Panther Pointing

Santini took me on a bike ride in a gale this morning. It was short enough and no one got hurt, tired perhaps, but not hurt. We went to the beach along a circuitous route that guaranteed plenty of upwind riding. I felt strong on the way back.

This p.m we went in search of the promised parade of Tampa Bay Ray baseball millionaires in downtown Punta Gorda. I brought my camera, and took some photos, but have been unable to download them to Santini's computer. I took this photo with Santini's camera in front of a Punta Gorda civic building on the way to the parade. The sculpture of the panther is old and rusting a bit, but is the only panther that I've seen this week.

The parade was very parade-like, civic dignitaries and high school bands passed by while we waited for the young men representing the 2008 American League champs. As it turns out, I didn't recognize many of the players, but an old Minnesota Twin, Jason Bartlett, was in attendance, riding in an open car as the shortstop on last year's team. I didn't get a picture.

I had some nice Greek food this evening at Olympia restaurant, including a Greek salad sprinkled with feta cheese and grouper marsala. It was a good day, but a day without any tennis or sightings of Barack Obama.