Well Iva and Pete came in from their cruise and ended up in Hollywood, FL at the Thunderbird Hotel. Now we checked the day before they arrived and they were closed because of damage from Wilma. But they opened, I think just for Iva and Pete.
To make a long story short… They reserved an ocean front room, but those were blown out so they got another room on the second floor over looking the damage and had to pay the same rate. No air conditioning, no hot water and when Pete complained all they said was take it or leave it.
So they took it. We went over on Sunday and spent the afternoon with them. It was a good visit we always laugh a lot when we are with them and this was no exception. We love those guys. They told us about the cruise and where they went. They missed Wilma and Alpha. Snorkeled and played and ate.
We went to the Rascal House for lunch and enjoyed every bite… Again.
When we pulled up, Iva handed us a torn out page of a book she found on the cruise ship and said, “Look here’s a picture of Paul.” I looked at it and it was a photo of me, Linda and Brian on a 12 meter racing sloop in Saint Martin. I laughed and said wow that IS a picture of me. Iva got this look of shock on her face and said she handed it to me as a joke. She thought it looked like me, but didn’t know it was me. It was a good laugh. Seems that the Saint Martin Tourist Board published the photo in all the cruise line books… I want royalties.
We finally had to leave and it was sad, but we are blessed to have had the chance to spend a few hours with some very good friends.
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Hope all is AOK!