Thursday at the Froeschkes

 7-8-2021 - Thursday

We had a busy day today, with a break in the middle.  Catalina had a horse riding lesson at 10:00, so she is patiently (hah) waiting for her mom to get ready to go. (Patience is not one of her strong suits.)

Finally, she got to the stables.  Her trainer, Kelsey, makes her brush Jacob before they ride.

The arena is pretty wet, but since its sand, it isn't really muddy.

They have about 110 horses here, that they own, plus about 40 more boarders, so there are lots of horses.  They were getting some tacked up, possibly for a trail ride.

I guess this one had an itch under the saddle.

Catalina leads Jacob to the arena, then gets mounted up and is ready to go.

This is her most favorite thing, and she loves every minute of the hour or so they spend here.

They did a little barrel practice, and an obstacle course.

Andrew had stayed home with his dad, so he was ready to play dominoes when we got back.

Then it was time to head into Tampa for basketball practice.  I got a picture of the Tampa skyline from the freeway.  They are going to have a boat parade on the Hillsborough River on Monday to celebrate the Bolts Stanley Cup win.  We will be over at Indian River then, but it would be cool to watch.  The Hillsborough River goes right past the University of Tampa campus, where Bridgette teaches, so we could probably get a good viewpoint.

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  The basketball coach used to play for the Florida Gators, and John and Bridgette are pretty happy with him.  John warmed them up until practice officially started.

Then they got lined up for practice, which starts with some drills.

They had some shooting drills, then a scrimmage -- boys against girls.

That lasted about an hour and a half, then we stopped on the way home for dinner, then finished our domino game.  We watched the Phoenix Suns until half-time, then it was time to go to bed.  This morning, we were glad to see they won.

I finally remembered to check the Jeep manual for fuel capacity, and learned that we have a 19-gallon tank, so we weren't quite as low as we thought.  Good to know. 

Tomorrow is packing day, getting ready to head over to the east side of Florida.  We hope for good weather (no hurricanes) and good fishing next week.