August 2009

06 August Tree Cutter Takes Down Three Very Tall Pines From Our Back Yard
Tree Cutter In Full Gear	Tree Cutter Begins Ascent On First Tree	Almost To The Top	Tying Off	At The Top !
Timberrrrr!	SUCCESS ! (No Houses Hit)	Now The Upper part	Now The MIddle Part	Chipper Shreds Branches
Chipper Shreds Branches		Second Tree Is Topped	Starting On Third Tree	Third Tree Starts To Topple
Third Tree Topples Over!	Third tree Toppled !	Back To The Second Tree! They Use Front End Loader To Pull Guide Rope. Second Tree Falls Right Where They Want!
Finish Off The First Tree	Free Mulch For Me		Huge Pile Of Mulch	Cleaning Up The Logs
Load Logs Onto Truck !		Grind Stumps Away ! No One Will Ever Know That There Used To Be Trees There !
We've Been In Florida Since The 12th !
Dale All Set At Manatee Beach	Manatee Beach Anna Maria Island, Bradenton, FL			Life Guard Station And Cafe On The Beach
Dale On Right Under Trees Next To Pink Chair	Typical Afternoon Thunderstorm Brewing !	Dale With Noodles !	Barry	Dale
Nice White Sands Of Manatee Beach		Life Guard Station
Wednesday - 19 August Our First Visit To Tampa's RiverWalk And Ybor City
Over The Sunshine Skyway Bridge !	Dale Pat & Wes Columbia Cafe RiverWalk Tampa Bay History Center	St Pete Times Forum In Tampa (Tampa Lightning Hockey Team)	Pat, Dale & Wes RiverWalk Tampa	Pat & Wes Dale Tampa Bay RiverWalk History Center
Dale & Barry Tampa Bay History Center Outside - On The RiverWalk		Dale Inside History Center Columbia Cafe	Cowgirl Pat Video Presentation Tampa Bay History Center
TECO Streetcar On Our Way To Ybor City	Arrival At Ybor City	Barry Pat & Wes Centro Ybor	Wes & Pat La Setima (Seventh Ave) Ybor City	The Original Columbia Restaurant Estab 1905 Ybor City
Wes, Pat & Dale Columbia Restaurant Exterior And At The Huge Bar		The Other Side Of The Bar	Pat Dale Wes Taking The Streetcar Back To Tampa	Channelside Bay Plaza Tampa
Dale Gets Lotsa Money !	Pat & Wes Channelside Bay Plaza	Storm Brewing !	Going Home Wes Dale Pat Tampa RiverWalk
Thursday - 20 August Visit With Dale's Cousin Janet And Her Family Panther Ridge, In The Florida Countryside, East Of Bradenton
In The Pool !Barry & Dale Janet & Alexa	Dinnertime ! Alexa Tony (The Chef) Janet	Janet & Tony's House
Friday - 21 August Drove South To Sarasota For The Day
The Sarasota Classic Car Museum		Barry Drives Fred Flintstone's Stone Car	1964 Jaguar XK-E Series 1
The Beatles' Cars !
Paul McCartney's 1965 Radford Mini Cooper S	John Lennon's 1965 Mercedes Benz 230SL	The Beatles' 1956 Bentley (Lavender Leather Seats)!
A Rare Fiat 600 (Sei Cento)!		John & Mable Ringling's 1922 & 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost		Saleen Mustang 900 Horsepower !
Another Muscle Car ! 1070 Plymouth SuperBird 440 Cubic Inch Block- 390HP		1972 Iso Rivolta		1957 BMW Isetta 300 13HP - One Cyclinder ThreeWheels One Door
Another BMW Isetta With Its Door Open	1955 Corvette !
Dale & Barry This Sarasota Waterfront Sculpture Is Titled 'Unconditional Surrender'. It's An Interpretation Of The Famous WW-II 'Victory-Japan' New York Photo! All The Tourists And Most Of Us 'Locals' Love It. The 'Artsy Fartsy' Snobs In Sarasota Hate It !			Barry Lunch At Marina Jack's Sarasota Waterfront	Jewfish Key A Private Island Behind Longboat Key