We had a great turn out for the Upper Tampa Trail today. Nineteen bladers enjoyed the smooth and shady trail. Christa N. joined us for the first time. Welcome Christa. Jim & Tracy, Joe W., John K., Crazy Rob & Diane, Lisa and Heather joined us after a long absence. Welcome back bladers. We missed Karin and Janice but didn't feel to sorry for them as they are on vacation in Italy.

We brunched at Grandma Grippos as planned. Grandma Grippos was in total chaos trying to serve us water and coffee but finally settled down to business with our Brunch orders. Brunch came out shortly after we got our orders placed and we had some excellent reports as well as a few negative ones. Rob rated his Eggs Benedict a 10. Our end of the table all seemed to agree a 9 to 10 was appropriate. There were some mumblings from the other end of the table but you can never please everyone.

Several of the bladers and others met at Charles's house for a pool party and eats. We had a delightful time and even had some interesting water gun fights. Had to leave early but Charles had a table set up to feed 20 people for a couple of days. Stole a couple of Deb B's deviled eggs and they were delicious as usual. The party looked in high gear and could last for several days. Heather also turned 20 for the 10th time today. Happy Birthday Heather.

Last but not least Kim & Joel F. had an 8.5 pound bouncing boy 21 inches long today at 5 AM. Congratulations mom and dad.

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