We got up to the early dawn shining through the porthole at the head of the bed at 7 AM. I got ready and went running and Steve hung out on the dock with the other sailors, these guys get up before the break of dawn and stand on the dock with coffee in hand or just standing talking. I ran down the dock across the bay bridge and along a paved runway along the main drag. I just realized that Clearwater is a really neat place on the side i am at. We saw a 2 dolphins at the dock today just playing like kids in water. They cut the water like a hot knife through butter with the sun gleaming on their smooth sleek backs. The pelicans continue their dive bombing into the bay for fish, 3 pelicans fighting over a fish reminds me of the three stooges. One pelican caught it one grabbed it then another one grabbed it with neither of the three willing to relinquish a hold. The smallest lost out an the other two fought over it for about 5 minutes the smartest one finally jerking his head and turning away the victor! Fish constantly jumping in the bay at the docks. I tell you these fisherman are hard core, rough seas don’t even stop these guys from paying big bucks to fish all day. There has only been one day the huge fishing boats did not go out, i think it was extremely high waves from the weather front coming through. They were out this AM with all the winter gear they could wear, with fishing poles in hand (sorta like my nephew David-i think he would fish in the middle of a hurricane) 🙂 Back to our day! I went to take a shower after run and making breakfast for Steve and myself, Oatmeal bacon and eggs. I have found that a big breakfast keeps us from starving until lunch. Sitting in boat our friend Pam called and asked if I wanted to go shopping, and of course i said o yes!. Pam is a Nurse who worked first response team on a helicopter and then she went to traveling nursing and i am glad or i wouldn’t have met her! We went to a mall i had been wanting to go to for days and didn’t even know thats where she was going i was so excited. I love crafts and had wanted to go to Micheals whew hoo. Bought some more cross stitch stuff and went to Lowes next door to buy nylon chord for knot tying on the boat. I will take some pics when i learn my knots well. Went to Verizon to find out nothing was wrong with my phone. the screen went out i could still answer calls but couldn’t see anything. I tried the two buttons and it didnt work went to Verizon and the guy pushed the two buttons and it worked. Anyone else run into this problem? After that i walked back to Ulta where Pam was having her hair done, taking my life in my own hands crossing Gulf to Bay road. Hey i had the light to walk and cars were turning into me not caring if i had the light or not i was fair game on that road. I did make it and did not become part of the Porshe SUV that wanted me bad, LOL. I found Pam getting her finishing touches and i tested out colognes and perfumes while i waited. Well Pam looked beautiful and we headed for her hotel to pick up some stuff and head back to tha Bahama Sports Bar for something to eat and meet Steve and Jim.We took a detour thru the hood to miss the Tampa traffic and made it finally! As we walked in we saw half the dock was there too! Plus a new couple who have the same boat Steve and i was going to buy first. A 36 foot cruiser by Carver. After some good sweet potato fries and a salad we headed back to boat by dinghy. Several places in Clearwater offer a dinghy dock to boaters who don’t have a car. We are loving it here and having a great time. Will write more later Captain Steve and Denise signing off. 🙂