The Hunt for "Reds" October



Barry and Lou



Linda and Barry--chilling out at Cabbage Key



Cabbage Key

 


Barry, Dale, and Deni at Cabbage Key

 

Mardi Gras at anchor--Cabbage Key



Dale, Deni, and Barry at Sarasota

 


Sarasota sunset




Barry, Dale, and Linda Bradenton





The Cardinals are in the World Series (!) and we're in Florida with our friends Dale Rice and Deni O'Rourke for a couple of weeks. They are huge fans of the Cards--but we have no TV on the boat so we tried our best to find a place to watch the games as we hopscotched down the coast from Gulfport to Fort Myers. This was not as easy as you might think since no one in Florida cares about teams from TX and MO playing for a championship. We ended up watching games in local pubs--sometimes begging them to turn on the sound for us. Because Florida is populated by an older crowd, the pubs closed at 10:00--when the games were about half over. So we ended up sitting on the boat listening to the games on the BBC of all things. Imagine listening to the call of the game with a British accent--"I say, old chap, cheers to the Cards for a brilliant effort."
Besides hunting for games, we visited beautiful cities like Cortez, Sarasota, and Bradenton--discovering farmers' markets and places like Cabbage Key, an old world Florida resort. Take a look at our pictures and enjoy the 'hunt' with us!


Deni and Dale