A Beautiful Day on Anna Maria Island

Kristy and Hillary

Dinner at The Bridge Tender--------Lunch at Anne's

Tuesday September 14, 2010. A very busy day today! After breakfast the guys went to get items for their fishing, Debby went to beach to swim and Kathy, Denny and I ended up at pool. I didn't spend too much time in pool as my skin is still rather 'raw' from the sun yesterday. We all came back to unit, showered and took off for Anne's for lunch. Anne's is just a small dockside bar with great Cuban Sandwiches. While at Anne's a charter boat came in and hung their catch out on the dock. The bartender said they were Mackerel and they probably had about 8 or 9 average size fish. The guys talked to the charter captain regarding the price for trip and days that were open for the week. They have been trying to get on a trip out of Bradenton but the charter company keeps cancelling because they do not have a full boat. They have been walking out into the ocean and casting the past two days but basically have done nothing but buy bait. Each time they cast, something steals the bait. They use shrimp at $3.50 a dozen. We could have a nice meal off of the shrimp they have fed to the fish!@!

We drove the guys back to complex and dropped them off and Debby and I went to the outlet mall in Ellington, near Palmetto. Palmetto is on the north side of Bradenton, I believe. I am so turned around on directions here. The outlet mall was nice but we did not buy much. Of course I succeeded in walking enough to get my knee nice and swollen ---and painful!!

When we left the mall, we called the guys to meet us downstairs so we could pick them up and head for dinner. We went to The Bridge Tender which was on the waterfront. We sat outside and had black bean soup and loaded nachos. About the time we finished our meals, the live music started. The guy was a country singer and had an absolutely wonderful, effortless voice. We stayed to listen to him. One of the waitress's had her little girl there and the singer called her up to sign with him. She was so cute and actually did a nice job. I'm sure this was not her first appearance.

As we sat there, two gals came and sat at the table next to us. Within about 10 minutes one of them turned around and started talking to me. Her name was Kristy and she was from South Carolina. Oh my---what a very UNUSUAL person she was! She told us her entire life story. Got married to her first boyfriend at 15, had 3 children and was married to him for 23 years. He has a girlfriend, she has a boyfriend and they still get 'together'--if you know what I mean!!@# She was with a gal named Hillary and all of us were pretty sure that Hillary liked women! She was a very cute gal but just a little strange! Matter of fact, Debby and I had the idea Kristy and Hillary were a 'couple' as Kristy told us that Hillary flew her down to Florida and that she was also paying to fly her back down next month. Kristy was obviously very well taken care of by her x-spouse. It sounded as if she and her kids wanted for nothing! Her oldest son, who is 16, got his pilots license and her and x-spouse bought him his own Cessna plane. Kristy bought herself a Harley(with x's money because she does not work and never has). Her x-spouse owns 30 nursing homes so I'm assuming the divorce agreement provides for all of Kristy's wants just so she did not take his business. WHAT A NIGHT of conversation--TMI--FOR SURE! She asked me to look her up on facebook and send her a 'friend' request. I did only because I can keep up with all of her BS!