Long Holiday Weekend















Who are we kidding.  It’s always a long weekend for us at this point.  My old friend Tarquin occasionally texts and says “Happy Perpetual Saturday”.  Friday we picked up a Florida Christmas Tree and did a grocery shop.  We took a nice bike ride to the gulf in the afternoon.  

On Saturday we took a few bike rides.  I went solo on the first ride and used my Pearl Izumi click in shoes for the first time in about 18 months.  The ride went well, it reminded me you don’t have to mash the pedals to get speed or be efficient.  It was my fastest ride to the gulf and back.  We ran the dogs at the dog park and then took a ride out to the gulf.  

We did some meal prep later in the afternoon.  Burgers and a big beef stew.  The stew was a little different than the first time we made it, but it was still really good.  I smoked the burgers for 45 minutes and then finished them on high.  

Yesterday we walked the dogs and then loaded them up in the truck.  We took a drive up to Cedar Key.  It’s so close as the crow flies but it’s a 50 minute drive up the highway.  It’s a cute town that appears to embrace the fishing or seafood industry.  We wandered town for a bit and then took a little drive to explore.  It didn’t take too long.  We need to go back at night as it looks like they decorated a lot for Christmas.  

We had a quick bite at Steamers.  It was ok.  I think we’d try something else next time.  We drove back and walked the kids again.  Duncan got to relax in his new cage and we took a bike ride to the gulf.  It started to rain about a mile from the gulf but we continued on.  On the way back, we kicked up the speed and got back out of the rain pretty quick.  We had leftover stew and hung out for the rest of the night.  

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