FLA HERE WE COME

[baronmarine]

friday morning mrs baron (sheri) and i are off the florida for 9 days. starting in tampa to see her cousin, then a friend of mine for some boating. sunday am down to fort myers to see another friend of mine and some more boating. monday off to miami. stopping in at lipship's then over to the cig plant. beach and bar next. tuesday am off to the key west. friday back up to south beach hoping for a third boat ride, and the gay (not that there is anything wrong with that) pride weekend. wow that is going to be a trip. i may need to warm my liver up for this trip. lol. pic's to follow, will maybe??

todd

[Ratickle]

If you're at Lipship you better stop by TNT and say Hi to JT...

[Bobcat]

Let me know when you roll into KW...I'm usually up for a Beer or two.

[rschap1]

Enjoy the trip
be safe
bring sunshine and warmer temps back with you
or send them back ahead SOON !!!

[Ratickle]

Now I'm pissed..... Every day except 2 for the next 10 days the weather forecast for Miami is over 80 degrees. Every day for the next 10 days here the weather forecast has their highs less than 32 degrees..........

[baronmarine]

hey rat, can you shoot me your cell #. i lost my phone on our trip the first day. in a few days when i regroup i will share the details.

todd

[rschap1]

Send some heat and sunshine back home ...will ya?

[Ratickle]

Will do!

[baronmarine]

well that trip didn't go as planed. got down friday night rented a hemi challenger for the week. did some cruising around tampa, then meet up with some friends ted & diana and some of there friends for dinner and drinks. saturday we went over to clearwater / belleair to ted's and the better half's for some boating, what mrs baron was not sold on. took his 35 fountain around the inter coastal over to dunedin for lunch. they had a great car show going on in the streets. bombed around for a while over to some roof top bar for the sun set. what a fun day. back to the marina. while loading the boat on the lift i was holding on to the piling on the lift cradle lining it up under the boat. the piling broke off and i fell in the water right behind it, landing on the broken peace of piling and cut my stomach wide open. big thanks to ted for helping back on the boat holding me together until the medics got there. saved my life for sure. they air lifted me to the hospital. doctors said they thought there was organ damage. thank goodness no damage had happen. spent until friday in the hospital, the doctors wanted me in until at least tuesday 11 days. a friend and his wife back home are both surgeons so sheri got jeff on the phone and he was able to get me out friday late afternoon. on a plane 6am saturday morning and home in bed by 2p, sore as hell after that trip. 5 trips to the doctor since and i'm getting around petty good and feeling better every day. big thanks again to ted & diana, mrs baron (sheri) and all my friends that called, sent messages and thought about us. sorry this got a little long, it is really the first time i have talked much about it. crazy how fast your life can change.

btw we are going back down again thursday for the tampa poker run. we were going to run in it on a friends boat. but there is no way i can ride on a boat yet. i have a hard enough time riding in a car over pot holes right now. then sunday we are going to watch the races in port charlotte from the beach. plan on going home in one piece this time.

todd

[Hellbent]

Holy crap Todd! Glad to hear you're doing all right....that could have been a lot worse!

[Blue Oval]

Glad to hear your ok.

[Ratickle]

Wowsa Todd, glad it wasn't worse but what a mess!

Now I know why you didn't answer email. If there is anything you need help with cause of your mess let me know. Is there a 100% recovery expectation I hope?

[baronmarine]

Is there a 100% recovery expectation I hope?[/QUOTE] yes they said 8 - 12 weeks. at 5 weeks i'm about 60%. my doctor/friend jeff here can not believe how far i've come. i was out getting the xmas lights off the bushes that have been covered in snow until last week today and cleaning up after sheri's dogs in the back yard and around the pool today. little burned out and ready for a nape right now. hope to full bore by boating season with a new kidney belt.

thanks
todd

[rschap1]

OMG
What a terrible sounding accident
Glad to hear that you were not worse after it
Good luck on a full and speedy recovery ASAP !!!
Take care and heal up, don't rush things too much.
I know that I have regretted not listening closer to doctor's orders before.

[Ratickle]

Maybe when you get back we can hookup at Ben's or something....

[baronmarine]

that would be great paul. i have a bunch of new parts that will be delivered to him today, so in need to get over there and see how i did.

todd

[redhotsommer]

WOW Todd! That's a hell of a story! Glad you made it out on the top side of things! Plenty of time 'til the weather warms up...rest up til then!

[baronmarine]

well do mike and thanks sos crew. all packed and ready for tomorrow. working 1/2 day, throw a great lunch in the mix then off to the airport. man i can not wait to get back down there.

todd

[Ratickle]

I think you should stay home and send me. Safer for you that way!!