My trip ...part 1

It was chilly by Florida standards.
In fact it was the same temp as here when we left on Thursday. 70's.
We flight landed at 8pm after a very eventful flight.

At the airport, there was a typical Trump supporter. Uneducated, drunken redneck bigot. He was loud and oh so very obnoxious. He kept telling everyone he had a blowup doll of Hillary and he would only charge you $1.00 to hit it. No one acknowledged him, everyone just let him go on and on for way too long.

Finally, just shy of an hour later we all got up and moved to our boarding line.
He now proclaimed loudly that everyone liked him while looking at me, he was now in line less than 2 feet across from me.
I said, "no, no one likes you."
Everyone laughed. He said, "my mother likes me."
I said, "no she doesn't"  Everyone laughed, some applauded. He shut up. I think he's the kind of jerk that if someone actually stands up to him he will back down.
He was quiet until he sat down on the plane.

We go get on board and Rick and I see we are at the back of the plane but the thankfully the first to board.
I said to the flight attendant, "you have a wild one getting on, you've been warned"  We chatted a bit. She liked my blouse and you know all the girl stuff.
Then the bigot sat came down the aisle and was sitting across the aisle from me and behind me 1 row. He was loud and obnoxious and saying the same shit over and over again as I wrote above and plenty more. The flight attendant leaned down to my ear and said, "Gee I don't have to guess who's going to be a problem on this flight do I?"  I smiled.

He was obnoxious for the first 20 minutes after take off.
A male flight attendant the size of Joe Foreman came over and asked him to keep it down and his opinions to himself.
But flight attendant Joe Foreman didn't walk away. He just stood there staring at the jerk. The man backed down and shut up. He fell asleep and began to snore. People several rows up looked back to see who was snoring like this. To me it was a glorious sound, he shut up.

But sadly he woke up all raring to go.  He began to belittle women. Telling the woman seated next to him that if she were his woman he'd beat her to listen to him and do as he said, he was the man after all. The neanderthal went on and on. Then 3 flight attendants descended on him and told him to keep his mouth shut the remainder of the flight or we would be landing elsewhere and he would have to get off the plane while the rest of us went on to Tampa. He would then be responsible for finding his own way home. The plane erupted into applause.  He shut the hell up - FINALLY.

The flight attendant came over to me to ask if I'd like a drink as they were going down the aisle with their carts. I said I wanted water. She said, "oh cmon, I'm treating you guys back here with this guy - let me buy you a real drink. "
I got some wine. (surprise) But she didn't give me a glass, she gave me the damn bottle. When I told her that wasn't necessary she said, "share....this guy makes me want a few drinks."  So I shared. I made friends with a delightful seat mate. (rick was across the aisle from me and up a row) This man was from central Africa and has been in the states since school in 1990.  He lives in Massachusetts. I asked how it felt to see snow for the first time. He told me some very funny stories about that. He no longer finds it fun.  Do any of us over 40? We talked about what he did for a living and his family (he's married with children) He was a charming man who shared with me that he was going to Tampa for a conference for work. He was jealous I was going for fun. Such a breath of fresh air after that numb nut loud mouth guy.

When we were departing the loudmouth muttered that the female flight attendant was a c-t and that she probably liked Hillary. I guess he just couldn't comprehend that even though we didn't care for Hillary his behavior was the problem and this is not how one behaves in public even though we have a so called presidential candidate who acts the exact same way. Ah, the Trump factor.

When we got to the hotel Rick asked how much it would cost to upgrade to first. I called the airline and paid the $100 to upgrade so we could sit in comfort and away from the people like this fool. It was a delight flying home.

By the time we got our rental car and all that goes with that, we got to our hotel around 9:45p. We were exhausted, to be honest with you.
We got the same exact room as last time we were there. It was perfect.
It has a king bedroom, a small kitchen, and a great size bathroom.

We heard all the partying as we walked to the hotel from the parking lot. There was a big ole St Patty's day party at the bar across the street.  Boy were they ever loud and rambunctious. Then as we got closer to our hotel and we heard more loud partiers. I looked at Rick and said, "oh-oh"

We got our room key and walked to our room, passing by a big wedding party going on at the hotel outside bar area.  This was right under our room. The area goes outside where there is an awning over the area. That awning is under our patio of our room.
Rick said, "This could be an issue tonight. I just want to crash and if this is spring break, st patty's day and a wedding party all in one it may be a long loud night."  I didn't say anything because I too was a bit concerned. Rick would be a bear about this. But as soon as we opened the door to our room, it became silent.
I said, "See Rick, no worries, it's quiet in here"  He goes to the slider door to our patio and opens it. Of course, you are going to hear it all. Then he closes it and it's silent. He was seriously impressed with the sound proofing. I think it was those damn heavy hurricane proof doors. Whew, I didn't want to have to listen to the old fuddy-duddy go on about the noise. I was thrilled.

Friday it was glorious weather. A bit cool down at the waterfront where we were sitting at first. I actually wrapped up in my towel. Rick suggested we head to the pool. It was like a completely different climate there. Warm, hot even, and perfect. And then the fun begins......