SATURDAY
It is day one of the Lino and Joe Cribbage Tournament. We are playing one game of cribbage each day for $5, $10 for a skunk. And if you get skunked, you have drink a shot of some disgusting liquor that Lino brought with her. Friday result: Joe wins, up $5.
The car saga continued. Today drove Lino & John back to enterprise to finally get a car. Lo and behold, the Happy Girls (Rachel and Olivia) were there. “Good news! We have cars on the way – be here any minute!” I left them there. After an hour they had a car for Lino – a Traverse SUV. Way too big for her to be driving. They did have a Hyundai Elantra but it had a tire problem. “Oh, we’ll just send it down to our tire guy and it will be right back!” It was back another hour later, and they finally left Enterprise. They caught up with at the Village Pump in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (LTBS).
The boys (John, Larry, & me) spent the afternoon at the Pump where we were over-served. Willsey and Paula joined us a bit later. The other girls (Elaine, Sue, and Lino were at the pool playing Quidller.
Quiet day food wise. We skipped breakfast, had various snacks for lunch, and had sandwiches delivered to the hotel pool for dinner.
SUNDAY
Elaine and I went for an early breakfast at Country Ham & Eggs in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (LBTS). It’s only a short walk away. Good to eat a real meal again. Sunday centered around watching the Cardinal and Patriot games.
Cribbage Tournament: Joe skunks Linda, now up $15. And Lino has a shot to drink.
We watched the games poolside. We had fried chicken, slaw, beans, and garlic bread delivered after the Cardinal game. The Cardinals did great even though the game was not great. As the evening passed into night Patriot gloom settled over us, not so much about losing a game (which is good in the long run) but about the Gronk injury. Things are not looking good in Patriot Land. Oh, and watching Sunday night football is definitely more enjoyable in Scottsdale so you can go the bed at 10:00 pm rather than midnight.
Sunrise at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (LBTS)
The Entrance to the Beach
The Beach
The Fishing Pier
Elaine and Friend
The Christmas Tree is Up
The Girls (Lino in front; Elaine, Willsey, & Paula in the rear)
Plotting Fried Chicken Deliveries
The pictures are great, love the tree with all those Adirondack chairs lining the walkway. Tell Elaine she looks good in her shorts, she wouldn’t wear that here…very chilly weather. Watched the Pat’s and game ended at 10pm, way too late for east Coasters like your gang there!
Did anyone venture into the ocean? Is it chilly waters?
Nice sunglasses. Tough loss for Pats but Gronk and Hightower not seriously injured. Not good game management at end of 2nd and 4th quarters.
Beach looks nice. Very low food day on Saturday but good to see it pick up on Sunday.
I hope I don’t have to rent a car anytime soon. Yikes!
Patriot Nation is definitely in mourning with that loss. Some good news is that Gronk’s injury is only a bone bruise, and he should be back for the Houston game. Same with Hightower and Amendola. The Houston game has also been re-scheduled to Sunday night. We have to stay up until at least 1:00 am to watch Patriots Fifth Quarter which has all the live interviews with Belichick, Brady, and opposing teams’ players and coaches. Great show hosted by Steve Burton, Scott Zolak, and Christian Fauria.