Susan and Don Visit Bag End

Susan and Don arrived at bag end and immediately begged to see our Donald Duck medals. Don wanted to wear one when we went out but I told him about Florida Law which prohibits falsely claiming to be a half marathon runner. He was disappointed!

We went out to the back yard and Don and Susan were pleased to find that the sun does exist in February. Apparently the wearing of short sleeve shirts was a big thrill. (Michigan people are really easy to please!)

We went for a boat ride on the inter-coastal and saw a plethora of birds and dolphins.

We went to the Pub and had lunch.

At Bag End we had many meals and served only the finest wines and delicacy's. (Unfortunately the only photo I took was of the pickles and diet root beer.)

We went for a church golf scramble and Susan got to meet our Florida pastor. Apparently they have a higher regard and different set of rules for greeting visiting 'church moderators'!

We went to Disney World and met at the Rose and Crown in Epcot for a couple pints.

Donald was really impressed by the robot birds that Disney has deployed on the grounds.

There were lots of signs telling us not to feed the robot birds because it clogs their gears and causes them to loose a white lubrication that helps them run. Don didn't listen.

Susan and Don took us out to a 'tapas bar' on the beach. I think Don was impressed because he just stared at the menu with his mouth open until Susan hit him. The food and wine were perfect and there was a cool one man band playing. The coffee apparently wasn't that good because Don only had four cups.

On the night before they left we went to take a walk on the beach. Don stayed on the board walk. He explained that one of the birds looked familiar and didn't want to take any chances. He saw this.

We saw this.

Susan went shopping with Cindy while Don and I played golf. (He beat me!) Susan bought us a really cool 'bird wine stopper' to remind us of their visit. We call it Don!

Friday Susan and Don wrote an entry in our guest book. (We will be sure and have mints on the pillows next time!) Susan flew back to her hectic life and Don drove North into tornado alley. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful and caring friends and miss them already.

Kristen and David Arrive at Bag End

David and Kristen arrived at Bag End and were greeted by our footmen. (We only call them in for really special guests!)

We went to Disney world where Kristen and I got up at 3:30 in the morning, waited in line with 20,900 other folks and then ran 13.1 miles. We got some really cool medals and I got a certificate from some friends to 'have my head examined'

We went to Crabby Bills where we had a couple of pints.

We went on a long boat ride on the intercostal and saw a 'plethora' of dolphins!

David showed me how to drive the boat without hitting Dolphins (or other things I'm not supposed to hit).

We went to Hogwarts and Kristen was invited for a train ride on the Hogwart's Express. She spent quite a bit of time walking into a wall trying to get on. We had to explain that she was still recovering from running 13.1 miles. They were very understanding and gave her a certificate to have her head examined.

We got to tour Hogwarts castle

Cindy discovered some ancient ruins.

We drank beer at the hogs head pub in Hogsmeed.

David, Kristen and I took a boat ride. It's a little hard to see us but if you look close you can see me screaming about having my head examined.

I had lunch with a squirrel.

Best of all we got to spend time with our kids. We feel blessed that they are a part of our lives.

This is Kristen studying the training schedule for next years Goofy. (She still hasn't used her certificate.)

After two weeks of babysitting in the wilds of Northern Michigan Cindy has returned to Bag End. Apparently the temp. was in the mid-teens when she left Michigan and mid 80's degrees when she arrived in Florida.

I think Our two above average grandchildren gave her quite a workout.

Heather and Nathan Collide With Matinee (And Bobo founds city of 'Bobofat")

Nathan and Heather got off the plane Monday dressed for the cold spell we have been having. I thought mittens and ski parkas were a bit much for the 75 temperature in the parking lot. Michigan people are funny that way.

We were really excited to have them visit!

They of course admired our metals and were kind enough to listen to our 'race' stories.

We took a boat ride on the inter-coastal and had to 'endure' the dolphins. They can be such a nuisance. Squeaking around the boat and demanding food. We went to the beach and watched the sunset.

We went shopping at 'John's Pass' and had drinks with umbrellas on the wharf. Later we took a boat ride to the 'Pub' where we had drinks without umbrellas.

Our Trip to the gulf was interrupted by some cloudy weather. We saw this...

Cindy saw this.

So we decided to come in.

Next day however we went out at dusk and made it out to the Gulf. Even Cindy agreed it was a good ride. We saw a pirate ship with a whole bunch of tourists on board. The trip back was interesting because we couldn't see the marker buoys in the dark and I forgot if the green ones were supposed to be on the right or left of the boat. But the coast guard helicopter hovering overhead made me feel a little better.

In the morning Nathan and Heather went out on the kayaks but had to come back in because the Manatee's were just too aggressive. Nathan made the mistake of taking a lettuce sandwich and the Manatee kept trying to take it away from him.

We played cards, enjoyed some terrific meals (Heather and Cindy had stone crabs) and enjoyed some wonderful conversations with our son and daughter-in-law. Nathan introduced me to a neat on-line game and I founded the city of 'Bobofat'....how cool is that...

We had a wonderful visit and feel blessed that they are a part of our lives.