Friday, March 3 - From being told we should be on our way home because spring has arrived, we now learn that winter has returned. So as is typical this time of year, you never know what you're going to get from one day to the next. Except here, although it did cool down to the mid 70s today. And even coolish tonight. So we're content to stick around the warm weather for another couple of weeks before we head home.
Yesterday was a cool-down day...did some grocery shopping, read a lot, played some cards. I've got G's number with gin rummy, winning 6 straight. But the cribbage is a different story. Normally I'm fairly well ahead, but this trip we're tied at 10  games each. Casey Ward will be glad to hear about that. She loves to see me lose.
Today, we did 42 kms on the bikes. We started out with breakfast at a nice bakery down the road, and continued on another 3 kilometers to the Piniella County Bike trail. It's a very nice trail, a Roads to Trail concept that runs from Clearwater for about 50 kms to St. Pete's. We rode up to Clearwater, then back a few kms past our starting point, then back to the starting point, which is about 5 kms from our park. We stopped in at Beals, looking for bargains. Didn't find many, and needing so little at our stage of life, didn't buy much. We came out of the store to find Gail had a flat tire. So she had to walk her bike about 2 kms back to our park. Bummer!!! Swim and hot tub felt good after our exertions.

However, we've searched out a couple of bike shops within a mile or so. Guess who'll walk the bike tomorrow to the shop to get the tire repaired? Only fair that I do that. We finished off the day walking, somewhat stiffly after the long ride, to a Mexican restaurant down the road. It was okay. We don't go out for dinner much, so it was a treat. Food was only okay. Not a big Mexican food fan, but it's a nice change once in awhile.

That's it for now. Glad to note, by the way, via the Countylive website, that there are finally plans to do something to upgrade our own Millenium Trail. It's such a potential treasure. Let's all get behind it.   More later. Stay tuned.