On way to sun and warm! Adventure time!

[Mark Saiger]

Heading to the hut...

 

[hogjowl]

No, I just made it all up for the respect pig farming would get me here.

 

[jcooper]

Passed thru my market. From Paducah to Cadiz KY on I 24.

Hey! Paducah? I went to school in Carbondale(Siu), your nightly news was the only one that would come in. Great area if you like trees and nature, gotta be pretty cool having cc biz there.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Hey! Paducah? I went to school in Carbondale(Siu), your nightly news was the only one that would come in. Great area if you like trees and nature, gotta be pretty cool having cc biz there.

WPSD, channel 6

Yes, it is. I should post more pictures. Thousands of acres of parks, wilderness, and lakes, with great people nestled in small communities throughout.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Some more of today!





Perfect weather....and sure beats - 35 below zero with windchill (-20 something below actual)

 

[Mark Saiger]

making friends on the beach....both this dogs owners are attorneys....and the husband is also a professional baseball umpire



Frenchy's on the Beach.....Killer!



Our little hut....



Saiger's Steam Clean Truck in the Palms!





Park right next to the Hilton Hotel....if you got kids....also, there are a lot of shops and vendors right there as well as all kinds of great food!











VEGAN



Had to stop and have another Reef Donkey IPA microbrew

 

[Mark Saiger]

The Schnoodle and Mini Schnauzer are done for the day. Night, night all

 

[ronbeatty]

Mark, looks a little warmer there, 12 degrees tonight. Brrrrrr

 

[BradFenstermaker]

Did Marty take you to that double wide BBQ joint he is so proud of cleaning?

 

[Mark Saiger]

Some of this mornings walk around the neighborhood here....

Beautiful place to be

 

[dgardner]

Figured you would be on a rented jet ski by now!

 

[billyeadon]

Arrived Sunday and moved to Ft. Desoto campground till Friday when my wife arrives them moving to a house in Dunedin for the rest of January. Will hit the brewpubs with you then.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Must be nice!

Love the Airstream too!

 

[billyeadon]

Must be nice!

Love the Airstream too!

Yes Richard a friend of mine just bought it a month ago. It is called the Bambi and is only 16 feet long but has everything you need. Now Mikey may have a problem standing in it but for some reason I don't.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Sometimes it pays to be shorrr....not as tall.

Its cool!

 

[Mark Saiger]

Yes Richard a friend of mine just bought it a month ago. It is called the Bambi and is only 16 feet long but has everything you need. Now Mikey may have a problem standing in it but for some reason I don't.

Bill you are on!

My cell 218-259-9099.

We haven't made it to Dunedin yet, but are looking forward to it!

 

[Mikey P]

Glad to hear you got some play time Bill

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Bill's missing some great Indy weather

 

[billyeadon]

Mikey I am actually working but in a much better climate as Lee mentioned. We have SFS starting on Jan 19th and then I teach a CCT class the week after so I figure might as well stay for the month. Doesn't matter where I am as long as there is an airport.

Mark how long are you here before you go back to Siberia. Just finished the audio book The Ice Kingdom about the doomed North Pole expedition in 1879. Sure reminded me of your neck of the woods.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Mikey I am actually working but in a much better climate as Lee mentioned. We have SFS starting on Jan 19th and then I teach a CCT class the week after so I figure might as well stay for the month. Doesn't matter where I am as long as there is an airport.

Mark how long are you here before you go back to Siberia. Just finished the audio book The Ice Kingdom about the doomed North Pole expedition in 1879. Sure reminded me of your neck of the woods.

We leave on the 19th Bill or I would have taken the SFS class. Something I want to do and really would like to do that down here.

And it is Siberia up there!

Looks like we will be in Dunedin Saturday but not sure what is taking place... But I want to go to their microbrewery... Lol. We will have to get together one way or another if we can

 

[Mark Saiger]

Made it to a fun hang out and shopping and eating place...

Plus the very first place my wife was able to play with dolphins in the channel while we were on jet ski's.....of course, she was out playing and I had already broke mine from massive wave jumping....

But John's Pass is a fun place to check out
http://johnspassvillageandboardwalk.com/
http://www.johnspass.com/
We like sitting and eating outside at Scully's ....

Usually always see dolphins out playing and lots of activity around

And this is how we have been feeling here in the warmth and just out putting on the miles....and the dogs are wore out each night. They won't know what to do when they get home to the cold too


Out to find dinner....ended up at the Brown Boxer tonight....lots of great places here!

And awesome sunsets! Live music at a lot of places too




THAT SAIGER'S STEAM CLEAN LOGO LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THERE TOO

 

[billyeadon]

You should have gone to alligator Attraction run by my friend who started into carpet cleaning with me 40 years ago. If you go ask for Bob Barrett. I believe Lee Stockwell would remember him.

 

[Mark Saiger]

You should have gone to alligator Attraction run by my friend who started into carpet cleaning with me 40 years ago. If you go ask for Bob Barrett. I believe Lee Stockwell would remember him.

We almost Went to that today. Dang... Sorry we missed today!

 

[ruff]

Looking at all the pictures, the name of this thread is highly misleading
Should have been named: Pooches in Paradise.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Little bit of today....Pooches in Paradise continues.....LOL!

Great Beach....and would you look at all that BLUE! Right out your front door!







-15 below at home today...DANG! Son in Law still a Rock Star Cleaning in that! (Hope he hasn't quit yet )

This is the front reception area of the Hilton where the convention is being held....beautiful!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

You should have gone to alligator Attraction run by my friend who started into carpet cleaning with me 40 years ago. If you go ask for Bob Barrett. I believe Lee Stockwell would remember him.

Oh Man! Yes what a great guy! Last I saw him was at Amoco's R&D tour in Atlanta. Bill Y was there, I took my son Joshua that time.

Bob has forgotten more than I'll ever know about carpet.

An Alligator rodeo has to be a safer environment than the carpet industry.

 

[bob vawter]

Mark......put the wife and the doggies on the beach...

go fin somebody with a go fast boat........an tell him to give you a Franklins worth of fun.......

maybe TWO Franklins!!!

 

[billyeadon]

Oh Man! Yes what a great guy! Last I saw him was at Amoco's R&D tour in Atlanta. Bill Y was there, I took my son Joshua that time.

Bob has forgotten more than I'll ever know about carpet.

An Alligator rodeo has to be a safer environment than the carpet industry.

Lee,
To show it's a small world, the house I am staying in Dunedin is Bob's ex wife Judy who also was at the Amoco tour.

 

[Chris A]

Mark......put the wife and the doggies on the beach...

go fin somebody with a go fast boat........an tell him to give you a Franklins worth of fun.......

maybe TWO Franklins!!!

Given the current nosedive in fuel prices you might actually get to go somewhere for a hunnit bucks! I'm ready for some cheap fuel prices this season

 

[Mark Saiger]

Was a little cooler here today with a cold front moving through....

Must have chased us from MN and finally caught us....LOL

Got an oil change in the Hemi at a great Dodge Dealership about 5 miles away, went to visit the St. Petersburg JonDon





Some downtown St. Petersburg hangouts....bars and restruanants all in one square block area....


And even and Irish Bar for Bill Yeadon







Lot's to do, lot of fun, and great sights and sounds to be had.




Right next door is a great pizza joint, placed the order and went across the street to the local watering hole while we waited for the pizza