Saturday

 

While John cooked Tuna steaks for dinner, I power washed the front of the house with the hose. While I was in a cleaning mood, I vacuumed and mopped the house.

After dinner, the three of us rode downtown in the golf cart. We parked at the Dunedin Smokehouse and walked to the marina and back. 

It was very crowded.

Toby got lots of attention, petting, and treats.

I noticed that Stirling Wine expanded into the courtyard next door. The stairs to the left lead to the rental above the store that was to be my family's home away from home on their recent trip before they got the one-level unit at Weaver Park.

Toby got lots of practice with "sit" and "wait" at the intersection of Broadway, Bayshore, and Main. The "walk" sign doesn't come on often. 

We rode our bikes out to the causeway to walk this morning. The temperature was 75 degrees, and the wind was coming out of the west. That means the walk out to Honeymoon Island was pleasant, but the walk back was hot, since we were walking with the breeze. The high temperature today was 89 degrees.

The water was very clear. We didn't take too many pictures this morning. I think it was because there were so many people to look at. The line of cars to get in to the park was long. Tomorrow and Monday will probably be worse. 

We had an interesting conversation with a neighbor about kitchen renovations and construction companies. I'm looking forward to getting our project started before the year is out.

The Florida legislature passed a bill and the governor signed it that attempts to address the home insurance problems in the state. The bill prevents a company from dropping someone for having a roof that is less than 15 years old. It also requires the company to allow the homeowner to get a roof over 15 years inspected and if it is estimated to have 5 years of life remaining, the insurance company cannot drop the homeowner or force them to re-roof their home. There were other reforms, but that's the main one for us. Critics said the 2 billion put into a catastrophic fund was half of what was needed to keep insurance companies from leaving the state.

Miles walked: 10.3

Miles biked: 5.75