Florida, February 24, 2012

Today was moving day. Karen finished the last morning of the ECC conference, while Dick packed and put most of the stuff in the car.

When the conference ended, Karen called and told Dick to come to the restaurant where they had finished to meet someone he hadn't seen since Oakland days. Linda Ruebke Kennell, who is the daughter of Walt Ruebke, the Dean of Students when Dick was a student at Concordia, Oakland. It was fun to re-meet her and reminisce a bit about the old Oakland days.

Beach behind hotel

enjoying the sun

We then headed out on the drive back to theTampa area for the next four days. We are staying at the Isis Hotel in Redington Shores, a bit south of Clearwater Beach. It is a small hotel right on the beach (although our room is at the other end of the building).








 For lunch we walked to Wahoo's and had fish tacos. It's an interesting local joint, and the food was good.

We did spent some time on the beach, and we even waded in the water. There was a bit of surf, more than expected for the Gulf. It was very warm on the drive, in the upper 80s. The beach was also warm, but with a pretty good breeze.

We ventured out to do a little shopping for supplies and came back to the hotel area for dinner at a Thai restaurant a few blocks away. It was good.













Tomorrow we will begin exploring the area.