 2:02:55 +0000, Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning.  My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and
a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing.  The
plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict.  They were good, but sitting and looking out at the
water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat.  They had a great
time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Hopefully, you gave them a ride back. The good news is that you probably didn't have a bunch of Canadian tourists running around the joint. Where
is this "Gulf of Mexico" that you speak of?

I did later. I dropped them at the boat about 11:30 and after flying
around, they went to the beach, a bar and back to the restaurant.

The plan was to take an Uber back, about 20 miles. Uber though, wants a
$250 surcharge for cleaning as there is usually sand residue. I picked
them up. That was not free either. They brought me a piece of Key Lime
pie from the restaurant.

The Gulf of Mexico is a body of water off of Florida. Been called that
for about 400 years. I understand though, there is a petition to change
the name to honor one of our Presidents and call it Gulf of Biden.

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On Wed, 2 Apr 2025, Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning. My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing. The plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach. The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict. They were good, but sitting and looking out at the water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat. They had a great time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Excellent! Please carry on! Also make sure to take the girls fishing!

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On 4/2/2025 10:02 PM, Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning.  My granddaughter asked if I would driver her and
a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing.  The
plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict.  They were good, but sitting and looking out at the water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat.  They had a great time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Sounds wonderful, Ed!

Jill

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On 4/3/2025 8:32 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

On 4/2/2025 10:02 PM, Ed P wrote:

What a lovely morning.  My granddaughter asked if I would driver her
and a friend out to Anna Maria Island so they could go parasailing.
The plan was breakfast first.

Our table was nicely shaded and just a couple of feet from the beach.
The beach is fairly short and there is the colorful Gulf of Mexico.

I had eggs Benedict.  They were good, but sitting and looking out at
the water would have been pleasant eating a few Saltines.

After breakfast, I dropped the girls off at the boat.  They had a
great time.

https://gulfdrivetiki.com/

Sounds wonderful, Ed!

Jill

It was a fun day. They are not kids (30,35) but it was more like a
couple of teenagers with the fun. I was happy to drive them, plenty of
laughs along the way.

I have the time and my GD really appreciates me taking her places.

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