Yesterday was a full day. Started off early with a guy who came to wash and wax the coach. Although the coach gets washed throughout the year it has been awhile since it was waxed. Turns out he spent most of the day working on the coach but it does really look nice now. Of course, just having it washed meant that we'd get rain last night. Really the first real rain we've had since this trip started back on January 5.
After seeing the guy get started I took off to meet up with a fellow former crew member of the USS Newport News. Our ship was in commission from 1949 to 1975. With o
ver 1,200 men on board at any given time there are many former crew members scattered around the country. Jim Sollee served on the ship from 1960 to 1964. He is now retired and living in Tampa and is very involved in maintaining the ships websites 
e-mail list and discussion groups. We met up on the east side of Tampa and Jim drove us over to the Gulf to the town of Treasure Island. There is a small restaurant/bar that Jim likes to frequent called Caddy's on the Beach. They have their own private beach right on the Gulf of Mexico. The food was good as was the company.
ver 1,200 men on board at any given time there are many former crew members scattered around the country. Jim Sollee served on the ship from 1960 to 1964. He is now retired and living in Tampa and is very involved in maintaining the ships websites 
e-mail list and discussion groups. We met up on the east side of Tampa and Jim drove us over to the Gulf to the town of Treasure Island. There is a small restaurant/bar that Jim likes to frequent called Caddy's on the Beach. They have their own private beach right on the Gulf of Mexico. The food was good as was the company. 
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