Below: (Facebook on Sunday -- photo by Boater Seabuddy) -- "Taking out" after 3 days on the water in Tavares, FL -- 2 days water skiing, including successful first trial run with new home-made Cheapskate Ski Boom.

Prefer this to 10 inches of snow in St. Louis. News reports of 87 mph winds in Orlando, but we saw none of this. Only sprinkles after noon. Now clear, near 80 degrees.