St. Pete

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I have not seen Greg Lorenz since 1969. We both attended Wakefield high school in Arlington, Va. We played in a 4/5 piece band called "Souled Out" that played a variety of music but mostly rhythm and blues. We were a great party band. We all kind of went our own way during senior year in college. Greg was in school in Mississippi and I was in North Carolina. We both got drafted and were in the US Army. He did get married but it ended with a divorce. He has one son and a grandson. He has been in St. Petersburg, Fl for 31 years and is working at a nursing home employed as a licensed practical nurse. I was a LPN in the US Army. St. Pete has about 300,000 residents and it is a nice town. Lots of local eateries and lots of beaches.
Greg and his partner, Tessa, gave me the tour of town and the local beaches. The temp had dropped to mid 40's, so no swimming, just lots of local dining.
Greg also has done a lot of landscaping in Tampa and St. Pete. He specialized in crane operating to move around huge palm trees. The front and back yard of his house has numerous types of palms and local shrubbery. It is jungle like but gives them lots of privacy. It was great to hook up with Greg and Tessa but I needed to leave to prevent me from gaining extra weight. My send-off brunch was Talapia in a garlic and scallion sauce with a nice spinach salad. Yes, we ate like this during my whole visit. The afternoon before, we went to a local eatery called "Fish Tails". I had a seafood combo wrap with a bucket of 7 ounce Presidente beer. Wrap was great as was the Dominican Beer. I hope to return here with Valley as she would enjoy the visit.
Next post, heading west!!