Grammy and Grampie take over guest room

My parents drove down from Michigan for a stay that will take them through the Halloween weekend. We are doing a lot of stuff as I have taken a couple of days off. I am sick though, which has put a damper on my efforts to whack and stack some Florida deer. Here are some photos from the visit thus far...

Ras and and my dad ran a 5K. It was a P.R. for Ras. Dad's P.R. days are long gone.

Dad came in 1st in his age division, Ras came in 3rd. Here they are with their hardware.

Mom, Sam, and Mikey under the Florida fall foliage.

We went to a Fall festival where Mikey took aim at a vicious bear. Moments later, the bear attacked and mauled Grampie.

Mikey demonstrates one of the feats of strength at the Fall Fest.

In front of a huge Agave plant.

A Persian Shield plant. Big.

Ras is the leader of the local Girl Scout group. Last night was the initiation ceremony. Thank you 'mam may I have another!!

Grammy and Sam made Halloween witches finger pretzels. They were scary!!

It is 88 and sunny here in Florida. How is it where you live??

I went deep sea fishing with some folks from work this past weekend. An 8-hr tour for snapper, mackerel, and other salt water species. It was a blast, with the first Coor's light being opened at about 8AM. It was a great day out. I got sun burned because my wife once again neglected to give me any suntan lotion.

The previous weekend we went with the Mendozas to the Pensacola Seafood Festival. Fun was had by all.

Dolphins ran in front of the boat on our way out to the fishing grounds.

Here we are on board the Chulamar

Paul holding one of his many red snapper that were brought aboard

Me, John P., and Paul, thinking about the fish fry that we were going to gorge on

Some of the red snapper harvest that we caught

John I. with his mackerel that was bigger than mine. I caught mine in the first 30 minutes. He caught his in the last 30 to take home the cash in our pool for the biggest fish. I lodged a protest but it fell on deaf ears.

Sam and Caleb rush up the obstacle course at the Seafood Fest

Mikey opted for the Shark-ka-bob. Sammy ate a corn dog.