2012: Boca Raton, Florida

Several days earlier I was digging my van out of snow. Today, I was eating breakfast at the pool, enjoying an 85 degree day

In the early 1990's I hired a guy to work for me and we quickly became friends. We worked together for 16 years through various organizations. Then, in January 2007 he decided to move to Boca Raton. In the book Marley and Me, the main character lives in Boca Raton. One day his boss makes him go on vacation. In the book the author asks "When you live in paradise, where do you go on vacation?"

We spent the day touring paradise with the friend I haven't seen in 6 years, then had dinner. We walked on a pier, hit a bar, and then took a driving tour past all the mansions. He told stories of how he fishes along the shore and all the strange creatures he has hooked over the years. As a result he refuses to go into the water more than ankle deep because he knows what is swimming out there!

Oddly, a year after visiting these beaches? There were video of schools if sharks swimming along the beach and around swimmers. I guess he was right! Ankle deep is deep enough for me now.

Long after this trip was over I still remembered eating breakfast outside at the pool in the middle of winter!