Mostly Pictures

We arrived in Tampa late on Sunday, went to W's sister's condo, stayed up later, then slept till 8 am California time, which we kept explaining was early. As it was nearly noon in Tampa, nobody was buying.

Looking from J's patio.


Grandpa and Grandma stayed in the recliners. The mini-pup is Sailor, perched on a favorite spot. The TV is on.


Sitting on the patio.


From the left-rear, niece S, G, niece C, E, and Sailor.


We hiked along a section of trail, about 3 miles.


Every so often along the trail are coolers of icy water. A pet bowl on the ground captures drips.


Saw palmetto is a formidable weed. Controlled burns keep it down.


Taking a rest.




The trail is paved and shared.


Unlike many California bicyclists, Floridians heed their non-wheeled travelers, slowing and maneuvering around them. Maybe the heat contributes to a sense of leisure.


Vines.

School vacations lined up, so we visited W's family in Florida. It was vacation in the best sense - relaxing. Most of E's cousins are older so it was great that he stayed with a cousin closer in age.

On Wednesday we hit the beach. The sun was bright, the sand white, the sky blue, the company welcome, and the water, though cool for here, was warmer than in California.

By September he'll be ready for a regular license.

At a drum recital G received "rookie of the year." He rocked.

Last year E played basketball, but this year he decided to try football. He had a good time.

"Which of five liquids cleans dirty pennies the most in one week? We will use very dirty pennies, less dirty pennies, and clean pennies in our experiment. "

"We believe that lime juice will work the best to clean pennies out of five liquids which are water, lime juice, orange juice, carrot juice, and vinegar because it has citric acid and is the most acidic. "

"We did not find what we expected in our hypothesis. We did guess correctly that the water would have no effect on the pennies. We thought that lime juice would clean pennies the best but instead it cleaned the pennies fourth best. It was odd that carrot juice cleaned better then lime juice because it had no acid. It may have been because there were different kinds of dirt on the carrot juice pennies than the lime juice pennies. The pennies in the carrot juice could have had soil on them while the ones in the lime juice could have been greatly tarnished."